Channel 7 news tonight

[Graeme]

"DRS" <[email protected]> wrote in news:c2hked$s02$1
@lust.ihug.co.nz:

> The driver was simply opening his door because
> his seatbelt was caught (or select an alternate reason from the list in
> Appendix 1).

The ACT must set a very low standard for their driving test examiners.
Anywhere else the examiner would check his seatbelt before he drove off.
Any competent driver would have very few reasons for opening a door in the
middle of the road, an examiner should have even fewer.

Anyway, we're getting nowhere here. I'm off to oil my bike (can't ride it
as I knackered my back last weekend)


GRaeme

 

[flyingdutch]

Perhaps you should oil your back?!?

:-


-

 

[Graeme]

flyingdutch <[email protected]> wrote in news:KP53c.67445$C_
[email protected]:

> Perhaps you should oil your back?!?!


Done that, or at least the physio did. It was very nice too!


Graeme

 

[hippy]

"Graeme" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "DRS" <[email protected]> wrote in news:c2hked$s02$1
> @lust.ihug.co.nz:
>
> > The driver was simply opening his door because
> > his seatbelt was caught (or select an alternate reason from the list
in
> > Appendix 1).
>
> The ACT must set a very low standard for their driving test examiners.
> Anywhere else the examiner would check his seatbelt before he drove
off.
> Any competent driver would have very few reasons for opening a door in
the
> middle of the road, an examiner should have even fewer.
>
> Anyway, we're getting nowhere here. I'm off to oil my bike (can't ride
it
> as I knackered my back last weekend)

Jumping in late here... but... isn't there some provision
in some state's laws about drivers checking before
opening doors into traffic? e.g. parked car.
Or are you two _only_ talking about a driver opening
his door in, say, the middle lane of a 3-lane road to
hit the rider?

hippy

 

[Graeme]

"hippy" <[email protected]> wrote in news:03d3c.94342$Wa.3365
@news-server.bigpond.net.au:

> Or are you two _only_ talking about a driver opening
> his door in, say, the middle lane of a 3-lane road to
> hit the rider?
>

No, I think the two of us are just arguing fruitlessly about a hypothetical
situation which in reality would probably never take place. Then again,
without that sort of argument, would usenet exist?

I think you're right about the "check before you open your door" though.


Graeme

 

[Politically incorrect]

Peter Cremasco <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "rickster" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
>
> > And in my expereince, on a big day, this happens often. And it seems,
> > this, more than anything, pisses motorists off, forcing them to take
> > risks to go around.
>
> Nothing FORCES anyone to take risks. They choose to do so.
>
> They wouldn't do it if it was a slow car/tractor/truck in front of them.
> So why MUST they squeeze past just because it's a human powered vehicle?
>
>
> ---
> Cheers
>
> PeterC
>
> [Rushing headlong: out of control - and there ain't no stopping]
> [and there's nothing you can do about it at all]

Wonder if the cyclists would dare to cycle around a semi-trailer?

 

[rickster]

[email protected] (Politically incorrect) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Peter Cremasco <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
[snip]

>
> Wonder if the cyclists would dare to cycle around a semi-trailer?

yep they would