SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby wombatK » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:07 pm
It was in good shape Friday evening, after 3 days of heavy rain. Maybe Saturday's rain was the straw thatgoneriding wrote:Bennelong Parkway is a bit of a mess again after all the rain. There are a couple of potholes that have kicked up a fair amount of rubble onto the bike lane. It looks like the patching from the last lot of rain! Good to see quality fixes. They must be taking lessons from the IT industry
broke the camel's back.
Can't say the same for the roadworks for Ausgrid just along from the Australia Ave intersection.
The backfill was badly compacted (if at all) and overfilled, and you've got to worry about hitting
it too fast in the wet if you do trick a green light at Australia Ave.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby r2160 » Mon May 14, 2012 2:05 pm
There is no excuse to run the red lights, NONE.
You are giving those of us that follow the rules a bad name, and making it harder to get treated with respect.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby thomashouseman » Mon May 14, 2012 7:10 pm
Pffft!r2160 wrote:I will say one thing. The riders that ride around SOP at around 6.30am.
There is no excuse to run the red lights, NONE.
You are giving those of us that follow the rules a bad name, and making it harder to get treated with respect.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby Sydguy » Mon May 14, 2012 7:37 pm
Has lawyered up, the council was advised numerous times by individuals and groups in the area that an accident was going to happen.
Will we see new surface there? Who knows, I do understand the council do not want to fix roads until the building is done but the road is in a very bad state.
I've changed my mind on red lights. Olympic Park should mark out a good circuit and have it car free for a couple of hours each morning. The Park should also be car free at least once per month.
Cars need to be treated like nuclear waste, or worse they do a lot more damage. Swanie talked up a $1.5bn surplus whilst we spend $30bn+ patching people up after motorists have attempted to kill them. Hw people who don't drive.own cars are not protesting in the streets is beyond me.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby wombatK » Mon May 14, 2012 7:39 pm
Just like all the hoons who roll through the stop sign at the Australia Ave/Marjoriethomashouseman wrote:
Pffft!
They've been getting away with it for years, they're not going to stop now.
Jackson parkway intersection (often enough failing to give way to approaching
cyclists), or drive up the busway illegally.
None of these motorists seem to give one whit of consideration to how
much they are disrespecting other motorists and making life hard for them.
Not that it's much comfort or deterrent, but at least the police get out
there regularly enforcing that. There's no reason to think that any police
action against red-light running cyclists would have any more effect.
If it's any comfort, Darwin's Law will probably catch up with the red-light running
cyclist long before it will get the motoring hoon.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby ILMB » Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:34 pm
what is/are SOP, SOPA, LACC etc.
Is there somewhere on the forum where one can look up all the acronyms?
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby gururug » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:47 pm
SOPA - Sydney Olympic Park Authority
LACC - Lidcombe Auburn Cycling Club
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby wombatK » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:58 pm
Sorely needed. SOPA (Sydney Olympic Park Authority) said they'd be done by July, althoughtubby74 wrote:New traffic lights at Burnie ave were finally active today
on Friday evening it looked like more civil works still required to finish off the median strips
and turning lanes.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby tubby74 » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:01 pm
More concerning, through the park baout 5pm today, hillsong conference is on. They are the least considerate crowd of any event. double parking in no stopping zones, uturns with no consideration for others. be very careful at start and finish times all week
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby wombatK » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:13 pm
The small roundabout doesn't seem to slow traffic on Benelong Rd. It wasn't previously a tee intersection, it's really an apartment entrance/exit. The roundabout is too small to produce the traffic calming effect of most roundabouts. But the roadway neverthelesstubby74 wrote:went through benelong ave today, the new surface is nice and bike lane with a large kerbside free space as well, only choke point is a small roundabout
narrows and the cycle lane dissappears - so it's a danger zone for cyclists. The rest of the work along Bennelong Rd is good.
The Burnie Ave lights work looks all finished. Like all the other intersections around SOP, there's no detection loops in the bike lane.
So at light traffic times, you might find lots of cyclists unable to trip the lights and hence running the red.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby thomashouseman » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:21 pm
Is this a good thing for us cyclists?Sydney Olympic Park Authority has been informed that there will be a speed reduction on Bennelong Parkway and Hill Road.
The Roads and Maritime Services has approved a request from Auburn City Council to reduce the speed limit from 60km/h to 50km/h on Bennelong Parkway (between the Haslam Creek Bridge and Hill Road) and Hill Road north of Bennelong Parkway. The 50km/h signs will be installed this week.
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SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby find_bruce » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:36 pm
I don't see a problem with it - haven't seen many "high speed" riders on that part of Hill Rd, let alone ones who would break 50.thomashouseman wrote:Just received this in my email:
Is this a good thing for us cyclists?Sydney Olympic Park Authority has been informed that there will be a speed reduction on Bennelong Parkway and Hill Road.
The Roads and Maritime Services has approved a request from Auburn City Council to reduce the speed limit from 60km/h to 50km/h on Bennelong Parkway (between the Haslam Creek Bridge and Hill Road) and Hill Road north of Bennelong Parkway. The 50km/h signs will be installed this week.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby Sydguy » Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:36 pm
Just outside SOP at Rhodes Waterside a cyclist managed to go into the water. The section of pathway along the water front that has just opened is where the incident occurred today.
I only wandered a bit closer when the 2nd ambulance rolled up. Then I saw Fire Rescue apear on the scene, and later heard more of them. Hopefully it was a precaution and the rider was not seriously hurt. There is a decent drop onto nasty rocks and with the speed the ambos were doing... fingers crossed!
Can't even guess how the rider went in, unless they stopped at the edge and lost balance. Maybe avoiding something? Very strange.
If anyone knows more please tell.
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby wombatK » Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:12 pm
Bad news that someone came to grief, but good news there's more open.Sydguy wrote: Just outside SOP at Rhodes Waterside a cyclist managed to go into the water. The section of pathway along the water front that has just opened is where the incident occurred today.
How much has been opened ? Does it reach right around to the railway bridge yet ?
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
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Re: SOP Safety Alert Thread
Postby Sydguy » Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:09 pm
There are also signs up on the gate to report to site office. Not sure people were meant to be wandering around in there.
Either way I can't wait for it all to open up, mainly to walk with wife and youngster - riding around there is tricky! Too many people/dogs/kids.
Cyclists are better off on the road, in the centre of the lane around Rhodes.
That said I witnessed a brand new BMW driven by a P plater hitting at least 90 km/h on Shoreline Drive - I grabbed up my 2 y.o. and felt physically sick!
More ammunition for my ingenious idea that everytime you accelerate in a car there should be a sickening crunch followed by an ear piercing scream played through the sound system at full volume. People need it.
JM
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