Recreational cyclists

[Pies4shaw]

Bikes should not be allowed in the City. We don't let people ride horses and buggies anymore as commuter transport in the CBD. There should just be public transport and pedestrians.

[stui magpie]

In Santa Monica there seems to be a big cycle culture, with none of the issues we have. Cyclists aren't trying to win the tour de france, they're just going along.

There's a massive shared pathway along the beach from Santa Monica Pier to Venice Beach and while the cyclists are going faster than pedestrians and joggers, they're not going fast enough to create a problem.

The key differences seem to be speed and attitude. The cyclists there don't seem to think that they own the space, can do what they want and everyone needs to watch out for them, unlike here.

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[Pies4shaw]

[Wokko]

MAMIL Cyclists riding 3 abreast on country roads in 100 zones on hill crests was enough to turn my ambivalence into disdain. Cyclists are the rudest, most self entitled pack of wankers on the roads.

I'm not in favour of registration, but only because my libertarian leanings hate Government selling people back the rights to do things, but I'd be all for cyclists being more heavily policed on our roads. If they don't follow the rules of staying in their designated lanes, riding multiple cyclists abreast and running red lights then their bikes should be impounded just like car hoons. Get the antisocial morons off the road and let the cyclists with regard for others have their hobby without the hatred of motorists tarring the lot of them.

[stui magpie]

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If they did that up the Goulburn Valley highway, they'd quickly be removed from the road and the gene pool by the bull bar of a B double.

[watt price tully]

So are we saying some cyclists, all cyclists, all MAMIL�s. Goodness me. I can see some attitude issues right here.

Cyclists are policed.
Cyclists are booked.

I reckon you should all be giving cyclists a big thank you for not driving their cars when they commute to and from work as it makes less motor vehicles on the road.

Of course there are shocking drivers: not just on weekends but daily who can kill when they don�t concentrate. Bicyclists almost always don�t kill others.

Bicyclists bring health and are a cost benefit to society. Cars however most of the time pollute and are cost negative to society.

I find most people most of the time are fine, be it: Cyclists, Car Drivers and pedestrians. However, the attitude of some needs to be questioned & Nicks may well be a good place to start.

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Do you like talking to me? What happens the rest of the time?

[stui magpie]

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[Mugwump]

On a public highway, and especially on the scenic routes they love, cyclists often severely restrict the speed of 10 or 20 cars, which must often take risks to pass them. It takes a certain kind of mentality to consider your pleasure more important than the amenity and safety of many other people.

They are a better form of conveyance, if they have their own lane and do not have to impede others. Unfortunately, they mostly don�t. Most people, confronted by that reality, would shrug and desist, knowing their pleasure is anti-social. Many cyclists instead tell you that they are helping global warming, which is not altered a jot in its course by their action, and they pretend their selfishness is virtue.

We should try to provide more cycle lanes and ways for cycling, as we build better roads and get the opportunity. It�s a good thing made a bad thing by lack of infrastructure. But until we do, many cyclists are a PITA.

[Pies4shaw]

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I had to look up the Acronym of sorts PITA : I was trying to work out the reference to my usual tofu burger / felafel wrap and the term of abuse. It goes to attitude. Unhelpful.

There are of course PITA drivers, pedestrians and bike riders.

In terms of greenhouse or pollution, it�s self evident that cycling is cleaner than driving a motor vehicle. Any defence of the latter is simply arguing for the sake of arguing. This may be less the case post my ingestion of legumes although as one ages you start to learn not to trust a fart as much as you used to.

[Pies4shaw]

What's a PITA pedestrian? Is that some poor b*&^@rd who decides to take his life in his own hands by walking along a pavement that cyclists would like to use as a bike freeway?

[stui magpie]