Sydney drivers at there best !

Here's a video show just how much risk some drivers are willing to
take with cyclist, other road users and there own lives...

http://www.youtube.com/user/Peddler2.../0/FljtSTgq5I0

Ride like your life depended on it !

On 6/05/2011 8:52 PM, ridetowork@noemailaddress wrote:
Here's a video show just how much risk some drivers are willing to
take with cyclist, other road users and there own lives...

http://www.youtube.com/user/Peddler2.../0/FljtSTgq5I0

Ride like your life depended on it !


When was there any room for cyclists on the roads -

Rob wrote:

When was there any room for cyclists on the roads -

1893?


BTH

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"BT Humble" wrote
Rob wrote:

When was there any room for cyclists on the roads -

1893?

Bicycles were very dangerous machines before the invention of the
"safety" and were not in common use. When the 'safety' was produced
and people actually started using bicycles for transport there were
already cars on the roads.

Theo

Theo Bekkers wrote:

"BT Humble" wrote
Rob wrote:

When was there any room for cyclists on the roads -

1893?

Bicycles were very dangerous machines before the invention of the
"safety" and were not in common use. When the 'safety' was produced
and people actually started using bicycles for transport there were
already cars on the roads.

That's why I chose 1893 - the "Safety" bicycle was well established by
then:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_bicycle

...and I doubt that there were significant numbers of automobiles on
public roads at that time.


BTH

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Theo Bekkers wrote:
"BT Humble" wrote
Rob wrote:

When was there any room for cyclists on the roads -

1893?

Bicycles were very dangerous machines before the invention of the
"safety" and were not in common use. When the 'safety' was produced
and people actually started using bicycles for transport there were
already cars on the roads.

Oh utter bull****. Early cars were made from bicycle technology.
The first "safety" was built in 1876 and the first motor car was
patented in 1886 (not exactly a production run there). The really funny
bit when looking this stuff up is that the first automobile mentioned
was actually a four wheel pedal car. and yes, I am ignoring the various
forms of steam driven vehicles.

In any case, it wasn't until after WWII that cars started to dominate
the roadways. In certain locations, it was a flood of workers bicycles
that dominated the scene. Even the NRMA(NSW) relied on bicycles when
they first started, although this is now whitewashed from their history.

BT Humble wrote:

..and I doubt that there were significant numbers of automobiles on
public roads at that time.

And the australian guy who wrote the first Australianmotor car touring
guides survey the routes on a bicycle. He did it to sell his line of
motorist garments.

On 11/05/2011 5:50 PM, terryc wrote:
BT Humble wrote:

..and I doubt that there were significant numbers of automobiles on
public roads at that time.

And the australian guy who wrote the first Australianmotor car touring
guides survey the routes on a bicycle. He did it to sell his line of
motorist garments.

Was that specially Drawn to Order by Mr H E C Robinson with descriptive
notes by Mr J Pearson - Printers and Publishers John Sands Limited.?

Rob wrote:
On 11/05/2011 5:50 PM, terryc wrote:
BT Humble wrote:

..and I doubt that there were significant numbers of automobiles on
public roads at that time.

And the australian guy who wrote the first Australianmotor car touring
guides survey the routes on a bicycle. He did it to sell his line of
motorist garments.

Was that specially Drawn to Order by Mr H E C Robinson with descriptive
notes by Mr J Pearson - Printers and Publishers John Sands Limited.?

Rob wrote:
On 11/05/2011 5:50 PM, terryc wrote:
BT Humble wrote:

..and I doubt that there were significant numbers of automobiles on
public roads at that time.

And the australian guy who wrote the first Australianmotor car touring
guides survey the routes on a bicycle. He did it to sell his line of
motorist garments.

Was that specially Drawn to Order by Mr H E C Robinson with descriptive
notes by Mr J Pearson - Printers and Publishers John Sands Limited.?

What year was that one?