Everybody does the wrong thing on the road

Blen_Carmichael said :

KB1971 said :

This has always been one of my points and why I fire up.

Pedestrians, riders and drivers all break the law but people carry on at cyclist like they are the antichrist. EVERYBODY DOES IT PEOPLE!!!!!

Maybe I should take videos of all the jaywalkers on Northbourne Ave every day, especially at Aling St.

By all means please do. I would be interested to see how many of these jaywalkers have cameras mounted on their head, ever ready to catch out an offending motorist.

Rolls eyes……Have you seen this:

http://region.com.au/everybody-does-the-wrong-thing-on-the-road/119483

Or this:

http://region.com.au/want-to-see-a-truck-diver-act-like-a-jerk/119425

The only thread that comes to mind that a cyclist has posted a video on this site was the Jim’s Mowing thread.

There have been numerous threads on RA where drivers have posted this stuff, more than cyclists.

I don’t use one and don’t intend to, all the people I ride with that have one use it to record the good times when they are MTBing.

So, you can take your snide, cyclist hating insinuations elsewhere.

I’m a bit surprised that isn’t one-side unbroken lines on that stretch of Long Gully. I’ve seen unbroken lines used in far less logical locations.

I hope the person posting the vids has better colour recognition at traffic lights, those double yellow lines look mighty white to me.

Rollersk8r said :

fromthecapital said :

What an exciting life this person leads!

Yes, perhaps they could also film people taking 9 items through the 8 items or less at the supermarket? Would be equally thrilling to watch.

PS. If you’re wasting your life capturing and uploading this stuff then you could at least edit it down the relevant 3 seconds.

Under rated post.

Dash cams are the worst. You’re innocuous rubbish that we all see on the roads multiple times a day isn’t more interesting cos you have too much money and a youtube account.

KB1971 said :

This has always been one of my points and why I fire up.

Pedestrians, riders and drivers all break the law but people carry on at cyclist like they are the antichrist. EVERYBODY DOES IT PEOPLE!!!!!

Maybe I should take videos of all the jaywalkers on Northbourne Ave every day, especially at Aling St.

By all means please do. I would be interested to see how many of these jaywalkers have cameras mounted on their head, ever ready to catch out an offending motorist.

Holden Caulfield said :

KB1971 said :

This has always been one of my points and why I fire up.

Pedestrians, riders and drivers all break the law but people carry on at cyclist like they are the antichrist. EVERYBODY DOES IT PEOPLE!!!!!

Maybe I should take videos of all the jaywalkers on Northbourne Ave every day, especially at Aling St.

Yeah, I know many road users tend to flout the road rules, regardless of their chosen mode of transport. I just can’t see how that has anything to do with disproving the theory that all cyclists are the antichrist!

Hahahaha

KB1971 said :

This has always been one of my points and why I fire up.

Pedestrians, riders and drivers all break the law but people carry on at cyclist like they are the antichrist. EVERYBODY DOES IT PEOPLE!!!!!

Maybe I should take videos of all the jaywalkers on Northbourne Ave every day, especially at Aling St.

Yeah, I know many road users tend to flout the road rules, regardless of their chosen mode of transport. I just can’t see how that has anything to do with disproving the theory that all cyclists are the antichrist!

“they like to be treated as equals on the road but this guy has his own ‘special’ rules.”

That’s because he’s a better person than the rest of us.

Looked like a safe overtake to me.

Double yellow lines, speed limits, these things are fairly arbitrary. In fact, I seem to recall years ago that the line was a broken one for traffic headed downhill.
As for the 70 on Mugga Lane, well, if it was the similar stretch of road between Binalong and Bowning, you’d expect it to be 100. 70 is just silly. Still, there are 3 places where you should slow down a bit on that road once you’re past the tip:
– at the Barrys driveway
– at the quarry
– at the two driveways right on the bend.
Additionally, if you don’t have a bullbar, it’s probably worth driving in a fairly restrained way along there. Still, I have been know to overtake people pootling on at about 60-70 on Mugga Lane. There is a limit.

Barcham said :

People commenting on message boards claiming other people are wasting their time are precious little naturally occurring pieces of unaware comedy.

I do so enjoy them.

ok, ok, now stop chuckling and fix the error, or jb and his cat o’ nine tails will get restless 🙂

People commenting on message boards claiming other people are wasting their time are precious little naturally occurring pieces of unaware comedy.

I do so enjoy them.

This has always been one of my points and why I fire up.

Pedestrians, riders and drivers all break the law but people carry on at cyclist like they are the antichrist. EVERYBODY DOES IT PEOPLE!!!!!

Maybe I should take videos of all the jaywalkers on Northbourne Ave every day, especially at Aling St.

Rollersk8r said :

PS. If you’re wasting your life capturing and uploading this stuff then you could at least edit it down the relevant 3 seconds.

+1!

goggles13 said :

I only see double white lines on Long Gully Road.

They fade in the sun.

Solidarity said :

If you can’t see an issue with the cyclist breaking a red light, then you also won’t see an issue with motorcyclists using the cycle lane then?

Not quite the same thing, if you are referring to splitting or filtering i don’t have an issue with that.

chewy14 said :

goody658 said :

I really don’t see an issue with the 1st one, who cares if the bike goes. If there are no cars coming and its safe. Even if he got half way to the island, waited then went. How many times do we see pedestrians do the same thing. But no ” Wont some please think of the children”

Yeah, the cars should have just driven through too “cause it was safe”, who cares about those pesky road rules.

How is a cyclist that different to someone jay walking both break the law but neither can kill a car. Both against the law but is it really worth the “outrage”. He’s not in anyone’s way.

And here’s a diver:

barcham needs flogging again – i see no diver (not even anything of the world game)

If you can’t see an issue with the cyclist breaking a red light, then you also won’t see an issue with motorcyclists using the cycle lane then?

It’s pretty obvious that policing this kind of behaviour is not government priority. It happens constantly on Canberra roads.

pptvb said :

I’ve seen this on Long Gully Rd a few times.
Once the guy overtaking was himself overtaken …. at the same time!
They were 3 wide, heading down the hill!
F#%ktards.
I regularly get overtaken on double yellow lines on Mugga Ln.
The 70km/h limit is ignored by the majority of drivers.

Its another one of those stupid limits for the sake of looking like they are improving safety. The sooner we get rid of 70 and 90 limits the better. The road can probably handle traffic at 80, it used to be 80. The other issue is some people just don’t know what the speed limit is and drive at 60 or 80.

Yes people should be observant and look for the signs, but they don’t and those doing 60 IMO are equally as bad as those doing 80.

goody658 said :

I really don’t see an issue with the 1st one, who cares if the bike goes. If there are no cars coming and its safe. Even if he got half way to the island, waited then went. How many times do we see pedestrians do the same thing. But no ” Wont some please think of the children”

Yeah, the cars should have just driven through too “cause it was safe”, who cares about those pesky road rules.

Another pedalphile breaking the law.

pptvb said :

I regularly get overtaken on double yellow lines on Mugga Ln.
The 70km/h limit is ignored by the majority of drivers.

Well, if you’re gonna get done for speeding, may as well ignore the double lines as well.

I really don’t see an issue with the 1st one, who cares if the bike goes. If there are no cars coming and its safe. Even if he got half way to the island, waited then went. How many times do we see pedestrians do the same thing. But no ” Wont some please think of the children”

I only see double white lines on Long Gully Road.

I’ve seen this on Long Gully Rd a few times.
Once the guy overtaking was himself overtaken …. at the same time!
They were 3 wide, heading down the hill!
F#%ktards.
I regularly get overtaken on double yellow lines on Mugga Ln.
The 70km/h limit is ignored by the majority of drivers.

idiot cyclist #2.
man how long do those lights stay red for? more than 1 minute? why???

fromthecapital said :

What an exciting life this person leads!

Yes, perhaps they could also film people taking 9 items through the 8 items or less at the supermarket? Would be equally thrilling to watch.

PS. If you’re wasting your life capturing and uploading this stuff then you could at least edit it down the relevant 3 seconds.

What an exciting life this person leads!