Concerned : No more shoulder on HP

[amoryns]

ek sien hulle het nou hele groot deel van hendrik potgieter se geel streep weg gevat en dit dubbel baan gemaak...het hulle aan al die fietsryers gedink wat daardie pad oor naweke gebruik toe hulle die besluit gemaak het?

 

So die naweek gaan ons weer hoor hoeveel ouens is dood gery agv daarvan...aaaih die besluite van die land raak net al hoe belagliker!!!!!!!!

[Cycle Junkie]

HP is lately 'n death wish, ek probeer nie eers om met my kar daar te ry nie, nevermind met my fiets.

[DRIVETRAIN]

 

I was on it Sunday morning ..... noticed the recklessness & bad behaviour of drivers....guess I will not be using it anylonger either...

 

It's a shame because it's a road that links us cyclists to some of the popular routes...

 

"DT"

[wannabepro]

ek kom nou net terug van engeland af, ek wens suid-afrikaanse motoriste kan sien hoeveel respek daai mense vir fietsryers het.  as hulle nie in die regter baan kan verby gaan nie sal hulle agter jou ry en nie ongeduldig raak nie totdat daar vir hulle 'n gap is.  Dis hemel op aarde vir fietsryers..... en dis in die middestad hoor!

[linnega]

And you should remember that England has one of the worst records in terms of cycle safety in the civilised world, so the UK should be the minimum standard we aspire to.

[MDon]

Enige ryer wat op die pad oefen later as 9uur die oggend oor 'n naweek, moet bykom. 'n Paar fietsryers is al oor die jare daar doodgery. Kry 'n ander roete, die Wesrand loop oor van moontlikhede!

[scotty]

MDon cyclists from all areas are affected. Kliprivier/Swartkoppies/Lido in the South has had more than its share of incidents.

scotty2006-10-25 04:03:49

[Dr. Seuss]

when did they do this?

 

 

 

rode there on sunday in the shoulder no problems.

 

 

 

do agree that you should not be on this road later than 07:30 during

week-ends & dont even get close to it ANYTIME during the week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[linnega]

If its a double lane that means that you should have more space.  Cyclists in the left lane and other vehicles can pass on the right.

[ewep]

linnega, I've only been on HP once or twice, and even if you ride IN the yellow line, your lucky if only 1 car goes for you!

[DRIVETRAIN]

There is a double lane both ways to accommodate large traffic volumes---however the concern is the Emergency lane that cyclists use..that too is broad for a decent size group to use---

 

However it's the motorists that make use of the emergency lane to overtake / speed and do whatever they please....If one looks at the developments taking place on that stretch of road & the chaos it's causing it's not hard to see that the Grader's/trucks ride mostly in the emergency lane...

 

I agree that we have quite a few other roads we can make use of instead of H/P..Ontdekkers for me can lead you out to many of these roads for short or long rides....Truth be told I keep away from H/P except the last piece of tar from 14th avenue going up the hill to Ontdekkers...

 

"DT"

[Guest Big H]

Julle klomp Nasionaliste en Sappe moet nie nou kla oor paaie en anner gemors nie...... julle het almal JA!!!!!! gestem en moet maar tevrede wees met besluite soos die.

[DRIVETRAIN]

 

Hey ne Oom H ek het glad nie JA gestem nie...wat se ding is dit die dat

 ons Sappe genoem is ?? praat van die Swastika in Hitler se tyd dan praat Oom H meer sin..nie hierdie klomp papbroeke in Parlement nie..soek oom nou mooeilikheid met ons Gauteng vietsryers ??? 

 

Ok nee ernstig nou daai pad sal jou dood nog veroorsaak...... Bly weg na 7h00...

 

"DT"

[Guest Big H]

He he he DT dis lekker om hier in die bos te sit en moeilikheid soek. Kla oor die pad en ander paaie by julle local parlementere verteenwoordiger. Die ou MOET julle help, julle het mos vir hom gestem..... Wie was Hitler????? Weet jy darem wat 'n SAP is?????

[ewep]

Oi, oom H, ek het gehoor oom het so baie van die SAPpe gehou, ou oom Jannie se partie!

[pastapouch]

I've been avoiding that road for a few years. If i want rolling hills I go to Wilgeroord, and Robert Broom.