Are all motorists BORN DUMB????

[Sammajoor]

Had A training ride at Roodeplaat dam today and rode back up, minding our own business, riding two abreast 1.5 meters from the shoulder.  This d1psh*t comes from behind misses me by millimeters and immediately  swerves to take out the cyclists, missed the by millimeters too, then proceded to harrass the other cyclists in the group trying to push them onto the shoulder.

 

When "asked" to pull over and saw the LOOK in my eyes he just lloked in front and kept on driving  mommy dearest nwho was sitting next to him really let him have it, she just would not stop.

 

Now my question is was he born dumb or did he become it when he got behind the wheel, was this his normal way of driving or just when he sees other cyclists or slower road users.

 

Did not even have a great car a normal Opel Kadett.

 

This was the only insident of note that made the day  have a sour taste all the other motorists were cosiderate and accomodating just this one arseh0le incident.

 

Now please help me how do we educate motorists that we too have a right to use the road???

[David #7]

I had a similar thing happen to me when I lived in Franschoek. On the road from Helshoogte to Franschoek a guy in a sparkly new Ferrari almost hit me of my bike.

Franschoek being a small town with not many Ferraris in it, I soon found the said idiot, I simply walked up to the young lady he was with and offered her a lift home in my bakkie as I felt a lady of her beauty would be safer driving with me that with the said idiot.

She simply smiled and said she would make sure the he never drove like that again.

It was really funniny watching Casonova groveling.

[Sammajoor]

I had a similar thing happen to me when I lived in Franschoek. On the road from Helshoogte to Franschoek a guy in a sparkly new Ferrari almost hit me of my bike.

Franschoek being a small town with not many Ferraris in it' date=' I soon found the said idiot, I simply walked up to the young lady he was with and offered her a lift home in my bakkie as I felt a lady of her beauty would be safer driving with me that with the said idiot.

She simply smiled and said she would make sure the he never drove like that again.

It was really funniny watching Casonova groveling.

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And had you hit him who would have been at fault even though you really had the right tooo

 

just one reason to keep it bunched and with a back up vehice

[David #7]

I think its important that you react in the right way in any given situation, I was once hit by a young coloured guy outside the Sandton Clinic, un lucky for him I did not fall, lucky for me  he had to stop at the traffic lights, a taxi driver who saw the whole thing pulled next to him got out and bliksemed him, I had to ask the taxi driver to get a punch in.

That fool will never mess with a cyclist or a taxi ever again.

[Sammajoor]

I think its important that you react in the right way in any given situation' date=' I was once hit by a young coloured guy outside the Sandton Clinic, un lucky for him I did not fall, lucky for me  he had to stop at the traffic lights, a taxi driver who saw the whole thing pulled next to him got out and bliksemed him, I had to ask the taxi driver to get a punch in.

That fool will never mess with a cyclist or a taxi ever again.

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To this i can relate because the blacks who passed the group were curteous and waved well so did everybody but just because of this dipsh1t it really left a bad taste

[David #7]

It seems to be happening more and more these days.

 

Not sure what to do?

 

The sad thing who ever is in the wrong we come off worse in any situation.

[Sammajoor]

It seems to be happening more and more these days.

 

Not sure what to do?

 

The sad thing who ever is in the wrong we come off worse in any situation.

 

Somone has to start training and educating them I just don't know where to start or where to begin

[Tumbleweed]

 

Not sure what to do?

 

The sad thing who ever is in the wrong we come off worse in any situation.

 

use pepper spray!

 

kidding, the thing is if you react violently, you amost become as dumb as them. think of the bad press the tour de frans group got when they bliksemmed that old dude in bedfordview. i know someone who witnessed it, and he said it was really ugly to watch.

 

don't know if it's legally possible, but if you can why not note the reg number and open a case of attempted murder at the nearest cop shop? pursue, the irritation value to the driver will be worth it.

[big.mamma]

What I do not understand is how do you think it is still safe when you ride 1.5 meters in from the shoulder. That is in the middle of the lane.

 

The people around Roodeplaat is so fed up with cyclists riding all over the road. I think they will take the law into their own hands to sort cyclists out. In the past this did happen.

 

Then with a car behind, you hold up traffic. Do you really think the car makes it safer. I think the irritation factor for motorists is just so much higher. Backup cars go a long way in giving the cycling community a bad name.

[Tumbleweed]

think big mamma's just given a positive answer to your question, sammajoor

[Sammajoor]

think big mamma's just given a positive answer to your question' date=' sammajoor[/quote']

 

Why only with one motorist and did you not know that a cyclist has right of way on a road from the yellow line to 1.5 meters from there, but of course we all know that the first big m was banned when is the other gonna be removed was nice and quiet without it

 

a Back up vehicle is there for the protection of the cyclist, and without me there would really have been a problem

 

 

[Tumbleweed]

sorry sammajoor, what i mean is that motorists are born dumb (kinda like she acts most of the time), so her post was a positive affirmation of the question you posed.

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Inconsiderate driving

     64. No person shall drive a vehicle on a public road without reasonable

consideration for any other person using the road.

[Canaris]

While we are quoting the NAtional Road Regulations:

 

 

 

 

 

Passing of vehicle

 

 

 

298. (1) Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2) and (4) and regulation 296, the driver of a vehicle

 

intending to pass any other vehicle proceeding in the same direction on a public road shall pass to the right

 

thereof at a safe distance and shall not again drive on the left side of the roadway until safely clear of the

 

vehicle so passed: Provided that, in the circumstances as aforesaid, passing on the left of such vehicle shall

 

be permissible if the person driving the passing vehicle can do so with safety to himself or herself and other

 

traffic or property which is or may be on such road and—

 

(a) the vehicle being passed is turning to its right or the driver thereof has signalled his or her intention of

 

turning to his or her right;

 

(b) such road is a public road in an urban area and—

 

(i) is restricted to vehicles moving in one direction; and

 

(ii) the roadway is of sufficient width for two or more lines of moving vehicles;

 

© such road is a public road in an urban area and the roadway is of sufficient width for two or more lines of

 

moving vehicles moving in each direction;

 

(d) the roadway of such road is restricted to vehicles moving in one direction and is divided into traffic lanes

 

by appropriate road traffic signs; or

 

 

 

(e) he or she is driving in compliance with the directions of a traffic officer or is driving in traffic which is under

 

the general direction of such officer, and in accordance with such direction:

 

Provided further that in no event shall any passing referred to in paragraph (a), (b), © or (d) be done by driving

 

on the shoulders of the roadway or on the verge of the public road concerned.

 

(2) The driver of a vehicle shall not pass other traffic proceeding in the same direction on a public road

 

when approaching—

 

(a) the summit of a rise;

 

(b) a curve; or

 

© any other place

 

where his or her view is so restricted that any such passing could create a hazard in relation to other traffic

 

which might approach from the opposite direction, unless—

 

(i) he or she can do so without encroaching on the right-hand side of the roadway; or

 

(ii) the roadway of such road is restricted to vehicles moving in one direction.

 

(3) The driver of a vehicle on a public road shall, except in the circumstances referred to in the first

 

proviso to subregulation (1), upon becoming aware of other traffic proceeding in the same direction and wishing

 

to pass his or her vehicle, cause his or her vehicle to travel as near to the left edge of the roadway as is

 

possible, without endangering himself or herself or other traffic or property on the roadway, and shall not

 

accelerate the speed of his or her vehicle until the other vehicle has passed.

 

(4) When about to pass oncoming traffic, the driver of a vehicle on a public road shall ensure that the

 

vehicle driven by him or her does not encroach on the roadway to his or her right in such manner as may

 

obstruct or endanger such oncoming traffic.

 

(5) The driver of a vehicle intending to pass a stationary bus on a public road shall do so with due care

 

for the safety of persons who are approaching or leaving or may approach or leave such bus.

[pastapouch]

They're not properly trained. Theres something what every motorist should have, but very few have it... anticipation.

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Is the guy driving the backup vehicle not also a motorist at the time of the incident. And then also contributing to the chaos by chasing after the so called bicycle bylaw infringer [new word?].