H
harro
Guest
I am a regular commuter and someone lonely recreational cyclist.....I potter
to work and do the regular round the river and other cycling journies in our
lovely city....
But this morning on Perth's 6PR talkback radio I had to laugh and shake my
head at the ignorance of some people. Some clown called in to have a whinge
to the police commissioner about a bunch of riders using one lane of Mounts
Bay Road in peak hour traffic.
Some of his claims were:
They should use the shared path that runs along Mounts Bay
Road.............(ok now this is not the place for a bunch of riders to
be...common sense dictates this surely????)
He pays car rego so he has more of a right to the road than cyclists....(I
too pay car rego and own a car.....do I not have the same rights)
He could'nt use the (second or outer lane) to get past the bunch because no
one in that lane would let him in......(plan ahead clown...see a bunch a
distance in front of you...make a move earlier so you can pass them..its
called road planning.....a basic driving skill)
This ignorant clown was rightfully put in his place by both Liam Bartlett
and the commissioner that despite tha fact the the dual use path is not a
suitable place for a peloton the cyclists have every right to be on the road
as he does.....it is this type of attitude that certainly does not endear
motorists to cyclists....
Now I generally use shared paths or footpaths where I can...esepcially along
Gt Eastern Hwy in peak hr traffic cause lets face it......with so many cars
and trucks my chances of survival are beter on the footpath......
It is people with this attitude that scare me quite seriously.
to work and do the regular round the river and other cycling journies in our
lovely city....
But this morning on Perth's 6PR talkback radio I had to laugh and shake my
head at the ignorance of some people. Some clown called in to have a whinge
to the police commissioner about a bunch of riders using one lane of Mounts
Bay Road in peak hour traffic.
Some of his claims were:
They should use the shared path that runs along Mounts Bay
Road.............(ok now this is not the place for a bunch of riders to
be...common sense dictates this surely????)
He pays car rego so he has more of a right to the road than cyclists....(I
too pay car rego and own a car.....do I not have the same rights)
He could'nt use the (second or outer lane) to get past the bunch because no
one in that lane would let him in......(plan ahead clown...see a bunch a
distance in front of you...make a move earlier so you can pass them..its
called road planning.....a basic driving skill)
This ignorant clown was rightfully put in his place by both Liam Bartlett
and the commissioner that despite tha fact the the dual use path is not a
suitable place for a peloton the cyclists have every right to be on the road
as he does.....it is this type of attitude that certainly does not endear
motorists to cyclists....
Now I generally use shared paths or footpaths where I can...esepcially along
Gt Eastern Hwy in peak hr traffic cause lets face it......with so many cars
and trucks my chances of survival are beter on the footpath......
It is people with this attitude that scare me quite seriously.