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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
"dave" wrote in message
... Rainbow Warrior wrote: "TimC" wrote in message ... On 2005-10-24, Kev (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Of the last 4 vehicles I have come into contact with, 3 were 4WDs (the other was a stolen vehicle, where the drivers deliberately rammed me, and one of the 4WDs was being controlled by a road rager who fortunately chose to get out of his ego-cage in order to assault me). what is wrong with your riding skills that you keep coming into contact with cars? Reaction times greater than 200msec. Damn it, I'm only human. In the two road rage cases, it was me yelling out "hey!" to cars that tried to merge into the lane that I had already occupied. "hey!" of course being the most to-the-point thing that one can quickly say -- as far more effective than merely ringing my bell. The 4WDer obviously felt like his penis was threatened by this, so got out of his car and started pushing me around.... 50m from a booze bus with flashing lights. Idiot. The other was a bunch of teenagers in a stolen car taking it for a joy ride, so they got their thrills out of being dangerous fools on the road. Hope they've met a tree now. Then the idiot woman the other day obviously though I threatened her tits. In one other case, a 4WDer was pulling out of a carpark, and was too busy concentrating on doing an illegal U-turn to bother looking in my direction. When she hit me, I managed to stay upright and avoided the tram tracks and traffic in the opposite direction, and nearly fell over when I came to clip out, and found I could barely move my leg. She said "oh sorry, I usually am a very good driver -- I look out for cyclists, but just forgot to look this time!". Oh well, at least it wasn't the SMIDSY -- "Sorry Mate, I Didn't See You" -- I have to admit I've never heard someone say "I didn't bother looking for you". And she even took me to the doctor then the police station. You'd prefer FYWYCF (f&ck you, where'd you come from?) And the case 2 weeks ago was an idiot in a 4WD who didn't indicate, barely slowed down, or look when he pulled into a parking spot. I was possible not riding as defensively as I could (I should have taken the middle of the right hand lane in order not to allow vehicles to pass me when there wasn't enough room) -- although the traffic was travelling rather slow at the time, and I thought it was safe. He broke at least 2, possibly three laws (I'm talking to a lawyer tomorrow), and I broke 0 laws. Unfortunately, he has left me a 2 day visit to a hospital, $500 out of pocket, and with a much reduced capacity to eat for the past almost 2 weeks (lay ruin to my plan of doing the 210km around-the-bay, because I couldn't fuel myself). and I didn't even get a single scratch on his fricking precious Urban Asault Vehicle. There is no place for 4WDs in city roads. Obviously no place for accident prone cyclists either. My only near misses riding in Sydney were with cars, taxi's usually, never hit me though. Every single one of mine was a clean, never used in the bush vehicle. 2 of them were sole occupant, and the other had two occupants. The one that got me last time had a taller bonnet than my handlebars, which means he sure as hell isn't going to see a lot of obstacles, and any human he does hit will be hit in the torso, and will not have a chance of going safely over the bonnet. Combine that with the fact that the vehicles are not constructed to the same safety standards as required by law of normal passenger vehicles, and that they are actively aggressive to non 4WD users, and you have a vehicle that is extremely harmful to society. But since it is so loved amongst Toorak style voters, of whom our Johnny Howard love, I doubt they will be taxed comparably to normal vehicles anytime soon. You never consider us non Toorak, real offroaders exist do you, if it's under 2 year old it doesn't exist to you Toorak cyclists. Hmmmmm Does Glen Iris count? Does my 40 year old car count? WTF is Glen Iris? Nah cause it's incapable of hitting cylists at that age. |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
"Spear and Magic Helmet" wrote in message
oups.com... fasgnadh wrote: How about tyargetting the biggest killers first. All you sheeple who eat up whatever the latest sensationalist media beat up is really amuse me. Or it would if it wasn't such a depressing reminder of how stupid humans are when they go into mob mentality. But keep listening to your shock jocks with their baseless figures in order to get you all foaming at the mouth and into your pigeon-hole-hating states of mind. What's on the menu next? Anyone know? Banning V8's, turbo's low visibility colours & mag wheels. |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerouson road
fasgnadh wrote:
According to my newsreader, this is the moron who cross posted this and trolled quite a fewe a.b'ers. Only reason I responded was that this (running over grand daughter in this case) happened to an old cycling mate of mine quite a few decades ago. Just a standard station wagon. So I decided when I acquired my first motor vehicles that it was far, far wiser to reverse my motor vehicle into my driveway as I had a clear view of driveway, footpath and road way when I arrived home. Reversing out to me seemed like playing russian roulette. Of course, I still always proceed in a forward direction when riding my bicycle {:-). |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
"Resound" wrote in message ... Oh look, we've roused them Yes, that story certainly did. All it takes is for the press to mentiom "4wd" and the left wing loonies come straight out of the woodwork We're talking about toddler height objects. Try driving away from a white post in your lard arse Landcruiser until you can see the whole reflector at the top. Then stop and see how far from it you are.Everything between it and the back of your vehicle is where you can't see a child. I don't have a Landcruiser. I have a Cherokee, and it's rearward visibility is better than any sedan I've owned in the last 20 years. Some 4wd's are terrible in this regard, as are some sedans (current model Commodore anyone?) That said, it's all a bit moot when it's the *driver* who is 100% responsible in these circumstances, and the vehicle type is completely irrelevant. And I think the word you're desperately groping for is "reactionary". That'd be the one. Thanks muchly...... Why yes, I actually DO react to things. You know...by thinking about them for example Oh, really? So a broad general bull**** comment like the 15 metre rear view restriction in a "4wd" is an example of your thought process? Jesus... Who wants to take bets on an incoherent response or none at all? Judging by your initial post, I'm not overly confident -- Regards, Noddy. |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
"Michael C" wrote in message u... He attracted noddy :-) Sorry noddy couldn't resist. **** you Michael, you're off my Christmas card list -- Regards, Noddy. |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerouson road
Noddy Wrote: So a broad general bull**** comment like the 15 metre rear view restriction in a "4wd" is an example of your thought process? Jesus... Who wants to take bets on an incoherent response or none at all? Judging by your initial post, I'm not overly confident -- Regards, Noddy. No, very graphic demo in real cars done on National TV, Noddy. Placed camera in car looking back over shoulder of seat. BTW your cherokee measured 12m. The commodore was one of the worst which surprised me but I have never been in one. The equal worst was 'white delivery van' cant remember model, but typical courier vehicle without the 'bubble window'. and the Landcruiser. But that's OK cos someone's penis was made bigger by driving it -- flyingdutch |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
fasgnadh wrote:
A diahatsu charade has a rear blind spot of a few metres when a two year old is standing behind it. For a 4WD its over 15 metres. According to the ABC last night, 3 metres for the Charade, large 4WD 20 metres, Commodore 17 metres. Theo |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
Knobdoodle wrote:
"Rainbow Warrior" wrote : Figures I heard cars run over 90% of pedestrians, they should be banned. Far-canal; who's running over the other 10%? Trucks and busses? (Surely motorcycles aren't making a tangible contribution!) Cyclists on footpaths probably. Hi Clem, getting a pushy? Theo |
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Blame the faulty drivers of dangerous machinery. 4WDs most dangerous on road
"Noddy" wrote in message
... He attracted noddy :-) Sorry noddy couldn't resist. **** you Michael, you're off my Christmas card list I feel privledged that I was at least on it at one stage :-) Michael |
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