Cois Posted January 21, 2007 Share I think we can say that this week was one of the darkest weeks in SA for Cycling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duathlete Posted January 21, 2007 Share I think we can say that this week was one of the darkest weeks in SA for Cycling! Indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunky Posted January 21, 2007 Share Goofs, Yes that was the acident I was talking about. Both accidents now involve a cyclist being hit while well within the yellow line. Chatting to the guys after the ride, one of them know the tow truck guys very well. Apparantly the legal limit is something like 0.06 whatever per ml. This Idiot was at 0.8. Now, I bet my life on it that by tomorrow morning this prick has got his hands on the docket and will be out and free to kill again next week. Perhaps we should put the driver on a bike which I will gladly donate, and we all take turns in seeing how many times we can miss him at 200kmh while drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cois Posted January 21, 2007 Share I will drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delgado Posted January 21, 2007 Share Chunky was that along Swartkoppies going from west to east?. At about 10am we passed a metro car with some cops measuring where earlier some one on a MTB' date=' looked like Raleigh RM7, was hit. We 1st saw a set of MTB wheels and quite a distance later the crumpled frame. From the marks and drawings it appears the cyclist was well inside the broad yellow line when hit. The road where this occured was also straight and clear, no sharp or hidden turns and is a double lane. Talk amongst our group was, is cycling worth it??. [/quote'] Isn't is so sad that we must ask these questions? It certainly works on my mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanJ Posted January 21, 2007 Share After that guy was kiled in Durban last year the guys down there organised a protest/memorial ride.I think they got alot of attention and raised awareness, maybe it's about time we did something similar, what about next Saturday?If not then seeing as the Hyper to Hyper goes almost down the same routes what about wearing black armbands but we have to get the press there and get coverage.This is getting ridiculous !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delgado Posted January 21, 2007 Share Agreed 100%. I think we must do something specific to draw attention to these tragedies and keep it outside of the H2H. My reason being that the message might be lost if held in conjunction with the race. Either way I'm in. The time for talk has long passed so let's organise it......! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cois Posted January 21, 2007 Share here in Gauteng een of ander will drive into the cyclist while tehy are doing the protest. You know mos the drivers of Gauteng cant stand cyclists on the PUBLIC roads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delgado Posted January 21, 2007 Share .....but we can't as cyclists continue to accept the situation without at least making a stand....?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanJ Posted January 21, 2007 Share Cois, we are not going to sit back and accept it any longer. I was just thinking about it now I think we must do it soon but next weekend is too soon, we need more time to organise so I think 2 weeks from now might be a better idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saint Posted January 21, 2007 Share Yes let us have a memorial ride for these guys on Saturday black armbands for everyone and I would suggest the arm bands for The Fast One to as this might create more awareness in the TV coverage on Super Cycling, hopefully the reason for all the riders wearing arm bands will get a lengthy mention.....my condolences to all family and friends. This is shocking !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delgado Posted January 21, 2007 Share IanJ I will gladly help you you organise this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanJ Posted January 21, 2007 Share Ok do we do it this week Saturday and also armbands for Sunday or wait till the week after? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cois Posted January 21, 2007 Share Best time will be a Saterday morning in which we can disrupt traffic... That is my thought. and I agree. It's time to take a stand and take action. IanJ for President! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delgado Posted January 21, 2007 Share This week Saturday sounds perfect......I think we should create a seperate topic for this on the Hub so as to spread the word and to arrange a time and place. How do we get media involvement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saint Posted January 21, 2007 Share I am available to help with the organizing of everything should it be required. Alberton record would be a good start to get the press involved and I seriously think this should also be sent to Pick n Pay for The Fast one and just maybe they will also give some airtime to awareness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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