Prado de Parade

[Michael Lanchester]

Riding to work today along Lambert Road Indooroopilly. I came off the Harts
Rd roundabout onto Prado de Parade (Lambert Road past St Peters) and hey
presto a Black Ford Explorer (Land Barge) pulls out in front of me from the
side street failing to give way.

Hard on the brifters to avoid and Crash into the rear side panel.

No Damage to bike, minor cut to hand. And one driver with a sore ear!

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Michael L.

 

[OzCableguy]

"Michael Lanchester" <michael@remove_this_ronrumble.com.au> wrote in message
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> Riding to work today along Lambert Road Indooroopilly. I came off the
> Harts Rd roundabout onto Prado de Parade (Lambert Road past St Peters)
> and hey presto a Black Ford Explorer (Land Barge) pulls out in front of me
> from the side street failing to give way.
>
>

Jeez, half your luck! In these parts I get oncoming right-turning people
pausing to give way to me while I'm still 200 metres away pushing up hill,
forcing me to a near coronary as I try to get a wriggle on and not hold them
up longer than necessary. Hmmm... now that I think about it maybe they're
bigger bastards and just using a less direct method of trying to kill me...
The ones that totally weird me out are when you're riding along minding your
own business and suddenly become aware of a fossil burner that's been wheel
sucking for the last 5 minutes when they're not trying to turn left or park
and there's plenty of room to pass. Extremely spooky...

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[Tamyka Bell]

Michael Lanchester wrote:
>
> Riding to work today along Lambert Road Indooroopilly. I came off the Harts
> Rd roundabout onto Prado de Parade (Lambert Road past St Peters) and hey
> presto a Black Ford Explorer (Land Barge) pulls out in front of me from the
> side street failing to give way.
>
> Hard on the brifters to avoid and Crash into the rear side panel.
>
> No Damage to bike, minor cut to hand. And one driver with a sore ear!
>
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> Michael L.

Grrrr, I fscking hate all the Prados and Bruisers near that school. I've
seen many cyclists nearly rammed into the gutters trying to get out of
the way of an incompetent parent/guardian/teacher.

Tam

 

[Donga]

Michael L:
>Hard on the brifters to avoid and Crash into the rear side panel. No Damage to >bike, minor cut to hand. And one driver with a sore ear!

So you got him? Well done, mate! Cars that tinny would dent up pretty
easily. Good outcome if no damage to you.

Donga

 

[LotteBum]

No Damage to bike, minor cut to hand. And one driver with a sore ear!

Glad to hear you're (somewhat) Ok. What did you say to the driver and what was their response? Were they sympathetic?

 

[Michael Lanchester]

The driver stopped and without getting out Called "Are you OK.?" I think
she was planning to keep going.
While lying on the road with the bike on top of the me. I called " I don't
know yet ?"

She then decided to park on the footpath and come over after I picked myself
up. (Thanks to the other cyclist who stopped to help.)

She offer to call someone for me. Give me a lift to work ! She was
sympathetic.

After a brief discussion and no real damage to me or the bike I let her go.
I didn't bother with details.

Then I saw the price of petrol on the way to work $1.35 / l. Ha! Suck on
that Urban Assault vehicle drivers ! It will be $2 by the end of the year.

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Michael Lanchester

 

[LotteBum]

Then I saw the price of petrol on the way to work $1.35 / l. Ha! Suck on that Urban Assault vehicle drivers ! It will be $2 by the end of the year.

Hehe fingers crossed!

Seriously, if I'd hit someone in my car, my first instinct would be to jump out and help them - I don't even think I'd have to think about it. I don't know if I'd be able to talk - I'd be too busy blubbering and shaking.

I hit an Excel a few years ago (in my car). The old couple were so grateful that I was sympathetic (I even called them the next day to see if they were OK) that they decided to fix the car themselves and not bother going through my insurance company. Being nice does sometimes pay off.

Lotte