"Trevor Wilson"
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>>>>> If an idiot in a car changes lane in
>>>>> front of bicycles and then suddenly
>>>>> brakes are the bicycles that run into
>>>>> him liable for the damage to his car?
>>>>> Usually the vehicle in the rear is at
>>>>> fault.
>>>>
>>>> Considering the car was in a bicycle
>>>> lane I think the drivers .ed dont
>>>> you?
>>> Cars are allowed in bicycle lanes under
>>> certain conditions. If bicycle lanes are
>>> solely for the use of bicycle riders they
>>> should be paying registration fees etc.
>>
>>
>> They should be paying rego & 3rd party
>> fees anyway, assuming they will be injured
>> on the roads. Why should these
>> candy-coloured pests be any different from
>> other road users?
>
> **They are no different to other road
> users. Drivers should avoid hitting them.
>
>>
>> Were all the 20 cyclists in the bike lane?
>> Not bloody likely. Indeed they often ride
>> two abreast, overflowing the bike lane, to
>> talk to each other.
>
> **Unlikely, in this case. The bike lane is
> generously large.
>
>>
>> The incident probably went like this:
>>
>> 1/ Some of the 20 cyclists overflowed the
>> bike lane, so causing obstruction to
>> motorists.
>
> **Wrong. Cyclists are entitled to use the
> road, UNLESS they are specifically
> disallowed from doing so (on a motorway,
> for instance). YOU are precisely what is
> wrong with many road users. Cyclists are
> road users and need to be treated as such.
>
>>
>> 2/ A motorist became enraged, as well he
>> might.
>
> **And that motorist should be stripped of
> his or her right to drive.
>
>>
>> 3/ Motorist taught them a lesson.
>>
>> Way to go!!
>
> **.wit. You are demented.
>
>
> Trevor Wilson
You're one of them aren't you? Are you old
enough to drive and have you ever encountered
any of these pests?
I have never seen a bike lane wide enough to
allow 2 bike pests to ride side-by-side;
surely the pedals and other bits would become
entangled.
I collided with one of the idiots once and it
demolished my LHS mirror which ended up with
all the spokes and junk with the bike-person
appropriately ensconced in the gutter. It
gave me great pleasure, though I had to buy a
new mirror. I should have sued the prick!
They should all be confined to the footpaths!
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