1210 wrote:
> Seen without a helmet weaving amongst the traffic on City Hill. Not bothering to use a newly
> opened bike lane.
>
> The ******* should have been knocked down and run over.
>
No need to wish that on him. If he rides like that often enough, the inevitable will happen. At
least when cyclists ride like idiots, the chances of them killing someone else is very slim, unless
they collect a pedestrian, or cause a vehicle to swerve.
At a recent defensive driver course I was at, the instructor was telling us about the centre of
gravity of vehicles (should be common knowledge really, but apparently not). He brought up one
particular case where at the round about at Anzac parade, a cyclist decided to make a right turn
from the left lane, without looking. The cyclist had a refrigerated meat truck behind him that was
going straight ahead. The cyclist without warning or signaling, turned in front of the truck. The
truck driver in an attempt to avoid the cyclist, swerved, then swerved in the other direction, and
rolled the truck. The cyclist was not hit, and did not stop.
I'm not having a go at all cyclists, that was just one example of bad riding. I have seen more
dangerous drivers than dangerous cyclists. However one has to wonder why on earth those few cyclists
are prepared to risk their lives in traffic by riding unpredictably. Like the rider who was riding
*on the wrong side of the road* on Marcus Clarke Street in the city the other day, in peak hour. I
very nearly cleaned him up, as I didn't see him to the last moment due to the vehicle in front of me
blocking my view. That vehicle also swerved at the last minute.
If the cyclist referred to in the original post, continues to ride like that, natural selection will
take it's course eventually.