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Seamstress
Of course they have put in how many goals he kicked, WGAF
Why I don't ride road anymore
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teK--
Eats Squid
Maybe they should show stats for how many times he was knocked out during a gameOf course they have put in how many goals he kicked, WGAF
rockmoose
his flabber is totally gastered
It proves that he deserves better treatment than someone who hasn't.
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
Thanks. Fucking hell. My uncle was hit some years ago the same way on the Great Ocean Road… people towing trailers are seriously dangerous.
pink poodle
ここには見るべきものは何もありません
If anything it should predispose our opinions of the quality of character.
rockmoose
his flabber is totally gastered
I'd give him a pass if he played for the Wonthaggi Wombats.
ForkinGreat
Knows his Brassica oleracea
Ex-Sportzball players should suffer harsher penalties.
silentbutdeadly
has some good things to say
The bloke drives an excavator and probably suffers from a cognitive brain injury... other than migration detention I'm not sure what could be harsher?
ForkinGreat
Knows his Brassica oleracea
(for a start) Having your wife fucking Wayne Carey. He still should have got more than a $1500 fine, that's bullshit. CTE - degenerative Brain condition, from too many hits to the head, should mean that such drivers should be held more accountable, not less, IMO.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
The lack of relevance to how many times he kicked a ball between two posts, for a particular period of time, kind of speaks to the whole outcome of this story.
I commute to work fairly often, and I'm pretty lucky that there's a new shared pathway most of the way, but I do have to ride a section of the highway that while it has a good verge, a mate of mine was run down by a truck and it was a miracle that he wasn't killed. It does go through my mind when I ride that section.
silentbutdeadly
has some good things to say
Oh he should have but I would suggest that the sentencing rules and concurrent penalties in Victoria wouldn't have allowed for it. Which is a problem...
Flow-Rider
Burner
Just wow!
It's always a reminder of the psychos you share the road with.
WA Police have charged a man with murder over the death of a cyclist on Friday afternoon, as they probe a potential property dispute between the two parties.
The victim was riding on Lion Street in Carlisle at about 1:45pm when it's alleged he was approached by a 27-year-old man driving a grey Kia Carnival station sedan.
Police allege the cyclist was hit by the Kia, and dragged under the vehicle.
www.abc.net.au
It's always a reminder of the psychos you share the road with.
WA Police have charged a man with murder over the death of a cyclist on Friday afternoon, as they probe a potential property dispute between the two parties.
The victim was riding on Lion Street in Carlisle at about 1:45pm when it's alleged he was approached by a 27-year-old man driving a grey Kia Carnival station sedan.
Police allege the cyclist was hit by the Kia, and dragged under the vehicle.
Man charged with murder after cyclist allegedly dragged under car in Perth suburbs
WA Police charge a man with murder over the death of a cyclist on Friday afternoon, as they probe the possibility of a property dispute between the two men.
www.abc.net.au
Jabubu
"I did a lot of very fat people"
Just wow!
It's always a reminder of the psychos you share the road with.
WA Police have charged a man with murder over the death of a cyclist on Friday afternoon, as they probe a potential property dispute between the two parties.
The victim was riding on Lion Street in Carlisle at about 1:45pm when it's alleged he was approached by a 27-year-old man driving a grey Kia Carnival station sedan.
Police allege the cyclist was hit by the Kia, and dragged under the vehicle.
Man charged with murder after cyclist allegedly dragged under car in Perth suburbs
WA Police charge a man with murder over the death of a cyclist on Friday afternoon, as they probe the possibility of a property dispute between the two men.
This one is less about cyclist hate but it's still sad.
Slowman
Likes Dirt
I have to say as long time road rider (starting out as the most despised road riders of all - a bikini wearing triathlete) I have noticed the general behaviour by motorists has improved. 20 years ago nearly once a week I'd have had an argument with a motorist (on the road 6 days).
The biggest problem today, is the volume of traffic. I used to be able to ride south to Waterfall at 5am to 6am and see a handfull of cars. Now at 5am it's not far short of peak hour. All the new housing in north Wollongong all commuting to Sydney. I won't take on that volume by myself any more. Also another reason I built a gravel bike so I can detour around the dangerous bits.
The biggest problem today, is the volume of traffic. I used to be able to ride south to Waterfall at 5am to 6am and see a handfull of cars. Now at 5am it's not far short of peak hour. All the new housing in north Wollongong all commuting to Sydney. I won't take on that volume by myself any more. Also another reason I built a gravel bike so I can detour around the dangerous bits.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
That's interesting to know. As someone with not that much road riding experience, I wouldn't know if it was better or worse now, but I suppose you see it on social media more now and that amplifies the hate.
Hopefully one day it can be like it is over in Europe, as everyone I know that's cycled over there says it's like light and day with how much respect there is on the roads for bike riders compared to here.
Slowman
Likes Dirt
Around the Sutherland Shire in Sydney cyclists have been on the roads forever and I think I can say generally the acceptance (and even respect - which goes both ways) is pretty good today. I am 66 and I can recall as a kid of 5 going on picnics around the RNP and further south like the Burgh and Stanwell Park and seeing cyclists even then (in small and large groups). I recall the helmet precursors that looked something like the padded head gear some kids wore in Rugby and League.
Talk about respect; it goes both ways. You don't go sitting right out in the middle of the road holding up traffic when there is more than enough room to move to the left a bit and let the traffic pass.
There was a rider around here recently, he wasn't quite right in the head, he would deliberately sit out in the middle of the road, especially going uphill where he was at his slowest. I saw him even move over the centre line to stop cars from overtaking him. He did that to me on one occasion when I was driving. Another time when I was riding past he wanted to be my brother
Encounters were littering the community facebook page. Anyone that rightly used the horn on him got a verbal spray about how they were racist, as he was indigenous (at least partly).I don't see him any more riding around, I expect those tactics eventually got him either run over or arrested and his bike confiscated. Obviously, that kind of thing is a rarity, but as a road cyclist you really need to develop a good "road sense" for your own self preservation. That's why I always recommend anyone wanting ride on the road join their local cycling club. Every club has a bunch of organised rides and they have been refined over the years with local knowledge of traffic conditions, peak times to avoid and the quieter bits of road to use. This communal knowledge will help accelerate the development of good road sense.
I see newbies riding in places they just shouldn't be and doing stupid things, like for example, at some sets of light there are 2 right turning lanes, and they are are sitting in the rightmost one. As soon as they do the turn they are going to want to move over to the left. It's stupid and is going to piss motorists off, and might even get them a Darwin award. The point is for a while there before Covid, cycling was the new golf, and the roads were being filled with gumbies that got the frothers hating cyclists and of course the media would pick that up do the story - you only had to look at the online comments from motorists (what moderation?).
Most of that is just noise and not reality. Don't get me wrong, the road is a dangerous place and the sentence for stupidity can be death - the really unfortunate part, it's not alway's the cyclist's stupidity. There are a lot of incompetent drivers out there too and the vast majority of cycling fatalities and severe injuries are just accidents. It sounds counter intuitive but the best you can hope for is a rev head trying to give you a scare, they predominantly know what they are doing with a vehicle and they won't hit you. They have that precise situational awareness and know where their car is placed to the millimetre.
Stredda
Runs naked through virgin scrub
You are right, there are a few riders that make a bad example for everyone else, and we all get tarred with the same brush. I see the bike hate spilling over to mountain biking even though it isn't mutually exclusive.Around the Sutherland Shire in Sydney cyclists have been on the roads forever and I think I can say generally the acceptance (and even respect - which goes both ways) is pretty good today. I am 66 and I can recall as a kid of 5 going on picnics around the RNP and further south like the Burgh and Stanwell Park and seeing cyclists even then (in small and large groups). I recall the helmet precursors that looked something like the padded head gear some kids wore in Rugby and League.
Talk about respect; it goes both ways. You don't go sitting right out in the middle of the road holding up traffic when there is more than enough room to move to the left a bit and let the traffic pass.
There was a rider around here recently, he wasn't quite right in the head, he would deliberately sit out in the middle of the road, especially going uphill where he was at his slowest. I saw him even move over the centre line to stop cars from overtaking him. He did that to me on one occasion when I was driving. Another time when I was riding past he wanted to be my brother
I don't see him any more riding around, I expect those tactics eventually got him either run over or arrested and his bike confiscated. Obviously, that kind of thing is a rarity, but as a road cyclist you really need to develop a good "road sense" for your own self preservation. That's why I always recommend anyone wanting ride on the road join their local cycling club. Every club has a bunch of organised rides and they have been refined over the years with local knowledge of traffic conditions, peak times to avoid and the quieter bits of road to use. This communal knowledge will help accelerate the development of good road sense.
I see newbies riding in places they just shouldn't be and doing stupid things, like for example, at some sets of light there are 2 right turning lanes, and they are are sitting in the rightmost one. As soon as they do the turn they are going to want to move over to the left. It's stupid and is going to piss motorists off, and might even get them a Darwin award. The point is for a while there before Covid, cycling was the new golf, and the roads were being filled with gumbies that got the frothers hating cyclists and of course the media would pick that up do the story - you only had to look at the online comments from motorists (what moderation?).
Most of that is just noise and not reality. Don't get me wrong, the road is a dangerous place and the sentence for stupidity can be death - the really unfortunate part, it's not alway's the cyclist's stupidity. There are a lot of incompetent drivers out there too and the vast majority of cycling fatalities and severe injuries are just accidents. It sounds counter intuitive but the best you can hope for is a rev head trying to give you a scare, they predominantly know what they are doing with a vehicle and they won't hit you. They have that precise situational awareness and know where their car is placed to the millimetre.
I think road riding in Europe is more "normal" so people relate to it more, so you get less angst.
DougalStrachan
Likes Dirt
Just as many still on phones tho. Even if they hate you, they still have to make a decision to kill you. The opps I didn't see you, must be your fault 'cos you didn't wear a orange beacon light on your head (Has nothing to do with the fact that I'm surprisingly up to date on my 'socials') cares not for opinion.