classic33
Leg End Member
http://m.couriermail.com.au/news/op...ist-registration/story-fnihsr9v-1227128667983 Cycle wars
"A CYCLIST suddenly veered in front of me as I ran along a footpath.
“Give me some f---ing room,” he sneered as he blasted by.
He had swerved from bitumen to concrete to get out of the way of an aggressive vehicle. The car driver launched his own rocket-propelled expletives as he passed.
So much aggro – and all early on a perfectly fine spring morning.
Why can’t we all just get along?
THEY’RE EVERYWHERE: 14 reasons cyclists are loathed
LET’S SETTLE THIS: Should cyclists have to be registered to use public roads?
DEATH THREATS: Drivers for Registration of Bicycles’ host meets with bike group
Cars and cyclists are strange bedfellows, forced to slide together in the snaking arteries of our communities.
Cyclists point out that they are not the rule breakers, having to obey laws just as cars do. And they do, but their chance of getting caught when they do break them is less.
While other road users are pinched by omnipresent cameras for legal violations, recalcitrant cyclists get off scot-free, with no plate to identify them.
The argument on registration is focused on paying for road maintenance, use and enforcement, but the need for identification – possibly with plates on the backs of helmets so as to avoid having to register every bike – is rarely discussed thoroughly in Queensland.
NSW is having that discussion now and we should watch the confab closely.
Opponents say introducing registration would require a major shift in public policy and significant changes to registration, accident and insurance law.
Certainly, it would be hard, but it would be worth it.
Despite the shrill sounds emitting from the endlessly resistant cycling lobby, bikes do not have the same rights to be on the road as any other vehicle. They are a liability."
"A CYCLIST suddenly veered in front of me as I ran along a footpath.
“Give me some f---ing room,” he sneered as he blasted by.
He had swerved from bitumen to concrete to get out of the way of an aggressive vehicle. The car driver launched his own rocket-propelled expletives as he passed.
So much aggro – and all early on a perfectly fine spring morning.
Why can’t we all just get along?
THEY’RE EVERYWHERE: 14 reasons cyclists are loathed
LET’S SETTLE THIS: Should cyclists have to be registered to use public roads?
DEATH THREATS: Drivers for Registration of Bicycles’ host meets with bike group
Cars and cyclists are strange bedfellows, forced to slide together in the snaking arteries of our communities.
Cyclists point out that they are not the rule breakers, having to obey laws just as cars do. And they do, but their chance of getting caught when they do break them is less.
While other road users are pinched by omnipresent cameras for legal violations, recalcitrant cyclists get off scot-free, with no plate to identify them.
The argument on registration is focused on paying for road maintenance, use and enforcement, but the need for identification – possibly with plates on the backs of helmets so as to avoid having to register every bike – is rarely discussed thoroughly in Queensland.
NSW is having that discussion now and we should watch the confab closely.
Opponents say introducing registration would require a major shift in public policy and significant changes to registration, accident and insurance law.
Certainly, it would be hard, but it would be worth it.
Despite the shrill sounds emitting from the endlessly resistant cycling lobby, bikes do not have the same rights to be on the road as any other vehicle. They are a liability."
