Posts by Bart Janssen
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Debunked that claim already. Keep up.
No you didn't. You simplyu offered annecdotal evidence and supposition to support your assertion.
Not that the original claim is proven either, but it is still remains as plausible as your correlative data.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to
as with an aircraft motion is life to a cyclist.
I had friends who insisted that having a really powerful motorcycle made them safer because they could accelerate out of danger ... they died.
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people would go out of their way not to buckle them up
My father did that ... gah! It used to frustrate the hell out of me.
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Moths to a flame.
In my defensive driving course in the US they pointed out that because people tend to steer towards lights ... then flashing your lights at an oncoming driver may not be the smartest thing to do. Perhaps especially if they don't have their lights on because they are also drunk.
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different wanker
Did you send the video to www.coffey.com for comment?
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I never try to get to the head of a queue of cars at the lights. I just stay in the middle of my lane, and line up behind the cars already in the lane
THIS
Part of being a cyclist is not abusing the privilege. Yes you can sneak past a whole queue of cars, but doing so pisses each and every driver off. Yes you can burst off the front of the queue faster than anything other than a motorcycle but that also pisses each and every driver off. Why should they treat you like an equal user of the road if you don't behave like one? And in the end how much time did you save? Actually it can be quite a lot of time but the cost might be quite high if one driver decides to treat you like a road marking.
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I’m with Matthew. The idea is that they don’t pass you.
I think the difference is in the study they went up to 1.25 metres from the curb, you guys are talking about riding fully in the middle of the lane.
The authors do also talk about having room to avoid shit on the road and having somewhere to go if a car does come close.
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wore a long wig & skirt
It was just a wig.
Also the same study showed that contrary to what most cyclists believe - the further you are from the edge of the road the closer cars will be when they pass you. In other words, riding well out into the middle of the lane means cars will get closer to you more often.
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Everyone respects the cyclist (and the pedestrian).
That's the key here. And affects drivers as much as cyclists. Amber light - speed up it will turn red ... gap not really big enough ... push in and give the other driver the finger if they complain ... cyclist slowing you down just push past them ... missed your turn, just do a U-turn where ever you like...
In the end these choices are what make our roads unsafe. It's not whether the cyclist is wearing fluoro or a helmet, it's how we drive.
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Just a question. Has anyone heard of an adult being fined for not wearing a helmet lately? I just wonder if the NZ police have read the same data and decided not to bother enforcing helmets for adults.