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Sydney City Council has a cycle safety campaign:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho12/3667536776/ Regards Oscar Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius |
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In aus.bicycle on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:17:01 +1000
Oscar Trint wrote: Sydney City Council has a cycle safety campaign: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho12/3667536776/ Don't really understand the mentality of people who make signs like that. Do they think that red light runners don't know that you are supposed to stop at lights? Do they think a red light runner will trust a signboard over their own feelings about safety? Do they think that people who run red lights will stop and open their eyes wide and say "My God! I never thought of it like that!" Zebee |
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Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:17:01 +1000 Oscar Trint wrote: Sydney City Council has a cycle safety campaign: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho12/3667536776/ Don't really understand the mentality of people who make signs like that. What's there not to understand? Do they think that red light runners don't know that you are supposed to stop at lights? Of course they know. The issue is that they eagerly break the law. Perhaps because they think it shouldn't apply to them. Do they think a red light runner will trust a signboard over their own feelings about safety? What's safety got to do with it? Do they think that people who run red lights will stop and open their eyes wide and say "My God! I never thought of it like that!" Let's see how they react when they get booked more often. The same with the turds who ride on the wrong side of the road and ride on the footpaths. -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipvdBnU8F8 - KRudd at his finest. "The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!" - Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity. "This is the recession we had to have!" - Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession. "Silly old bugger!" - Well known ACTU ****pot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more. "By 1990, no child will live in poverty" - Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election. "A billion trees ..." - Borke, ****ed as a newt again. "Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor general!" - Egotistical ****head and pompous ****wit E.G. Whitlam whining about his appointee for Governor General John Kerr. |
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On 2009-06-28, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: In aus.bicycle on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:17:01 +1000 Oscar Trint wrote: Sydney City Council has a cycle safety campaign: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho12/3667536776/ Don't really understand the mentality of people who make signs like that. Do they think that red light runners don't know that you are supposed to stop at lights? Do they think a red light runner will trust a signboard over their own feelings about safety? Do they think that people who run red lights will stop and open their eyes wide and say "My God! I never thought of it like that!" And now I know why police always think that it was the cyclist at fault in any collision involving an motovehicle at an intersection. Why of course, the cyclist *must* have been going through a red light, because that's what cyclists do. Cars always only go through *green* lights! -- TimC Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives. |
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In aus.bicycle on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:34:29 +1000
TimC wrote: And now I know why police always think that it was the cyclist at fault in any collision involving an motovehicle at an intersection. Why of course, the cyclist *must* have been going through a red light, because that's what cyclists do. Cars always only go through *green* lights! Paranoia may be fun, but isn't useful. Not all intersections are controlled by lights and oddly enough the cops usually know quite well which side was green. absurdity gains no credit. Zebee |
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On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:18:19 +0000 (UTC), Zebee Johnstone
wrote in aus.bicycle: In aus.bicycle on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:17:01 +1000 Oscar Trint wrote: Sydney City Council has a cycle safety campaign: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho12/3667536776/ Don't really understand the mentality of people who make signs like that. Do they think that red light runners don't know that you are supposed to stop at lights? Do they? Amber also means stop unless unsafe to do so but most Australian drivers seem to think it means floor the accelerator. So obviously there is a difference in interpretation as to what it means, the sign clears it up Regards Oscar Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius |
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On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:30:09 +1000, Oscar Trint
wrote: Do they think that red light runners don't know that you are supposed to stop at lights? Do they? Amber also means stop unless unsafe to do so but most Australian drivers seem to think it means floor the accelerator. So obviously there is a difference in interpretation as to what it means, the sign clears it up Too many intersections, I start on the green and am well into the red before I have cleared the intersection. The timing just does not allow for bicycles. |
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Aeek wrote: On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:30:09 +1000, Oscar Trint wrote: Do they think that red light runners don't know that you are supposed to stop at lights? Do they? Amber also means stop unless unsafe to do so but most Australian drivers seem to think it means floor the accelerator. So obviously there is a difference in interpretation as to what it means, the sign clears it up Too many intersections, I start on the green and am well into the red before I have cleared the intersection. The timing just does not allow for bicycles. That's never happened to a slow old bugger like me. Maybe you need to ride more and get faster, and stop gawking at the shielas waiting to cross the road. Patrick Turner. |
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"Patrick" == Patrick Turner writes:
Patrick Aeek wrote: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:30:09 +1000, Oscar Trint wrote: Do they think that red light runners don't know that you are supposed to stop at lights? Do they? Amber also means stop unless unsafe to do so but most Australian drivers seem to think it means floor the accelerator. So obviously there is a difference in interpretation as to what it means, the sign clears it up Too many intersections, I start on the green and am well into the red before I have cleared the intersection. The timing just does not allow for bicycles. Patrick That's never happened to a slow old bugger like me. Plenty of intersections i know of where it happens where two multi-lane roads cross, especially if you're on an uphill start or arrive at the intersection and the lights are already green. Patrick Maybe you need to ride more and get faster, and stop gawking at Patrick the shielas waiting to cross the road. Maybe when programming the lights the councils and/or VicRoads, the RTA etc need to consider all road users, not just motorised ones and roadies as fit and fast as Patrick. Adrian |
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Patrick Turner wrote: Aeek wrote: On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:30:09 +1000, Oscar Trint wrote: Do they think that red light runners don't know that you are supposed to stop at lights? Do they? Amber also means stop unless unsafe to do so but most Australian drivers seem to think it means floor the accelerator. So obviously there is a difference in interpretation as to what it means, the sign clears it up Too many intersections, I start on the green and am well into the red before I have cleared the intersection. The timing just does not allow for bicycles. That's never happened to a slow old bugger like me. Maybe you need to ride more and get faster, and stop gawking at the shielas waiting to cross the road. Patrick Turner. Patrick, Try riding across Northbourne Ave, late at night, when you are the only traffic going Eastwards from MacArthur Ave to Wakefield Ave. Even with my best effort, I can only get halfway across the South-bound lanes before my light turns red. -- K.A. Moylan Canberra, Australia Ski Club: http://www.cccsc.asn.au kamoylan at ozemail dot com dot au |
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