http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fines-fail-to-deter-cyclists-running-red-lights-20110410-1d9fb.html
Isn't it great to have such a wonderful, informed, slightly left-leaning daily broadsheet to keep the news on the straight and narrow - Geezus, The Age! Why not just give Andrew Bolt the Editor in Chief possie and be done with it - far better to incite already alarming driver hatred for cyclists, than to offer the balanced view that we two-wheelers face every day, such as being regularly cut off while in designated bike space, rammed from behind on roundabouts, literally knocked sideways from indicator-shy taxis, having to swerve into traffic to avoid pedestrians walking off curbs without looking while on mobile phones, or watching-out for people making a run for the tram despite the last flash of the 'red man' having been well and truly rested.
Why aren't there covert police operations investigating these, daily events? And while I'm at it, how about tackling all the ridiculously fast, loud, hotted-up, hoon mobiles and motorbikes, all over the roads in the day and night - perhaps that might be a better use of the law enforcement dollar?
But thanks The Age - this is great stuff. All I need now is a few more angry Commodore, taxi and 4WD drivers giving me the forks while swerving across bike lanes 'for fun', abusing me for assuming my designated place in front of them at the lights, or pulling-up and opening car doors in no-standing, designated bike zones.
How 'bout some reflection of where we'd all be if the the tens of thousands of cyclists traversing the inner city each day decided to add a couple of wheels and a V8 engine? How 'bout some balanced perspective? - my elbows, knuckles, knees and nerves depend on it.
Never mind the stabbings and arm robberies. Criminals; every one of 'em.
Pic: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fines-fail-to-deter-cyclists-running-red-lights-20110410-1d9fb.html
These pictures taken at cnr flinders lane & swanston, probably a 100+ pedestrians crossing against the lights too... & zero adverse consequences from any of it!
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Roger that, Smokey! I was wondering where it was. It never ceases to amaze me how people (usually on mobiles or with iPods in their ears) will walk across a road, without looking and usually against the 'red man'. I get j-walking - we've all done it - but what I don't get is that if you are going to do the wrong thing, wouldn't that make you even more alert to your safety? Crazy mo-fo's ... and the cops could be out there doing a bit of Community Policing - not booking em, but maybe educating people. Looks like we're going to have to turn to our newest recruits for help; Armed and Dangerous Transport System Robo-Cops! Good grief - Baillieu's Melbourne.
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