Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
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Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby birdbrain » Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:38 pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/opini ... ef=opinion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby human909 » Sun Nov 10, 2013 1:15 pm
*Unless you are driving a motor vehicle.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby WestcoastPete » Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:59 pm
Those cyclists disobeying the road rules deserve to die for it. And all cyclists disobey the road rules don't they? /trollDaniel Duane wrote:So here’s my proposal: Every time you get on a bike, from this moment forward, obey the letter of the law in every traffic exchange everywhere to help drivers (and police officers) view cyclists as predictable users of the road who deserve respect.
Sounds a bit like victim blaming at the end of the analysis to me.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby jules21 » Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:49 pm
there are countless examples - racial discrimination against minorities, ideological discrimination against communists in the 50s/60s, discrimination against catholics in past decades and muslims today. more comparative examples to cycling include shooters and 4wd enthusiasts.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby il padrone » Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:57 pm
The 4WD market is currently a huge slab of the motoring sector, and their vehicles enjoy a number of favourable treatments.
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby jules21 » Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:10 pm
i meant off-roading - they are always complaining about having access to tracks restricted. you could argue that is just, but we'd be getting off-topic.il padrone wrote:Can't see 4WD enthusiasts as a discriminated minority
The 4WD market is currently a huge slab of the motoring sector, and their vehicles enjoy a number of favourable treatments.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby human909 » Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:57 pm
But it is all quite true. Rock-climbing is in the same boat. Though most of the time it flys under the radar. When it doesn't, the relevent authorities love to wield the ban stick. Simply because they can.jules21 wrote:i meant off-roading - they are always complaining about having access to tracks restricted. you could argue that is just, but we'd be getting off-topic.il padrone wrote:Can't see 4WD enthusiasts as a discriminated minority
The 4WD market is currently a huge slab of the motoring sector, and their vehicles enjoy a number of favourable treatments.
Australia and Australians have so little concept of freedom it is sad.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby myforwik » Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:49 pm
The sad truth of the "1m pass distance" campaign is that they have no legitimate superiority to be ranked against ways of saving lives. Educating families and stopping their kids riding out onto roads will save way more lives than a 1m pass distance will. Cracking down on cyclists running stop signs seems to have saved more lives than than 1m passing distance will. This is simply an unfortunate reality of the death statistics and it will not change until the number of commuter cyclists (And the number killed) increased by an order of magnitude.
The only option a commuter cyclist really has is to do their own risk assessment. I am a commuter cyclist. But I find it absolutely stupid to ride on most roads with cars. I think people who do it on any thing other than wide 50km/hr back streets are silly. It doesn't matter how much you prosecute people for breaking the law - people will make mistakes. The very concept of having multi-tonne hunks of metal flying around with no safety system to prevent them would be banned if invented today. Likewise if bicycles were invented today, there is no way in hell they would ever be allowed on the road with the 'rights' they have today.
Our road rules are mainly based on historical grandfathering to prevent social upheaval. They are NOT about safety. Once you realise this, you start to realise why the minorities on the road will never get the laws that are needed to protect them. The laws to protect cyclists will come only when the majority of the population take up cycling because of other social issues (cost of fuel, congested roads). Those European countries with great cycling rules that people go on about did not get to their positions by passing tough laws or creating infrastructure. Governments are responsive and retroactive. Rules are regulations (and infrastructure) come as an after thought to try and match the social trends.
Cycling will become safe when a huge number of people do are forced to do it, not sooner.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby human909 » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:02 am
By your logic since murders make up as small percentage of deaths we should worry about trying to prevent them or prosecute them after the fact.myforwik wrote:In Australia over 70% of cyclist deaths are 100% cyclist at fault. This may sound surprising - but its because most of them are children or young people jumping straight out onto the road without looking. So when some commuter cyclist gets run over by a truck, it gets completely buried in the stats. Whats 4% of cyclist deaths by close passes compared to 70% of deaths by cyclists being idiots, 10% by cyclists being drunk, and 10% by cyclists running stop signs and getting taken out?
That won't keep me safe on the road. Nor are these proposals a binary choice.myforwik wrote:The sad truth of the "1m pass distance" campaign is that they have no legitimate superiority to be ranked against ways of saving lives. Educating families and stopping their kids riding out onto roads will save way more lives than a 1m pass distance will.
I don't know where you get that notion from.myforwik wrote:Cracking down on cyclists running stop signs seems to have saved more lives than than 1m passing distance will. This is simply an unfortunate reality of the death statistics and it will not change until the number of commuter cyclists (And the number killed) increased by an order of magnitude.
Thanks for calling me silly and stupid. I did not appreciate it!myforwik wrote:The only option a commuter cyclist really has is to do their own risk assessment. I am a commuter cyclist. But I find it absolutely stupid to ride on most roads with cars. I think people who do it on any thing other than wide 50km/hr back streets are silly.
You sure about that?myforwik wrote:Those European countries with great cycling rules that people go on about did not get to their positions by passing tough laws or creating infrastructure.
A build it and they will come can be seen quite clearly in some inner Melbourne councils. You can see vast differences in cycling rates as soon as you cross some council lines.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby queequeg » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:22 am
Care to back that up with some facts? References please. There's been 46 cycling fatalities on roads this year in Australia. http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/number-of-cycli ... 2xg56.htmlmyforwik wrote:In Australia over 70% of cyclist deaths are 100% cyclist at fault. This may sound surprising - but its because most of them are children or young people jumping straight out onto the road without looking. So when some commuter cyclist gets run over by a truck, it gets completely buried in the stats. Whats 4% of cyclist deaths by close passes compared to 70% of deaths by cyclists being idiots, 10% by cyclists being drunk, and 10% by cyclists running stop signs and getting taken out?
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby Aushiker » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:51 am
That is an interesting claim indeed. Can you point to the research that supports this?myforwik wrote:In Australia over 70% of cyclist deaths are 100% cyclist at fault.
What research I have seen suggests otherwise:
[1] Profiling Cyclists Injured in Crashes: South Australian Data - In 79% of the reported incidents motorists where found to be fault;
[2] Robertson, J. & Saulwick, J. (August 31, 2013). Close encounters of the hostile kind. The Sydney Morning Herald. This article suggests 88% of motorists at fault in cyclist versus motorist incidents.
[3] Helmet-cam captures bike accidents (and could make cycling safer) - The Conversation - 87% of recorded incidents - fault of motorist. The related peer reviewed paper can be found at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21050610" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
The only other analysis of sorts of cyclists deaths in Australia I am aware of is the ATSB Road Safety Report 2006 and I do not recall it attributing blame.
So very interested in your references that support your statement.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby Aushiker » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:55 am
If that figure is correct that means nine people have died on our roads since October 1 which is shocking . The latest statistics from BITRE are to the end of September, 2013 when the death toll for the past 12 months was 37 .queequeg wrote:There's been 46 cycling fatalities on roads this year in Australia. http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/number-of-cycli ... 2xg56.html
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby clackers » Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:19 am
I too am impressed with your big opening stat, Myforwick.myforwik wrote:In Australia over 70% of cyclist deaths are 100% cyclist at fault.
Reference?
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby skull » Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:32 am
Myforkwik follows the principal that 83% of statistics are made up 67% of the time for 85% of any argument.clackers wrote:I too am impressed with your big opening stat, Myforwick.myforwik wrote:In Australia over 70% of cyclist deaths are 100% cyclist at fault.
Reference?
It is sound and I 50% those claims in 50% of the post.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby trailgumby » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:44 pm
The notion that an objective reality actually exists that is independent of your point of view is so ... Baby Boomer.
Tapatalk ... how is it supposed to be better?
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Thu Nov 14, 2013 1:41 pm
If not then I suggest Forkwik is on the wrong forum. Though not perfect, this forum is heavily disposed to thoughtful argument and supporting data. Those seeking support for dogmatic statements removed from reality should google Durianrider and head there instead.
btw Forkwik, claims sound so much more authorative with an extra decimal place or two.
Apologies if I sound a little facetious Forwik. But extraordinary claims require extraodinary references. You didn't bother to even supply ANY references. It is hard not to think of trolls when that happens.In Australia over 72.31% of cyclist deaths are 100% cyclist at fault.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby Aushiker » Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:21 pm
Love it KenKenGS wrote:
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby myforwik » Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:26 pm
We have limited resources. If the same amount of time money can stop twice as many deaths if it is directed another way, then we do that.human909 wrote:By your logic since murders make up as small percentage of deaths we should worry about trying to prevent them or prosecute them after the fact.
Its not about you. These are large social issues with a limited budget, and they are generally binary choices. Especially over a new rule that will require massive advertising campaign and initial police blitz, initial cases and prosecution.human909 wrote:That won't keep me safe on the road. Nor are these proposals a binary choice.
From the facts. After 2006 the NTSB recommended police and advertising blitz around cyclists running red and stop signs. Deaths from these incidents have halved since then.human909 wrote:I don't know where you get that notion from.
You movie shows nothing and confuses itself. So they supposedly built it so they will come? Then why did they have massive protests? The protests and cyclists came before the infrastructure. The infrastructure propelled it forward, but was not the initiator or even the biggest factor. Australia needs shorter work trips for it to ever get anywhere close to what they have, doesn't matter what you build.human909 wrote: You sure about that? A build it and they will come can be seen quite clearly in some inner Melbourne councils. You can see vast differences in cycling rates as soon as you cross some council lines.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby myforwik » Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:28 pm
People don't like facts when they don't fit their views.
For example: nearly 45% of cyclist that are killed are not wearing helmets, which is why everyone still goes on about helmets. Yet I doubt anyone here will believe that stat either, even though it clearly says so in all the reports - with women being the major violators, two of the reports show EVERY women killed not wearing a helmet.
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Re: Is It OK To Kill Cyclists
Postby trailgumby » Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:55 pm
That's about as useful as someone in a discussion about religion saying "Oh, it's in the Bible."myforwik wrote:All the stats I have said are in the 2001 2006 and 2011 ATSB road safety reports - "Death of cyclist due to road crashes"
People don't like facts when they don't fit their views.
For example: nearly 45% of cyclist that are killed are not wearing helmets, which is why everyone still goes on about helmets. Yet I doubt anyone here will believe that stat either, even though it clearly says so in all the reports - with women being the major violators, two of the reports show EVERY women killed not wearing a helmet.
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