hit by a car

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Pesky Cyclists

17 May 2012, 07:13

It is time to tax cycling. And I don’t mean some small disk that gets strapped to the handlebars, I am talking full on vehicle number plates, front and back. That way we can police these road criminals in a way that adds to the national fiscus.

Surely, if you want to use our tax-funded roads, then you should pay for them like everybody else?

The rot, of course, started with Lance Armstrong. Suddenly everyone thought they could become a testosterone-fueled cannon ball in a yellow jersey. Pre-Armstrong, cyclists were a simple but friendly folk, few and far between. They were amiable Sunday riders who knew their place, and it wasn’t three abreast down Lakeside Main Road.

Post-Armstrong their psyche changed overnight. God, how they make my blood boil! How many times have I been tempted to nudge one of them off his silly little spinning machine and into a bush? Goodness knows how many cyclists have had their lives spared thanks to my magnanimous restraint. Quite frankly, I don’t know how far my benevolence can be stretched. . .

Of course those peninsula cycling races only make things worse by encouraging the scourge. Try driving down the M3 freeway two weeks before a race and spot the crazies riding alongside motor vehicles traveling at 120 km. Are you now Evel Knievel?

I am not saying bicycles don’t have their place, its just that the best place for them is the playground. I can safely assume that most cyclists suffer from a stunted childhood because I’ve spotted them riding 120km long races on one of those funny clown bikes. Or pedaling strange machines with their arms. Or wearing a Barney suit and ringing a bell. I suppose its cute to play in the traffic?

And I don’t buy that mountain bike ruse. Soil erosion in Tokai Forest is now reaching epidemic proportions thanks to the cycle tracks carved into our national parks. And if you are wondering why troops of baboons are desperately roaming the suburbs its because they have been scared out of their natural habitat by those two wheeled fiends.

But its air pollution I am truly worried about. It takes just two cyclists riding abreast to hold up a whole snake of cars, forcing them to burn more fuel while driving in a lower gear.

It is this type of thoughtless, selfish behaviour that leads me to think that cyclists need have their wings clipped.

 

Give that man a Bells...his obviously had 20 already

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"It is this type of thoughtless, selfish behaviour that leads me to think that cyclists need have their wings clipped"

 

 

and it's this type of silly writing that leads me to think I should own you with a set of Marzocchi forks and then piss in your shoes :-)

[udxcob]

It's all Lance's fault

[pastapouch]

Have a doctor check you out, all scrapes, bruising etc. claim from the RAF. Bumps/bruising may come back later to cause pain and then you pay.

[Caerus]

Here is what he wrote...

 

Pesky Cyclists

17 May 2012, 07:13

It is time to tax cycling. And I don’t mean some small disk that gets strapped to the handlebars, I am talking full on vehicle number plates, front and back. That way we can police these road criminals in a way that adds to the national fiscus.

Surely, if you want to use our tax-funded roads, then you should pay for them like everybody else?

The rot, of course, started with Lance Armstrong. Suddenly everyone thought they could become a testosterone-fueled cannon ball in a yellow jersey. Pre-Armstrong, cyclists were a simple but friendly folk, few and far between. They were amiable Sunday riders who knew their place, and it wasn’t three abreast down Lakeside Main Road.

Post-Armstrong their psyche changed overnight. God, how they make my blood boil! How many times have I been tempted to nudge one of them off his silly little spinning machine and into a bush? Goodness knows how many cyclists have had their lives spared thanks to my magnanimous restraint. Quite frankly, I don’t know how far my benevolence can be stretched. . .

Of course those peninsula cycling races only make things worse by encouraging the scourge. Try driving down the M3 freeway two weeks before a race and spot the crazies riding alongside motor vehicles traveling at 120 km. Are you now Evel Knievel?

I am not saying bicycles don’t have their place, its just that the best place for them is the playground. I can safely assume that most cyclists suffer from a stunted childhood because I’ve spotted them riding 120km long races on one of those funny clown bikes. Or pedaling strange machines with their arms. Or wearing a Barney suit and ringing a bell. I suppose its cute to play in the traffic?

And I don’t buy that mountain bike ruse. Soil erosion in Tokai Forest is now reaching epidemic proportions thanks to the cycle tracks carved into our national parks. And if you are wondering why troops of baboons are desperately roaming the suburbs its because they have been scared out of their natural habitat by those two wheeled fiends.

But its air pollution I am truly worried about. It takes just two cyclists riding abreast to hold up a whole snake of cars, forcing them to burn more fuel while driving in a lower gear.

It is this type of thoughtless, selfish behaviour that leads me to think that cyclists need have their wings clipped.

I hope someone nudges him off the road the next time he drives like a muppet Edited May 23, 2012 by Caerus

[Lamber]

Report the accident at the SAPS, get a case number and contact your insurance company. Let them sort it out.

 

Ditto! The case number is key to your claim!!!

[covie]

Report the accident at the SAPS, get a case number and contact your insurance company. Let them sort it out.

 

What he said.

[firewolf]

Was watching "Dissorder in the Court" today. Basically shows people catching on all kindsa *** after getting into confrontations with other people also looking for ***; and it really shows that no violance, just a calm and measured approach is the best when responding to a stressfull event. Like being knocked off your bike buy an errant driver. Hard I know; but there are so many cameras out there just waiting to record your every wrong move - which can then be used against you in court.

[firewolf]

I think its funny .... and there is a lot more truth in it than we care to admit

 

You think its funny to be hit by a car?