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[JMK1]

Please add me to the list!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dirtrider]

[Guest Big H]

You ride dirt ......... why should you disapprove????????

[dirtrider]

Really if you need to commit in such a way to show your commitment to be a good cyclist then you should not be on the road in t5he first place .

[Windbreaker]

Hmmm... so lemme see ... 

 

Someone whose use of South African

roads as a cyclist in 4 (?) years probably totals less than 50 hours

(even that would be on closed roads or marshalled events in organised

events) feels the need to sort "misbehaving cyclists" out.

 

Perhaps

if he used the South African roads, as even a motorist, on a daily

basis he would realise that the "misbehaving" cyclist issue is as much

about generally intolerant road use as it is about individuals who happen to be cycling when they are seen to be

"misbehaving". If it is genuine "misbehaviour" as opposed to some over-zealous perception then you can be sure that they behave the same way in a car.

 

Perhaps if our crusader used the roads in South Africa as a

cyclist on a regular basis he would be seen as an "affected person" and

therefore his efforts would carry some credibility.

 

Perhaps if our crusader even paid taxes in South Africa he would be in a position

to voice his opinion with more credibility. Taxes are used to improve

infrastructure such as public transport. Improved public transport in

South Africa would reduce road congestion which would directly impact

on the levels of tolerance of ALL road users.

 

Until then it is just hot air from a bored old man in Angola who is looking for attention.

 

... and before the attacks start ...

I do not ride abreast on narrow roads,

I do not hold up traffic unless it is unsafe for the vehicles to pass.

I try to generally be considerate of ALL other road users whether it be on the bicycle, motorcycle or in the car.

 

I

am not perfect and I don't always maintain a good attitude on the road

- particularly when  I am faced with ignorant or aggressive attitudes

of road users who put my safety at risk.

I do jump certain stop streets when it is safe and if it does not

inconvenience others.

I have been photographed riding three abreast on a quiet road somewhere in the Karoo between Cape Town and Knysna.

I

have also been known to ride 3 abreast in quiet country roads in the

Netherlands - without motorists reverting to hooter rage by the way.

 

 

But I guess that would be considered as misbehaving by the Angolan

sheriff and his posse. Oh well ... I'll work on it with my shrink during group therapy.

[Guest coenie]

Well Said Windbreaker....

[Robert Lofthouse]

Oh man, you have NO idea how much I enjoyed reading that Windbreaker... well said mate.kingcompass2009-10-23 02:42:36

[Flemish Lion]

How many offences are allowed before one gets taken off the list

[Skye]

 

Hmmm... so lemme see ... 

 

Someone whose use of South African

roads as a cyclist in 4 (?) years probably totals less than 50 hours

(even that would be on closed roads or marshalled events in organised

events) feels the need to sort "misbehaving cyclists" out.

 

Perhaps

if he used the South African roads' date=' as even a motorist, on a daily

basis he would realise that the "misbehaving" cyclist issue is as much

about generally intolerant road use as it is about individuals who happen to be cycling when they are seen to be

"misbehaving". If it is genuine "misbehaviour" as opposed to some over-zealous perception then you can be sure that they behave the same way in a car.

 

Perhaps if our crusader used the roads in South Africa as a

cyclist on a regular basis he would be seen as an "affected person" and

therefore his efforts would carry some credibility.

 

Perhaps if our crusader even paid taxes in South Africa he would be in a position

to voice his opinion with more credibility. Taxes are used to improve

infrastructure such as public transport. Improved public transport in

South Africa would reduce road congestion which would directly impact

on the levels of tolerance of ALL road users.

 

Until then it is just hot air from a bored old man in Angola who is looking for attention.

 

... and before the attacks start ...

I do not ride abreast on narrow roads,

I do not hold up traffic unless it is unsafe for the vehicles to pass.

I try to generally be considerate of ALL other road users whether it be on the bicycle, motorcycle or in the car.

 

I

am not perfect and I don't always maintain a good attitude on the road

- particularly when  I am faced with ignorant or aggressive attitudes

of road users who put my safety at risk.

I do jump certain stop streets when it is safe and if it does not

inconvenience others.

I have been photographed riding three abreast on a quiet road somewhere in the Karoo between Cape Town and Knysna.

I

have also been known to ride 3 abreast in quiet country roads in the

Netherlands - without motorists reverting to hooter rage by the way.

 

 

But I guess that would be considered as misbehaving by the Angolan

sheriff and his posse. Oh well ... I'll work on it with my shrink during group therapy.

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[Tumbleweed]

How many offences are allowed before one gets taken off the list

 

 

 

i read the other day that the points system is till in a pilot phase.