QLD Minimum Safe Passing Distance e-petition
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http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/queens ... 6658948691" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby Ross » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:37 am
You can't vote for more than one option except by selecting the last option which means you vote for everything which I don't want to do. The poll is useless.The 2nd Womble wrote:Wherever you live in Australia, please VOTE in the CM poll being conducted today. It WILL add further to this debate.
http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/queens ... 6658948691" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: QLD Minimum Safe Passing Distance e-petition
Postby Mulger bill » Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:17 am
But nicely worded to appeal to the typical Gooier Male commentor. Hit the 1m+ button and be done.Ross wrote:You can't vote for more than one option except by selecting the last option which means you vote for everything which I don't want to do. The poll is useless.The 2nd Womble wrote:Wherever you live in Australia, please VOTE in the CM poll being conducted today. It WILL add further to this debate.
http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/queens ... 6658948691" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: QLD Minimum Safe Passing Distance e-petition
Postby ozzymac » Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:07 pm
I thought we wanted 1.5m?Mulger bill wrote:But nicely worded to appeal to the typical Gooier Male commentor. Hit the 1m+ button and be done.Ross wrote:You can't vote for more than one option except by selecting the last option which means you vote for everything which I don't want to do. The poll is useless.The 2nd Womble wrote:Wherever you live in Australia, please VOTE in the CM poll being conducted today. It WILL add further to this debate.
http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/queens ... 6658948691" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: QLD Minimum Safe Passing Distance e-petition
Postby KonaCommuter » Fri Jun 07, 2013 6:20 pm
The 2nd Womble wrote:Bicycle Qld's being given the credit for the proposed review. Right now I'm making a suggestive side to side gesture with my upturned fist while rolling my eyes. And men can't do two things at once, pffft.
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Postby KonaCommuter » Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:17 pm
NO WE ARE SAYING 1.5mtrs
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Re: QLD Minimum Safe Passing Distance e-petition
Postby g-boaf » Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:16 pm
I did vote, but I hated having to choose all of the above. Because cyclists shouldn't be banned from multiple lane roads.The 2nd Womble wrote:Wherever you live in Australia, please VOTE in the CM poll being conducted today. It WILL add further to this debate.
http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/queens ... 6658948691" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What happened to the AGF representative on this forum here? Can't she see that we DEMAND 1.5 METRES! AGF should get behind this 1.5 metre campaign fully and make it work for the better of all cyclists.KonaCommuter wrote:Just saw AGF take the Kudo's on ABC News. All through the report it was "1 meter".
NO WE ARE SAYING 1.5mtrs
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Postby Mulger bill » Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:22 pm
I may very well be wrong, and if so, I apologise profusely.g-boaf wrote:What happened to the AGF representative on this forum here? Can't she see that we DEMAND 1.5 METRES! AGF should get behind this 1.5 metre campaign fully and make it work for the better of all cyclists.
I seem to recall that AGF rely in some small part on funding from "external" sources so I'm sure they would not be into biting the hand that feeds them.
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Postby find_bruce » Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:24 am
Nah he's a smart lad, will figure that out for himself
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Postby The 2nd Womble » Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:29 am
There's that rumour hey? Allow me if I may...find_bruce wrote:Do I take it then Dave that you are denying the rumour that you are secretly in cahoots with the AGF, with you so capably filling the role of bad cop ?
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Don't ever call me smart.
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Postby The 2nd Womble » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:16 am
"The potential introduction of a minimum one-metre passing distance for cars overtaking cyclists has prompted calls for a serious, reasonable debate over the safety issue."
No, we're calling for a change to the law.
"As the voice of Bicycle Queensland for more than a decade, Ben Wilson quietly picks the eye teeth out of the important issues facing the fast-growing number of Queensland cyclists."
Yup, that's what BQ does, pick the eye teeth out of it, every time.
"He is determined that the debate surrounding overtaking rules, which will be reviewed by the state government, will not be shrunk to a tussle between cyclists and motorists.
And he wants the review committee to look at a broad range of issues, including what he says is research showing a lack of attentiveness from motorists."
Why, there are no other issues here at this point in time!
"The Greens, meanwhile, stress that the creation of bikeways is not keeping up with the public's uptake of cycling.
Greens Senate candidate Adam Stone said Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit data showed most accidents involving cyclists happened on roads (70 per cent), not bikeways (11 per cent).
“This data confirms that cars and bikes don't mix without an unacceptable number of cyclists coming away bloody,” Mr Stone said."
Ah yes, the Greens, our political frien... Wait a minute.
Build another bike path but don't worry about our roads, we're likely to bleed and that's a bit yukky. Thanks for trying to NOT help.
Meanwhile - and again think about who's supporting what here in Qld - leave it to our peak motoring body to be the voice of reason this morning:
"The RACQ's executive manager of technical and safety policy Steve Spalding said a healthy debate was needed about how much space competing road users would need in the years to come.
"What is important to try to avoid is issues that unnecessarily polarise the two road user groups," he said.
"It should never be cyclist versus drivers, or cyclists versus trucks or whatever."
He said safe passing distances and courtesies should underpin all road users' behaviour."
Dumstruck!
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Re: QLD Minimum Safe Passing Distance e-petition
Postby g-boaf » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:34 am
And for the better of transparency, so people can make an informed decision on who to support, which external sources might those be....Mulger bill wrote:I may very well be wrong, and if so, I apologise profusely.g-boaf wrote:What happened to the AGF representative on this forum here? Can't she see that we DEMAND 1.5 METRES! AGF should get behind this 1.5 metre campaign fully and make it work for the better of all cyclists.
I seem to recall that AGF rely in some small part on funding from "external" sources so I'm sure they would not be into biting the hand that feeds them.
Hmmm indeed.
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Postby The 2nd Womble » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:51 am
The RACQ aren't standing in the way of progress, unlike the AGF and BQ. The push continues for 1.5 because that's what Qld wants.high_tea wrote:The RACQ is getting involved, huh? Something tells me the turkey isn't gonna vote for Christmas.
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