The Dumb Cyclists and Pedestrians thread...
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Postby twizzle » Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:18 pm
Aikman Drive, Belconnen, at the pedestrian crossing between Ginninderra College and Canberra Uni. I'm in the on-road cycling lane, riding next to two lanes of cars coming off a green light into a "form one lane" (FOL) with a ped (zebra) crossing about 5M past the end of the form one lane. It's a bad design - the ped crossing was put in place to stop students from an accomodation block getting hit by cars when trying to cross the road towards the campus. Mr POBSO on the other side of the road is coming off a curved ramp with a 90 degree turn onto the road. He starts off slowly... then hammers it over the crossing. I was watching the whole thing unfold from my vantage point of being able to see over the tops of the cars, but the cars in the left hand lane had little visibility of what was coming. Cars in the FOL and left lane suddenly had to cope with a car just before the ped crossing slamming the brakes on... cars going left and right trying to avoid rear-end collisions as they went from 'head checks while merging' to 'everything stopped'. I, luckily, was further back, so avoided being hit by the car that swerved into the bike lane.
The really stupid part? Mr POBSO had detoured off a shared pathway - and after crossing the road, he cut across the grass/dirt to rejoin it where it came out from the tunnel under the road. The way he rode actually takes longer than just staying on the shared pathway.
And I could feel the 'eyes of blame' on my back as we all moved off again - once again all cyclists being tarred by the same brush because of yet another idiot.
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Postby twizzle » Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:21 pm
I've often wished I had a jousting lance when riding.Mulger bill wrote:With oncoming side by sides. If you have time and there's no following riders, shift to the granny, stop the bike then hold it with it standing vertically on the rear wheel. Think about it...
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Postby Missy8787 » Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:45 pm
Ha! That is awesome. My partner would love one of those.jasonc wrote:
this solves the problem for me
I keep left everywhere, driving, on stairs, escelators etc. it's just become a habit and l don't even think about it now. The problem with the community bike rides is that unfortunately a few people go on them not knowing the rules for bike riding. I haven't read them myself, but it's common courtesy!
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Postby jasonc » Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:59 pm
The best thing about the airzound: it overrides the ipod affect!Missy8787 wrote:Ha! That is awesome. My partner would love one of those.jasonc wrote:
this solves the problem for me
I keep left everywhere, driving, on stairs, escelators etc. it's just become a habit and l don't even think about it now. The problem with the community bike rides is that unfortunately a few people go on them not knowing the rules for bike riding. I haven't read them myself, but it's common courtesy!
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Postby tubby74 » Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:15 am
all the pathways around olympic park have centre lines with direction arrows on them, makes no difference to people at all, cyclists, walkers etc. probably the worst are groups of retired men out for their walk on a weekday, they seem to be proving something by blocking the path to everyoneg-boaf wrote: Keep left unless overtaking signs might be good on bike paths. .
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Postby g-boaf » Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:43 am
Yeah, and you got a GT-R at 10 seconds too.jules21 wrote:this guy deserves a special award...
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Postby twizzle » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:33 am
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Postby Xplora » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:53 pm
If you're reading this - letting other people take responsibility for your safety is a really bad idea.
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Postby high_tea » Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:39 pm
Did he ping his bell? Here in Brisbane, people seem to think that bell-pinging cures the need to give way, not to mention the obligation to overtake safely I'm starting to think there's some road rule known only to those in on the conspiracy. Maybe one day I'll see the fnords...Xplora wrote:Cranky old bloke coming down off Silverwater Bridge this morning, heading east... I'm glad he was going real slow because I wouldn't have had time to avoid him otherwise. I suggested that corner needed some care taken (because I normally thunder through there at 35kmh). The run down off the bridge has no right of way at all, it's a T intersection and I honestly can't avoid anyone coming down the hill at any speed so I've stopped worrying about it. I wasn't aggro about the suggestion to take care, and I received a "I know about corners, I've been riding for 50 years"... I've seen this bloke a few times on the path, and he must have been having a bad day, but sometimes you just have to take the feedback on the chin and admit that you aren't doing the smart move. If I wasn't sore from digging yesterday I might have been going 5kmh faster and another bike coming towards us would have meant he would have been hurt BADLY.
If you're reading this - letting other people take responsibility for your safety is a really bad idea.
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Postby ft_critical » Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:34 pm
‘So you crash into my rear tyre and fall off and it is my fault, is that right?’
‘Just go on if you are going to turn into an a..hole,’ she retorts, among other things.
Seriously, spring is the season of the deranged.
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Postby weme2b » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:17 pm
It's an idiot teenager, maybe 16, blonde, on his little black BMX, wearing a black backpack, of course no lights. Forget if he had a helmet - probably not if I can remember his hair colour. He's in my lane (the far left lane on a road with two lanes each way) travelling in the wrong direction, in the dark. He just weaves past me on my right in the empty lane without a care in the world. As I drive on, I watch him in the rear view mirror and he's weaving back to his left - staying on the wrong side of the road - as another car approaches from behind me.
I was too stunned to get on the horn (actually I'm quite calm by nature so I rarely, if ever, resort to the horn). Just don't understand why you'd be so plain, stinking dumb to ride on the wrong side of the road weaving in and out of cars going at 60km in the opposite direction, in the dark. Especially when your side of the road is pretty much free of traffic. He'd be lucky if he got home that day.
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Postby ldrcycles » Thu Nov 01, 2012 12:09 am
Holy mackerel that was close, i feel sorry for the van driver, that must have been a horrible feeling thinking he was about to smear some idiot all over the road.jules21 wrote:this guy deserves a special award...
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Postby bychosis » Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:18 am
Teenager...weme2b wrote:.. Just don't understand why you'd be so plain, stinking dumb to ride ...
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Postby burger » Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:51 am
To the 4 roadies, 2 commutes and the MTB waiting for the Green, that he had to weave through and past . . . awesome effort . . . ABSOLUTELY
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Postby Addictr3 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:34 am
How was you rideburger wrote:To the MTB rider who went throught the Red light near Milsons Point this morning . . . awesome effort . . . NOT
To the 4 roadies, 2 commutes and the MTB waiting for the Green, that he had to weave through and past . . . awesome effort . . . ABSOLUTELY
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Postby burger » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:25 am
pm sent
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Postby paulmac118 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:41 am
Glad I am not the only one who notices some of these (minority) idiots around North Sydney. New to cycling and it has helped my awareness and anticipation on the road 10 fold.... Two recent incidents I saw recently:burger wrote:To the MTB rider who went throught the Red light near Milsons Point this morning . . . awesome effort . . . NOT
To the 4 roadies, 2 commutes and the MTB waiting for the Green, that he had to weave through and past . . . awesome effort . . . ABSOLUTELY
Idiot # 1. Running a red on West and Falcon Streets, didn't see the tradies ute. While walking to work I heard a loud screech and looked over to see the ute end up on the wrong side of the road, a metre from the traffic light pole. Lucky it was early and no traffic coming the other way. Moron yelled something at the ute to slow down and hightailed it.
Idiot # 2. Runs red onto Pacific Hwy from Alexander St Crows Nest. Rides in the bus lane until it ends. Next red light splits up the middle and sits between the two north bound lanes. Green light and everyone drives off... Moron now in right lane. Then without warning cuts into the left lane (where I am driving) and I nearly collect him. Gave a little toot of the horn to let him know it wasnt cool - I get the finger!
Nice.
As a newbie and being more alert I can now see why some peoples perception of cyclists arent terrific. I think I will stick to riding the M7 for now!
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Postby g-boaf » Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:19 am
Peds don't seem to be required to pay attention or stay left, and they do seem to have the right to curse at cyclists who made them abandon their side-by-side walk. Even going 8km/h is too fast according to them.Lukeyboy wrote:Riding along the bikeway/shared pathway behind Shaw Park today and I notice a bunch of people up ahead walking towards me so I slow right down. A guy came past me and slowed right down aswell. He's ringing his bell and some don't even move. Eventually most of them get out of the way but they went left and right onto the grass forcing us to ride through the group of about 15 people and by this time we're both at a crawl. Still the people at the back aren't paying attention/looking at the ground. She looks up and freezes directly infront of the cyclist who then decides to step to the side just as the cyclist starts to fall over sideways. Literally there was a big giant sign a few metres away and along the path saying keep to the left
I've had those types too, you have to yell for them to take note.
I love the M7 because there aren't many of them on there.
Yesterday, was following someone on a very old road bike, and I tell you what, disgusting. He was spitting every 400-500 metres - which is absolutely filthy. I was keeping to the right so avoided it. Screaming out every few hundred metres. If that wasn't bad enough, the visuals were worse. Tiny running shorts leaving nothing to the imagination (flapping in the breeze), running singlet, old 80s style helmet... The only thing that saved the day was that he was going reasonably fast.
This morning crossing the road in the CBD, lady on big step-over commuter bicycle had to swerve to avoid the totally oblivious young pedestrian ahead of me.
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Postby crazyjose » Tue Nov 13, 2012 12:54 pm
I used to get this when i took the long way along the riverpath along the Shoalhaven river with selfish old women not wanting to share the path with you (shared path) and they know your coming because
you see them turning their heads to see if your still coming. The Air Zounds horn fixes that though, and wayward riding mates...
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Postby zero » Tue Nov 13, 2012 12:56 pm
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Postby zero » Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:00 pm
Airzound totally inappropriate for share paths imo. Pedestrians have general priority, and you are required to stop to avoid a collision, which means your bike should in-hand speedwise on approach to any pedestrians. You should not be using a 100 decibel device to move people out of your way.crazyjose wrote:jules21 wrote:this annoys me.
I used to get this when i took the long way along the riverpath along the Shoalhaven river with selfish old women not wanting to share the path with you (shared path) and they know your coming because
you see them turning their heads to see if your still coming. The Air Zounds horn fixes that though, and wayward riding mates...
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