it's a good thing if i don't catch up with anyone who does that. would be consequencestwizzle wrote:- I got left-hooked for the first time ever, while travelling at 40kph on an on-road lane when there was no other traffic around. I had lights on, and was wearing a fluro jersey, there is absolutely no question as to whether or not they saw me.
It's a good thing I don't have a gun.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby cp123 » Thu Mar 14, 2013 1:36 pm
un bee lieeeevable.... she didn't achieve a blinking thing. by croikey i wish i had my cameras sorted out.... that'll be this weekend's work - to charge them up and mount them.
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Postby il padrone » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:16 pm
^^cp123 wrote:The next RED light at Marcus Clarke street a whole 50 -60 metres ahead where she pulls up and stops a whole 4 seconds ahead of me. So I'm fuming. Shaking the head, waving the arms and giving her every bloody indication of ARE YOU BLOODY STUPID????? What do i get. A little wave of acknowledgement.
This is where I start bashing on her bonnet
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Postby Boognoss » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:36 pm
+1 or back window, etc. Whatever is most convenient (for me)!il padrone wrote:^^cp123 wrote:The next RED light at Marcus Clarke street a whole 50 -60 metres ahead where she pulls up and stops a whole 4 seconds ahead of me. So I'm fuming. Shaking the head, waving the arms and giving her every bloody indication of ARE YOU BLOODY STUPID????? What do i get. A little wave of acknowledgement.
This is where I start bashing on her bonnet
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby CRV » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:40 pm
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Postby jules21 » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:51 pm
i tell them to take the bus and that i'm sick of paying taxes for public transport when people like them don't use it.CRV wrote:He slowed down to "politely" inform me through his open passenger window, that I should be on the "bike lane" aka pavement.
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Postby Mulger bill » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:52 pm
How long have you got?CRV wrote:Why do some motorists think we are second grade citizens??
Cp, you have enormous patience and strong self control...
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Mar 14, 2013 2:54 pm
Sweet, yet another ripper comeback added to the verbal arsenaljules21 wrote:i tell them to take the bus and that i'm sick of paying taxes for public transport when people like them don't use it.CRV wrote:He slowed down to "politely" inform me through his open passenger window, that I should be on the "bike lane" aka pavement.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby Howzat » Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:03 pm
+1 that's a good one.Mulger bill wrote:Sweet, yet another ripper comeback added to the verbal arsenaljules21 wrote:i tell them to take the bus and that i'm sick of paying taxes for public transport when people like them don't use it.
Unless you actually go green and rip the lycra when you're angry, you're probably best off with a few verbal rippers prepared for emergency use.
- "If you don't know (how to drive) / (the road rules), get off the road."
- "Dangerous driving means loss of licence".
Others a bit more inspired?
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby cp123 » Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:09 pm
Mulger bill wrote:CRV wrote: Cp, you have enormous patience and strong self control...
No - I just had 2 hands hauling on the brakes for the save my bloody neck and to stop myself splatting into her left back passenger window. I don't think i'd have enough control and balls to remove a hand and thump her window at the same time.... as much as i really wanted to...
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Postby Aushiker » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:56 am
Andrew
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Postby InTheWoods » Fri Mar 15, 2013 12:23 pm
Or not worth the effort/bothering the police?
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby Summernight » Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:09 pm
Same situation for me this morning too (honked and verbally abused because I was claiming the lane doing 30 in the 50 zone), although I'm in VIC.InTheWoods wrote:Opinion required ... should I bother asking my usually helpful local police sergeant to warn the 2 drivers (one after the other) who sat on the horn this morning because I was claiming the lane? Just to educate them I'm allowed to be there? It was only 6:40am but for some reason there was a bit more traffic than usual, not that I was going that slow at 30-50kmh (60kmh zone with a 40kmh section that all the cars ignore, except for one this morning who got tailgated for their trouble!).
Or not worth the effort/bothering the police?
Do these kinds of reports even go anywhere?
It boggles my mind because we have horses and carriages trotting along this area at 15kph - they certainly don't get honked or abused from what I've seen and they're going half as fast as I am.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby twizzle » Fri Mar 15, 2013 1:36 pm
Something to carry on the bike.
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby cp123 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:32 pm
But knowing my luck i'd end up stacking somewhere and chopping myself into chop suey....
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Postby InTheWoods » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:12 pm
Fastforward to 1:50 for the action.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby il padrone » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:30 pm
cp123 wrote:i wouldn't mind some of those spiky wheel things (ala the chariot racing scene in the Ben Hur movie). use them to slash the tyres of anything that dared to shave me either side.
But knowing my luck i'd end up stacking somewhere and chopping myself into chop suey....
Hiiyaaahh!!
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby il padrone » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:33 pm
T2.... Does that mean something??InTheWoods wrote:Here's my 2 honks and a mildly close pass plus a brief bit of tailgating this morning...
Fastforward to 1:50 for the action.
Three cars approaching you with only one person aboard. Video to report the infraction to...... cops or city hall??
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby arkle » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:50 pm
Wow you are really flying along.InTheWoods wrote:Here's my 2 honks and a mildly close pass plus a brief bit of tailgating this morning...
Fastforward to 1:50 for the action.
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Re: Moron Motorists #3
Postby Ignoto » Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:25 pm
From memory the T2 on Waterworks road is from 7-9 or 7-10. But I haven't been on it in the morning for 18 months now so I could be wrong.il padrone wrote: T2.... Does that mean something??
Three cars approaching you with only one person aboard. Video to report the infraction to...... cops or city hall??
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Postby elantra » Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:52 pm
I second that - not bad for a flat bar.arkle wrote:Wow you are really flying along.InTheWoods wrote:Here's my 2 honks and a mildly close pass plus a brief bit of tailgating this morning...
Fastforward to 1:50 for the action.
arkle
Just to digress slightly that stretch of road (Waterworks Rd) would have to have the dubious distinction of being a woefully ill-conceived attempt by the Brisbane City Council to convert a 2-lane road into a 4-lane road on the cheap.
The net result is a textbook example of project fail.
Its really laughable.
Just to give an example it is a major bus route (no trains out that way) with a high frequency of bus services. some of the bus stops are "recessed" and some are not.
On a bicycle or in a car you pass a stopped bus "too easy" then down the road a bit there is a furious grab for the brakes when you realize that the next bus ahead of you is stopping in the lane- no recess this time !
Basically the only cure for it would be to mandate the inner lane as a 40km/hr only lane
Then it would be a lot safer for all concerned- including cyclists.
Just to add to the farcical traffic management here, for some reason they have made the inbound bridge 40km/hr only recently
And that just serves to confuse motorists (and some cyclists) coming down the hill at 60-70km/hr.
Needless to say motorists think "Say What" and quickly glance in the rear mirror to see if anything catastrophic has happened to the bridge because they drove over it 30km/hr over the posted limit...
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