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My first 'militant cyclist' encouter

Post by Lorgar » 01 May 2019, 1:37 pm

I had an interesting experience this morning :lol:

I dug up a picture which pretty much tells the story...

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The dark green strip on the left of the road is the bike lane, the bright green arrow was my path.

So I was riding in the vehicle lane.
Put on my left indicator.
Braked.
Checked the mirrors... I see a pair of cyclists a sufficient distance back so turn left into the driveway, as pictured.

I come to a complete stop in the driveway and a second later I get the ride-by shout, this woman screams (scream is the correct word to use here, not an exaggeration) "don't ride in the bike lane d**khead!".

It's got to be a hell of a trick for any motorist to get in an out of that driveway without touching that lane :lol:

Jokes aside, clearly I had to cross the bike lane. I did so properly with consideration for others around me and was completely in the right. We had been going parallel for about 100m before that, and in that time I heard her scream at a pedestrian behind me for something too; she's obviously just fired up ready to have a go any anyone who come anywhere near her.

I'm not actually have a go at cyclists here - d**kheads come from all walks of life, as we know - but I think, man, what a state to be in. How can you ride in that state of fury all the time?

Relax, take the tram. You'd be much happier yourself and not destined for a heart attack :lol:
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Post by Blr243 » 01 May 2019, 1:59 pm

I got abused and screamed at once by a woman who was so angry that I swear she was breathing fire at the same time ... she took several turns out of her way just to follow and scream at me. Thank got she did not have a gun. .sometimes they are just having a bad day
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Post by Jon79 » 01 May 2019, 2:11 pm

All cyclists should be sterilised so they stop breeding more cyclists
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Post by bigpete » 01 May 2019, 2:54 pm

Yeah,f*** her and the bike she rode in on...
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Post by Member-Deleted » 01 May 2019, 2:54 pm

Well Lorgar all I can say mate if you wore that tight lycra the cyclists wear to day and had to sit on one of those skinny things they call a seat now days and all this pushing hurtfully upward into your extremities what is the end result well mate bad temper does come to mind :thumbsup: :D :D :lol: :silent:
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Post by Noisydad » 01 May 2019, 2:59 pm

They were likely green, vegan... and crossfitters too.
There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Post by pomemax » 01 May 2019, 4:53 pm

Should go same way tomorrow same time might be able to correct your mistake ?????
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Post by Sergeant Hartman » 01 May 2019, 5:45 pm

Please note it is illegal to run over a bicycle rider at all times :sarcasm:
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Post by pomemax » 01 May 2019, 6:44 pm

:allegedly:

who would do such a thing I meant to correct her understanding of the road rules there is bound to be a crossing of cycle lanes for entering driveways in the code somewhere
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Post by Chappo » 01 May 2019, 7:15 pm

Hey lorgar.
This might make you feel a bit better mate!!! :lol: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDxjge5hmY
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Post by Member-Deleted » 01 May 2019, 7:23 pm

Simple non violent way of dealing with bikers aaaand mozzies :thumbsup: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :silent:
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Post by Lorgar » 01 May 2019, 8:58 pm

pomemax wrote:Should go same way tomorrow same time might be able to correct your mistake ?????


Maybe she wants me to ride down the footpath for 100 metres instead.

Because f*** pedestrians, right? Cyclist rights are the only ones that matter :lol:
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Post by Lorgar » 01 May 2019, 9:04 pm

pomemax wrote:there is bound to be a crossing of cycle lanes for entering driveways in the code somewhere


Yep, of course there is. How else could it possibly work (obviously).

vicroads.vic.gov.au wrote:Are drivers allowed to use bike lanes?
Yes, but for no more than 50 metres, and only where necessary to pass a vehicle turning right, to enter or leave a side street, another traffic lane or parking space, or when stopping or parking if allowed.
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Post by Lorgar » 01 May 2019, 9:06 pm

Chappo wrote:This might make you feel a bit better mate!!! :lol: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDxjge5hmY


I may have laughed at that :lol:
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Post by flutch » 01 May 2019, 9:33 pm

cyclists are worse than vegans, world would be better without them and their smug bs
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Post by on_one_wheel » 01 May 2019, 9:50 pm

A few old tricks to sort out those pesky cyclists.

Have your passenger use a CB antenna as a whip and smack them across the ass as you pass at speed.

Adjust your window washers to the side and give em a good spraying as you drive by.

Big noisy key bangers as you pass them is always great entertainment.

Comments like "nice pants mate ... do they make them for men?"

There's nothing like seeing someone get so mad they bust their ass to catch you only to realize when they do finally catch up they're so puffed out that they don't stand a chance in a 1 on 1 confrontation ... all they have left is the death stare :lol:
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Post by duncan61 » 01 May 2019, 9:58 pm

They are a nightmare here.My wife travels to work and where the traffic bridge goes over the Swan at Fremantle they idle along 3 abreast and everyone is stuffed.Huge trucks use this bridge as it is the only way to the southern suburbs and the port is on the north side.Then they all languish around the coffee bars in the city centre.I needed fuel the other day and used the coastal drive at Trigg to get to the BP never again the urge to smash my jeep into them was very strong and could happen.I will go other ways north in future
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Post by Bruiser64 » 01 May 2019, 11:40 pm

I can’t say I am very fond of arrogant self righteous cyclists. Plus they’re pretty foolish. Some of them seem to be so wound up in what they regard as their “right” to be on the road they risk death or serious injury. Which seems pretty boneheaded to me. I say that as a person who rides bicycles and motorcycles.

I give you as a classic example this bloke:

https://www.news.com.au/national/queens ... 078cceb09a

I think it is terrible he was killed and it is particularly tragic for his wife and children. Unfortunately he let ideology override self preservation. It is simply ludicrous to hand over responsibility for your personal safety to a huge number of complete strangers on a busy public road and think nothing will ever go wrong. When you are a highly vulnerable road user you only need one driver to have a moments inattention, and you are the person who is dead or eating all your future meals through a straw. Where I live I see numpty cyclists riding on busy roads when there is a bicycle path three metres to their left. How cretinous is that?

When people tell me they have “the right” to ride on the road and that they should be respected I go: aaah no. Your a dill. I like to point out that as an overweight, bearded, middle aged bloke l have the right to walk into the Mirrabooka Tavern wearing a floral dress, fairy wings and a plastic tiara. If, however, I am stupid enough to exercise that right, I shouldn’t expect to leave the Tavern with the same number of teeth that I walked in with. Or the ability to walk unaided. Or see through both eyes for several days.
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Post by duncan61 » 02 May 2019, 12:14 am

Mirrabooka is nice wear your fairy costume to the Beechboro
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Post by TassieTiger » 02 May 2019, 12:28 am

I used to work as a motorcycle instructor for DECA.
I’d ask new riders a question to prompt a thought -
“As a motorcyclist rider, if you have legal right of way and get taken out by a semi / car - who gives a s**t? No one...legal right of way means NOTHING if your dead.,..do NOT put your safety into the hands of others. Do NOT expect nor demand right of way on a motorcycle - against steel cages and trucks, you are a piece of flesh...but apparently Lycra works better ?!?
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Post by Bruiser64 » 02 May 2019, 1:03 am

duncan61 wrote:Mirrabooka is nice wear your fairy costume to the Beechboro


Or how about the Gosnells Tavern at 10pm on a Friday night? Do you reckon you’d leave there with a tooth in your head if you “exercised your right” to wear that kind of outfit? I am not convinced you would. Having said that, I am not convinced Mirrabooka is as nice as all that. The locals do refer to the ornamental pond near Mirrabooka Square as Shopping Trolley Pond. I have a mate who works there and he advises me there is a vibrant alternative youth culture that specialises in wealth redistribution methods somewhat at odds with conventional notions of individual property rights.
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Post by Bruiser64 » 02 May 2019, 1:14 am

TassieTiger wrote:I used to work as a motorcycle instructor for DECA.
I’d ask new riders a question to prompt a thought -
“As a motorcyclist rider, if you have legal right of way and get taken out by a semi / car - who gives a s**t? No one...legal right of way means NOTHING if your dead.,..do NOT put your safety into the hands of others. Do NOT expect nor demand right of way on a motorcycle - against steel cages and trucks, you are a piece of flesh...but apparently Lycra works better ?!?


I did a Stay Upright course back in 1984. That was the same point they made. I have survived all this time because I don’t hand over responsibility for my safety to other road users. I ride defensively and do whatever I can to not get hit. Which is why l consider these cyclists as complete fools. Your are vulnerable on a motorcycle: and that is being able to keep pace with the speed of the traffic. You are heaps more vulnerable on a bicycle travelling well below the speed of the other road users. I see the problem as being that some cyclists see themselves as virtuous and superior, so this justifies being irresponsible. Good luck with that. Me? I am a lot more pragmatic when out on the treadly. I ride on bike paths and footpaths and try to avoid riding on roads as much as possible. I have no interest in exploring the wonderful world of quadriplegia.
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Post by bigfellascott » 02 May 2019, 9:32 pm

I remember seeing a mamil in lycra riding a bike in brisbane one day, anyway he decided to ride said bike in the middle of the lane which someone took offence to, anyway lets just say that bike and bike rider had never seen speeds that fast in their life I'm sure (ol mate grabbed the bike and gunned it) with the mamil screaming his head off! I'd say the Lycra would have ended up in the bin as there's no way to get stains that big out of em I'm sure :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by wanneroo » 03 May 2019, 10:52 am

You probably should not get me started on cyclists. I find them the most arrogant smug pompous blowhard butt brains around.

BTW I ride a mountain bike but only on a "rails to trails" path, to me riding on the road with big trucks and people not paying attention is total lunacy.

When I lived in a wealthy mountain ski town in the Rocky Mountains USA, running parallel to the main road that traversed the valley was a multi million dollar bike path. What did the cyclists chose to ride on? Of course the narrow main road with tons of traffic, not the nice bike path.
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Post by TassieTiger » 04 May 2019, 8:53 pm

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Post by Member-Deleted » 04 May 2019, 9:35 pm

She was too close to the center line like all bike riders if she had been further left she could have missed the accident :thumbsup: :lol: :lol: :lol: :drinks: :clap:
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Post by Chappo » 04 May 2019, 11:34 pm

Notice the cyclist lies there a crumpled mess while the roo laughs it off and hops away like meh whatever.
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Post by Bruiser64 » 05 May 2019, 12:12 pm

wanneroo wrote:You probably should not get me started on cyclists. I find them the most arrogant smug pompous blowhard butt brains around.

BTW I ride a mountain bike but only on a "rails to trails" path, to me riding on the road with big trucks and people not paying attention is total lunacy.

When I lived in a wealthy mountain ski town in the Rocky Mountains USA, running parallel to the main road that traversed the valley was a multi million dollar bike path. What did the cyclists chose to ride on? Of course the narrow main road with tons of traffic, not the nice bike path.


It wouldn’t surprise me if you told me that a few of them got cleaned up by vehicles, and then complained about drivers being unsafe. It must be something in the human condition that a lack of appreciation of risk is nicely matched by an inability to accept responsibility for your own decisions. A certain type of cyclist the world over seems afflicted.
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Post by PaddyT » 06 May 2019, 1:17 pm

I ride a pushie for exercise and have never understood the agro rider syndrome. id rather be wrong and alive than right and dead.
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