raymakestv Posted March 3, 2015 Share I was doing a shoot on Bree Street yesterday to get shots of the cycle lanes that the city put up, this just after interviewing the mayoral committee member for transport. This is what I saw. It's being used as a parking lane, and Active Sushi has a nice branded advertisement parking on the cycle lane. johannrissik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 3, 2015 Share Report them all. City will fine them accordingly afaik. They need to police this properly johannrissik and mikkelz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disylizzy Posted March 3, 2015 Share I have a funny story regarding the bike lanes in Bree Street... One of the consultants that we work with is an avid biker and was supposed to meet with us and we kept waiting and waiting and eventually his secretary called to say that he had been detained by SAPS because on his usual morning cycle through town he likes to enlighten motorists obstructing the cycle lane by squirting water at the cars as he cycles past. One such vehicle had an big afrikaans boere oomie sitting behind the wheel with his window open, and he got sprayed in the face with the water bottle. He took chase and tried to cut our consultant off with his big bakkie. The consultant then unclipped from his cleats and stuck his foot out to avoid riding in to the bakkie and subsequently dented the door. Fortunately there were some witnesses to the incident otherwise the oomie would've probably tried to do some more damage to our consultant. The cops were called and fortunately he got off with a warning and had to pay for the damage to the door. Hopefully the oomie learned his lesson about stopping in the cycle lane. And knowing our consultant, he's probably still enlightening vehicles... DJR, GaryvdM, Long Wheel Base and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted March 3, 2015 Share Post it on their facebook page. Idiots. johannrissik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlvN Posted March 3, 2015 Share I have a funny story regarding the bike lanes in Bree Street... One of the consultants that we work with is an avid biker and was supposed to meet with us and we kept waiting and waiting and eventually his secretary called to say that he had been detained by SAPS because on his usual morning cycle through town he likes to enlighten motorists obstructing the cycle lane by squirting water at the cars as he cycles past. One such vehicle had an big afrikaans boere oomie sitting behind the wheel with his window open, and he got sprayed in the face with the water bottle. He took chase and tried to cut our consultant off with his big bakkie. The consultant then unclipped from his cleats and stuck his foot out to avoid riding in to the bakkie and subsequently dented the door. Fortunately there were some witnesses to the incident otherwise the oomie would've probably tried to do some more damage to our consultant. The cops were called and fortunately he got off with a warning and had to pay for the damage to the door. Hopefully the oomie learned his lesson about stopping in the cycle lane. And knowing our consultant, he's probably still enlightening vehicles... Maar jy sien meisiekind, die storie loop so. As 'n boere oomie dan nou besluit om vir die vrou en kinners dorp toe te bring, dan sit hy gewoonlik innie bakkie en wag vir hulle om hulle inkopies en wat nog klaar te maak. Nou, jy sien die boere oomie kom vannie platteland af. Hy bly op 'n plaas waar hy kan loop parkeer net waar hy wil, en niemand kan hom iets vertel nie. Maar nou hier innie stad maak die boggers hom betaal net om asem te haal, wat nog te se van parkeer. So hy stellie belang nie. Hy sallie betaal vir paarking nie. Nou ja, daar sien hy dan 'n oop stuk paarking langs die pad met 'n groen streep op en hy reken, die groen lyk soos sy lusern land se groen, en sy bakkie kan op lusern park. so daar loop staan hy op die groen streep. En in elk geval, op die plaas is dit net Stoffel wat met 'n baaisiekel ry. As die boereoomie nie met sy bakkie ry nie, dan ry hy op sy kwad-baaik. Hy weet niks van baaisiekels af nie. Nou moet die mannetjie op die baaisiekel nie vir hom spuit met water en sy bakiie skop nie, want die boere oomie raak bedonnerd oor sulke dinge. Hy strip sy moer en pluk sommer sy rollie uit, want jy sien oor al die plaas moorde loop hy lankal nerens sonder sy rollie nie. Pleks die bliksempie vir die boere oomie net vra hy moenie daar park, want Stoffel gat netnou hier verbykom op sy baaisiekel en dan staan daar 'n bakkie oppie groen streep, en dan gaan Stoffel net daar neerdonner innie pad. Die oomie sal verstaan, hys nie dom nie. ( And before anyone is offended, I am a boere oomie met n pa wat n plaas het ) Bat, Wannabe, Fabian46 and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted March 3, 2015 Share Ok, I often leu people know not to park there when cycling past. Will the city honestly take action against those parked in the green lanes bad on photographic evidence. .......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted March 3, 2015 Share Post it on their facebook page. Idiots. Done. Not the most, ahem, active FB page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted March 3, 2015 Share A dikwiel with a big basket in the front that accidentally rides into the parked car....... Moriarty, Blackbeard and Gandalf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted March 3, 2015 Share A dikwiel with a big basket in the front that accidentally rides into the parked car....... ...with a leaky bottle of brake fluid in the basket. Moriarty, Gandalf, Blackbeard and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted March 3, 2015 Share Problem is that traffic police are too lazy to stop and ticket such offenders. I have seen on number of times how they will just drive past. However it is much easier for them to go to a parking lot and issue tickets to cars with expired licenses Oufy MTB (Roadie), Hairy and ThePubSA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathrix Posted March 3, 2015 Share From @BicycleSafetySA:@CityofCT: Hi there, please report this to Law Enforcement on 0860 103 089. johannrissik, Tumbleweed and Danger Dassie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 3, 2015 Share Ok, I often leu people know not to park there when cycling past. Will the city honestly take action against those parked in the green lanes bad on photographic evidence. .......?From what I've heard, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted March 3, 2015 Share Problem is that traffic police are too lazy to stop and ticket such offenders. I have seen on number of times how they will just drive past. However it is much easier for them to go to a parking lot and issue tickets to cars with expired licensesI have seen Metro Police vehicles parked in the cycle lanes, between street vendors who have set up their stalls in the cycle lane. Eddy Gordo, Hairy and ThePubSA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 3, 2015 Share I have seen Metro Police vehicles parked in the cycle lanes, between street vendors who have set up their stalls in the cycle lane.Yeah, that's Metro though, which isn't controlled by the province. I'd LOVE to see traffic police ticket SAPS for their transgressions! Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Flyers Posted March 3, 2015 Share I work nearby and the drivers park over green lane everyday and nothing happened to them... Maybe we must all get together and cycle along the green lane. If they park, we must put big poster with wall glue over their windows... Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Short Posted March 3, 2015 Share The only thing the green cycle lanes in Bree St are good for is parking. I use them daily on my commute to work and for the past two years I have made the authorites aware of the misuse (particularly outside the electrical hardware store between 7 and 9am) with no progress. One begins to wonder what the point of even trying is.. Gandalf and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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