Are all motorists BORN DUMB????

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cycle are in contact with the surface of the road at all times

 

 

 

 

 

 

[butafly]

drove up and down to knysna from CT and came to the conclusion that i will never again drive inside the yellow line as it just encourages motorists to overtake on solid white lines no matter what is approaching from the front. from now on i will stay on the road and they can overtake when it is safe to do so - no more yellow line driving for me

[Sammajoor]

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cycle are in contact with the surface of the road at all times

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go and do your homework before posting irrelevant SH!T this act has been replaced by a newer one and in that all these irregularities have been addressed

[David #7]

Not much use having all these laws in place when the majority of the population cant read.

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Go and do your homework before posting irrelevant SH!T this act has been replaced by a newer one and in that all these irregularities have been addressed

 

Please indicate in which amendment to the act and in which year.

 

Or post the link to the act

[Canaris]

THe problem is:

 

 

 

Who says to cyclists cycling abreast are not one being passed by the other? Its the motorist's view agains two cyclists views.

 

 

 

motorist: Your honour they were cycling abreast.

 

 

 

Cyclist one: I was going slow and he was passing me.

 

 

 

Cyclist two: THat is right I was definitely passing him.

 

 

 

Prosecutor: Your honour, the motorist was trying thus to pass two vehicles that were obviously "passing each other" which is an controvention of the road regulations, furthermore, the motorist was negligent, and did not ensure safe passing distance. I motion that the motorist is guilty as charged.KonaFan2007-07-14 12:38:11

[snah2]

too many laws,too little justice...

[boeing]

I think every one has their horror story, pretty much all the same world over! As mentioned though our laws are stoopid! Britain you have to pass cyclists as if they were motor vehicles! therefore on the other side of the road when its able!

 

I think its that person's personailty! You also get exceptional drivers; however they tend to be cyclists!

 

[Kobie]

True, I live in an area where we have a few roads going out of town, but the safest route is the one used by coal trucks and we never had an incident. I guess I can say we have a relationship with the drivers. Every time they pass us or come from the front, we greet them and give them a thumbs-up if they go over to the other side of the road. If the group is to big and they cannot pass, they will slow down and wait until it is safe to pass. People that use the road regularly, recognise the cyclists, but from time to time you get the GP driver that don't slow down and blow the hooter. We just give them a friendly wave and hope they feel bad.

 

One of the benefits living in the platteland.

 

[Witrot]

Don't care what the law states. In die Free State is the national highway's, which is forbidden some of the safest roads to train on, now do you break the law for safety or stick to the law and get yourself killed??

 

There's so many times spoken about it allready, but take the following riding in a bunch or in single file.

You riding sigle file, some motorist still crap you out. It takes him/her much longer to pass all the riders and increase the change to cut into you as there maybe can come traffic from the front. And the motorist breaks the law by not passing in another lane to pass the cyclist!!

Riding a group. You block the whole lane, but at least you force the motorist to stick to the law and pass as according to law and its done much faster. This case we brake the law.

So doesn't matter how you look at it, someone is going to break the law. Which is safer though?

[Hendrik Petoors]

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' date=' 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.

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A standard lane on rural roads should be between 3,5m to 3,7m..... a shoulder can be anything from nil to 2,4 m wide. When cycling on a narrow road , as the section from the dogschool to the Aventura turnoff is, cyclists should take note of vehicles coming from behind. Groups should go into single file here and not insist on their piece of cycling "heaven".

 

M and I once came upon a accident where the middle rider of three riding behind each other was taken out by a lorry. Bain S (he was not hurt) a good friend was one of the cyclists. this is/was terrible and very traumatising. Extreme care and apathy should be in place when cycling on these roads. They DO OWN the road by virtue of their car that weighs 2500k and travelling at 120kn/h against your 7.5 kg carbon fibre wonder travelling at 30 km/h. Jy is geen fuktor teen daai spoed nie. Wat noem jy 'n tor teen 'n lorrie ruit......'n fuktor!!!!!!!!

[Hendrik Petoors]

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117.   Special provisions relating to freeways.?(1)  No person

 

 

 

Go and do your homework before posting irrelevant SH!T this act has been replaced by a newer one and in that all these irregularities have been addressed

 

This law still stands.... whether it is a National Road or not. A freeway is a road with over or underbridges where througtraffic can access without reducing speed.

 

What further complicates this issue is your liability if you are involved in a accident. As a cyclists you are there illegally. Your medical aid, allrisks as well as medical insurance may refuse to pay out any claims. Your persona can also be held liable for the 3rd party damages wheter the party was guilty or not.

 

The above could have serious concequinces.

[Witrot]

 

This law still stands.... whether it is a National Road or not. A freeway is a road with over or underbridges where througtraffic can access without reducing speed.

 

 

In 'n mate s? dit dat ons net in die dorpe en stede waar ons woon mag ry, aangesien amper alle dorpe omring is met freeway's. As ek in Petrusburg bly as voorbeeld het ek net 5km se oefen pad. Dis bietjie belaglik!!! Dan is daai pad meer gevaarlik as die freeway's. Dink net hoe baie motoriste gaan ons dan af pis as ons met bondels die heeldag in die city centre's ry! 

Witrot2007-07-14 14:54:39

[linnega]

 

drove up and down to knysna from CT and came to the conclusion that i will never again drive inside the yellow line as it just encourages motorists to overtake on solid white lines no matter what is approaching from the front. from now on i will stay on the road and they can overtake when it is safe to do so - no more yellow line driving for me

Excellent attitude.  If it was meant to be a lane it would have been designated as one.

 

[10Two]

I still maintain that the laws of common sense and nature apply.

 

The smaller you are - the more precaution you take to stay alive !

[Hendrik Petoors]

 

This law still stands.... whether it is a National Road or not. A freeway is a road with over or underbridges where througtraffic can access without reducing speed.

 

 

In 'n mate s? dit dat ons net in die dorpe en stede waar ons woon mag ry' date=' aangesien amper alle dorpe omring is met freeway's. As ek in Petrusburg bly as voorbeeld het ek net 5km se oefen pad. Dis bietjie belaglik!!! Dan is daai pad meer gevaarlik as die freeway's. Dink net hoe baie motoriste gaan ons dan af pis as ons met bondels die heeldag in die city centre's ry! 

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Witrot...... sukkel jy met die iengliesh of wat!!!!!!!! daar by jou op die vlakte het jy die N8 en die R48. Beide is gewone landelike paaie. Nie een van die twee is freeways of highways soos die N1 wat deur Bloemfontein loop nie. Lees weer mooi wat ek skryf. Gewone paaie soos die waar jy bly mag jy op ry. Mits dit veilig is natuurlik. Jy mag nie op 'n pad ry waar verkeer met afritte en opritte op die pad kom nie. Paaie met platvloerse kruisings..... waar toegang verleen word vanaf voeder paaie op dieselfde vlak as die pad waar jy ry mag jy fietsry.