What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

That's fucked Haakon. Hope you're alright and the info you give leads to an attempted manslaughter charge.
This is why I ride only on footpaths on the way to work. I shouldn't have to, but here we are.
 
That's farked! I've been waiting for something like that to happen on my commute. Fortunately, out of 25km only 6km is on the road and only about 1km of that is mixing it with parked cars and traffic. Still get some close buzzes on the highway part though.
 
Had my first real ride yesterdsy since knee surgery was done 3 weeks ago. Yvonne is organising a gravel ride for a couple of weeks away. She wanted to do a recon on a section we haven't ridden before out Lachlan way in the Derwent Valley. 32 kms and about 500 meters of climbing.
Piece of cake I'm thinking. Fark! Did I feel under done. Where did my aerobic fitness wonder off to.
And hot as well!
Anyway, good to be back on the bike. My Chameleon is living up to it's name as its now doing duty as a gravel burner.
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Haakon said:
Police could not have been less interested. "yeah thats why i dont ride bikes" was the assessment of the one taking my statement.

Maybe the allocated officer who may or may not call me in a week or two will care more? I doubt it.
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That’s the thing. No one gives a fuck. Road users, cops. I’m actually too scared shitless to ride on the road. I did a gravel ride with a friend last week. We had to start and finish it in Footscray where he lives and then at the brewery for post ride drinks, inner west of Melbourne basically. I was terrified every second we were on a road and couldn’t wait to get off. Spending every second waiting for injury or death is something I can do without.

Hope you heal up quick but imagine the mental stuff will linger.
 
I like commuting here in Canberra, but 19 of the 20km on my route is on completely separated paths often not even running near roads. And the bulk of the rest of it is in my suburb.

I used ride a singlespeed aggressively in Sydney traffic every day of the week a couple of decades back. I avoid the road almost completely now.

Cyclists were never popular in traffic, and I get the resentment to a (limited) point. But it feels a bit nastier now than then.
 
Haakon said:
Police could not have been less interested. "yeah thats why i dont ride bikes" was the assessment of the one taking my statement.

Maybe the allocated officer who may or may not call me in a week or two will care more? I doubt it.
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That's when you ask their views on dealing with 'aggravated assault' and 'assault with a deadly weapon' cases...and wondering out loud about whether the ombudsman might be interested in such views as they relate to cyclists.

And police wonder why so many people aren't interested in helping them out and being useful to their work.
 
silentbutdeadly said:
That's when you ask their views on dealing with 'aggravated assault' and 'assault with a deadly weapon' cases...and wondering out loud about whether the ombudsman might be interested in such views as they relate to cyclists.

And police wonder why so many people aren't interested in helping them out and being useful to their work.
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I am friends with a member of a certain political party who has provided advice on writing to members with a “what are you going to do about providing safe roads?”, and via a Facebook post on the bicycle Tasmania network group I’m having coffee at his invitation with a Hobart council councillor, who will benefit from some ideas on what needs to be done to counter the fucked culture down here.
 
Tubbsy said:
I like commuting here in Canberra, but 19 of the 20km on my route is on completely separated paths often not even running near roads. And the bulk of the rest of it is in my suburb.

I used ride a singlespeed aggressively in Sydney traffic every day of the week a couple of decades back. I avoid the road almost completely now.

Cyclists were never popular in traffic, and I get the resentment to a (limited) point. But it feels a bit nastier now than then.
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It’s getting worse for sure. I miss my commute along burley Griffen dam.
 
Haakon said:
Police could not have been less interested. "yeah thats why i dont ride bikes" was the assessment of the one taking my statement.

Maybe the allocated officer who may or may not call me in a week or two will care more? I doubt it.
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Have that opinion, whatever, but do your job!

If this was a case of someone walking along the street getting hit by someone with a baseball bat, their attitude would probably be different.

And this is different, much more serious I'd argue! 1.5+ tone vs 100 odd kg of rider and bike. This needs to be looked at properly and if you don't get any questions answered in a week, speak to a Sergeant and have them look into it further.

Make sure you get a report number and names!! Get the names of the people you speak to and the member that's meant to be investigating!
 
@Haakon make sure you get a crash report number too if they didn't give you one already. These should be looked at separately from general crime reports.

www.police.tas.gov.au

Accident Records - Tasmania Police

Traffic Crash Reports are administered within Accident Records, Tasmania Police. Information Services liaise with operational p
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If the report you made today wasn't a crash report, then go to a station that has a highway patrol unit to make the report directly with them if that's possible. You'll get a much better investigation from highway patrol for this type of thing.
 
wkkie said:
@Haakon make sure you get a crash report number too if they didn't give you one already. These should be looked at separately from general crime reports.

www.police.tas.gov.au

Accident Records - Tasmania Police

Traffic Crash Reports are administered within Accident Records, Tasmania Police. Information Services liaise with operational p
www.police.tas.gov.au www.police.tas.gov.au

If the report you made today wasn't a crash report, then go to a station that has a highway patrol unit to make the report directly with them if that's possible. You'll get a much better investigation from highway patrol for this type of thing.
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Yes, have a traffic crash number.

Let’s see what response I get from the actual investigating officers. Probably shouldn’t judge too much from the bloke on the counter taking my complaint.
 
Haakon said:
Police could not have been less interested. "yeah thats why i dont ride bikes" was the assessment of the one taking my statement.

Maybe the allocated officer who may or may not call me in a week or two will care more? I doubt it.
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That's the problem in Tassie cops are totally less interested and people know they are add in too few cops and the ones that are left don't do much.
Hell a few years ago somone firebombed the Launcestion police station still no one has been caught on that one. If that was Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane the cops would be all over that no stone left unturned until the perperator was caught. Tassie well.
 
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