BrettM <
[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] (Peter McCallum) wrote in
> news:1gydlmz.cblysxqaxbeyN%[email protected]:
>
> > BrettM <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Has anyone actually seen a Hook turn sign in Qld?
> >
> > Never seen a hook turn sign for non-bicycles, never seen a "No Hook
> Turn
> > By Bicycles" sign and never seen a cyclist doing a hook turn for that
> > matter.
> >
> > The hook turn for cyclists has been on the books in Queensland for at
> > least 20 years as far as I know.
> >
> > Peter
> >
>
> I was referring to the car side of things not bikes (where it makes
> sense to include the rule but not to actually perform the manevour).
>
> Also think that the hook turn law may actually be conflicted futher down
> (s.2??). Cyclists not to cause a traffic hazard.
Which section is that?
I received this email from a Mackay cyclist a long time back but it's a
classic case of what can happen when the law is unclear:
I was "taken out" by a car back in Dec '97 whilst travelling around a
roundabout on my way to work. The result was a fractured hip joint. I
was interviewed by the police about an hour after the accident while I
was lying on a bed in the hospital emergency ward, half zonked on a
painkilling injection. This was the only time that the police have ever
approached me regarding the incident. The police traffic accident report
showed that I had contributed significantly to the accident by, get
this, "Failing to take necessary precaution while traversing the
roundabout" . I was on the left hand side of the road and was hit by a
car that had come from behind me and turned left. I had not taken
notice of what was behind me so this made it significantly my fault
????? The driver of the car admitted that she "just didn't see me" as
well as admitting to her CTP insurance co. that her daily medical regime
consists of three (3) different drugs one of them being valium for
stress.( I have copies of these statements) The result from the police,
absolutely zip. To date the driver has not been charged with any sort of
negligence. So after my little rant.......yeah you do have to
practically get killed before any action will be taken by the police.
>
> That is a really broad provision, it would be interesting to follow up
> and see if it has ever been used. Potentially any cyclist in conflict
> with another vehicle could be caught by that provision.
>
> "I didn't see because I didn't have defence?"
>
> Cheers
>
> BrettM
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Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA