The predictable happened on "A Current Affair". Lets go for ratings and set the story up as the war between motorists and cyclists continues with neither side giving in. Get the venom pumping.
Add the recent tragic event plus a bashing of a triathlete on the Gold Coast plus two Swiss riders training on the Gold Coast who were knocked down today on a roundabout and there's your story.
Bring in a motoring group .... show some footage of a pack riding two abreast (describe that as illegal - which it is not) .... show a cyclist riding against the traffic or narrowly missing pedestrians and you have an intolerable position. Verify this by asking a motorist if he wants to share the road with a cyclist to which he replies "no" and you have a top rating, emotion charged piece of television.
In bringing the "A Current Affair" story to air Channel 9 in Brisbane canned a story about cyclists and the Goodwill Bridge which was due to air tonight. No doubt this story will be dusted off at some later date and you can bet the media angle will be the same. Cyclists again in the spot knocking over pedestrians.
I'll head for the road tomorrow wondering what to expect!
