Unbelievable and disgusting

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These bicycle threads always go the same way .....

[plusnq]

I wonder how all of the bike haters would post if their kid got knocked of their bike tomorrow...

Now you want people's kids to get hit by a car to teach someone a lesson. Really! It doesn't matter which side of an argument you are on, this sort of response is bordering on insane. Don't you think you need to just take a break, because this thread has really gone a long way from where it started ?

It started out about the totally irresponsible response of a grub who acted out of anger, without any apparent injury. Whether that grub rode a bike or drove a car was immaterial. He spat at someone who has to wear the worries of a transmittable disease for a month or so until the medical tests come back. Hopefully they are negative. That is the original post and the real issue. Not some stupid war between opposing groups of road users. There is big gulf between concern, passion and anger and some posters on both sides have well and truly crossed it lately.

Ok. Parenting lecture over. You should all go and sit in your rooms and have a good long think about it.

To the OP. I hope the worries subside and the tests all comes back negative for your good wife.

[The punter]

Now you want people's kids to get hit by a car to teach someone a lesson. Really! It doesn't matter which side of an argument you are on, this sort of response is bordering on insane. Don't you think you need to just take a break, because this thread has really gone a long way from where it started ?

Where did I say that exactly? maybe read again..  I sit on both "sides" because I drive and ride, and there's dickheads on both sides, and there's dickheads posting dumb stuff on this thread.

[plusnq]

I wonder how all of the bike haters would post if their kid got knocked of their bike tomorrow...

Pretty hard to misconstrue this statement.

Where did I say that exactly? maybe read again..  I sit on both "sides" because I drive and ride, and there's dickheads on both sides, and there's dickheads posting dumb stuff on this thread.

On both sides, I would agree. But it is time for a rest, don't you think?

[The punter]

Pretty hard to misconstrue this statement.

It is for you obviously

[gronk]

How many of you cyclists would use this stuff........even if it was $100 a can ?

http://www.trendfrenzy.net/volvo-lifepaint/

[The punter]

How many of you cyclists would use this stuff........even if it was $100 a can ?

http://www.trendfrenzy.net/volvo-lifepaint/

If I rode at night for sure, but the dumbness is amplified after dark, just like some of the comments on this thread.....

[Jeepers Creepers]

Not many cars at fault here......Just saying.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9lDAGgYHk

[Rumpig]

Love fishing fort Lycra clad loonies.

Don't matter what bait you use......you always get a bite........every single time.

As I explained its the Lycra, too tight around the nether regions.......makes you real angry......all the time.

Smile

been mostly watching from the sideline on this thread, but it has been pretty funny watching them take the bait 

[edz]

How many of you cyclists would use this stuff........even if it was $100 a can ?

http://www.trendfrenzy.net/volvo-lifepaint/

The clown with no lights or reflectors, wearing  dark clothes riding in the storm rain and night time traffic headlight dazzle an hour ago who almost became an abstract bonnet emblem on the wifes RAV and a Memory at Christmas time, should thank his prefered god, for the quick reactions of the driver behind the wheel and  invest in a box full of the stuff, In the name of self preservation  .

[NewieCamper]

Not many cars at fault here......Just saying.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9lDAGgYHk

Most of them are crossing the road at speed and that's just asking for trouble.

[tk421]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9lDAGgYHk

Not many bikes at fault here......Just saying.....

https://cycliq.com.au/videos?tag=bad+driving

[gronk]

Not many bikes at fault here......Just saying.....

https://cycliq.com.au/videos?tag=bad+driving

Ummm.....the road rules say if you run up the back of someone in front, then you are at fault !!   

We all know what the car driver did, but proving it is another thing !!

[The punter]

Ummm.....the road rules say if you run up the back of someone in front, then you are at fault !!   

We all know what the car driver did, but proving it is another thing !!

The video proves it quite clearly, another dickhead

[tk421]

Ummm.....the road rules say if you run up the back of someone in front, then you are at fault !!   

We all know what the car driver did, but proving it is another thing !!

So the car driver is ok in deliberately stopping in an attempt to cause an accident , with a real chance of causing injury because the road rules say he's not at fault? Well that's ok then

Plenty of cars get pulled for brake checking if caught by the cops and I'm pretty sure there is a sub law regarding driving recklessly

[tk421]

Plenty of cars get pulled for brake checking if caught by the cops and I'm pretty sure there is a sub law regarding driving recklessly

Oh look. There is its.

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 117
Negligent, furious or reckless driving
117 Negligent, furious or reckless driving

(cf STM Act, s 42)

(1) A person must not drive a motor vehicle on a road negligently.
Maximum penalty:
(a) if the driving occasions death-30 penalty units or imprisonment for 18 months or both (in the case of a first offence) or 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both (in the case of a second or subsequent offence), or
(b) if the driving occasions grievous bodily harm-20 penalty units or imprisonment for 9 months or both (in the case of a first offence) or 30 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both (in the case of a second or subsequent offence), or
(c) if the driving does not occasion death or grievous bodily harm-10 penalty units.

(2) A person must not drive a motor vehicle on a road furiously, recklessly or at a speed or in a manner dangerous to the public.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 9 months or both (in the case of a first offence) or 30 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months or both (in the case of a second or subsequent offence).

(3) In considering whether an offence has been committed under this section, the court is to have regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the following:
(a) the nature, condition and use of the road on which the offence is alleged to have been committed,

(b) the amount of traffic that actually is at the time, or which might reasonably be expected to be, on the road,

(c) any obstructions or hazards on the road (including, for example, broken down or crashed vehicles, fallen loads and accident or emergency scenes).

(4) In this section:

"grievous bodily harm" includes any permanent or serious disfigurement.

[gronk]

The video proves it quite clearly, another dickhead

The video proves the car in front stopped....but it doesn't show why he stopped, and you can surmise all you like , unless you can prove he slammed on the brakes to cause an accident, the push bike rider is in the wrong.
Same goes for cars, every end for ender you see, sometimes ALL the cars behind the 1st car is in the wrong.

[tk421]

The video proves the car in front stopped....but it doesn't show why he stopped, and you can surmise all you like , unless you can prove he slammed on the brakes to cause an accident, the push bike rider is in the wrong.
Same goes for cars, every end for ender you see, sometimes ALL the cars behind the 1st car is in the wrong.

We can't, but I am sure other witnesses there on scene could and did, and its still clearly reckless and negligent driving leading up to that. 

I just find it sad that people are willing to defend someone who is intent on hurting another person. No matter what had happened prior nor the mode of transport, they are deliberately attempting to cause an accident/intimidate them/hurt them. I lump them in the same boat as the bike rider in the OP, and I wouldn't be prepared to defend either.

[The punter]

The video proves the car in front stopped....but it doesn't show why he stopped, and you can surmise all you like , unless you can prove he slammed on the brakes to cause an accident, the push bike rider is in the wrong.
Same goes for cars, every end for ender you see, sometimes ALL the cars behind the 1st car is in the wrong.

Driving aggressively
Deliberately swerved
Failing to stop after and accident where an injury has occurred

All right there on film

[gronk]

 

[stabicraft]

No bite....just pointing out what a tosser you are.

Tosser, smosher..................I caught another one.

Take off the Lycra and learn to smile again,  angry little man

[stabicraft]

Watching the video it seems to me that stupidity is inherent in most pushbike riders.
Turning in front of a car......stupid
Racing across an intersection and not even giving a car the chance to stop....Stupid
Running into pedestrians.....Ok that's right Pushbike riders have the rights to both road and footpaths.
riding in the dark, wearing dark clothing, no lights....of course its the cars fault.......stupid.


But most annoying is these vegetables have no insurance, carry no ID and never pay for the damage inflicted on vehicles they scratch, dent and damage.

Just so you know, I ride, a mountain bike, off the road and do you know why.
Because its too bloody dangerous to ride on the road........stupid

[Jeepers Creepers]

I wouldn't have been riding along that road in traffic holding everyone up in the first place.

Of course the car driver was most likely at fault in that case, but I don't understand the pushbike riders being there in the first place.
Yeah, I know its not illegal and all that crap...... but it is dangerous for the bike rider.

I reckon anyone along there, car, bus, bike motorbike holding up traffic will always get drivers pissed off.

Lots of people pushing up daisies that were in the right and doing nothing illegal.

[wilson79]

My mate is a great one re this debate too

He will go off a caravan drivers on the highway doing 80km and tell you that they shouldn't be on the road and carry on. and then he and his Lycra mates will happily ride 2 abreast and slow everyone down and argue black and blue that he is allowed to do it and drivers just need to be patient..

Unfortunately this argument will never be won in my lifetime any way..

[tracker]

My mate is a great one re this debate too

He will go off a caravan drivers on the highway doing 80km and tell you that they shouldn't be on the road and carry on. and then he and his Lycra mates will happily ride 2 abreast and slow everyone down and argue black and blue that he is allowed to do it and drivers just need to be patient..

Unfortunately this argument will never be won in my lifetime any way..

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