"Canberra News, Views and Opinion"
Loxmyf has sent us in this video of a cyclist turning around a corner at a dubious time.
Have a cyclist going through a red light. Coulter Drive and Southern Cross drive Monday 18 March 2013.
Time for another poll Rioters!
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Yes, they are doing the wrong thing and should be punished.
But don’t judge all cyclists by this moron.
The survey options show the creators prejudice against cyclists.
perhaps rather than contributing to this mob-mentality generalisations of cyclists, we see this as one law breaker.
they drive cars too you know.
So when I post videos of the hooligans doing burnouts in the school parking lot across the road from my place at 11pm every night, that will count against all car drivers, right?
gungsuperstar said :
Until cyclists learn not to take the bait, I’m afraid these sorts of amusements will continue on Riotact!
I’m going to co-opt this thread to say thank you to the cyclist who considerately moved to the shoulder of the road on Alexandrina Drive so I could get past at lunchtime. There was no honking of horns or rude hand gestures, just plain old fashioned consideration.
Cheers!
Balthazar said :
Oddly enough Johnboy and myself are both keen cyclists and created the poll so… maybe? We are fairly into self loathing.
Apparently the OP thinks there is a ‘cyclist argument’. Ok, then.
Not winning the motorist argument:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m2q2u2WA3s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8NX_gR8AaA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ZKF5xsNpk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPgcptB-WR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqZJQipDKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlomwPWTBWE
I could play this game all day…
Are we going to hold a poll regarding motorists every time one goes through a red light, or pedestrians if one is caught jaywalking?
Postalgeek said :
I wonder why the silver Falcon stopped in the third one? Did he happen to get a kick in the door I wonder ………..
To be fair, in that last one the car/bikes can fly through that roundabout & if you misjudge the speed that can happen.
The cyclist is merely emulating the large number of quality motorists that go through blatant red lights on a regular basis.
Postalgeek said :
Had a cracking good laugh at a couple of them
How’s your luck when you’re driving the wrong way down a street… that the fuzz were about to turn into
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4EhcLZzZtQ
Grail said :
Using the cyclist hatred mentality, this logic makes perfect sense.
can I vote for both statements? they’re not really mutually exclusive…
IP
KB1971 said :
And in the first one the bus goes through on a red, surprise surprise.
Hard to tell, but I don’t see lycra.
Grail said :
No not really – it just makes them seem more like cyclists than normal people …
fromthecapital said :
Is that a record on a single lane turn? Three on the red?
Masquara said :
Shouldn’t you be bin-diving for a new jumper?
100% serious question – why are you recording the drive at that time of night. why at all?
Yup – that’s up there with some of the worst I’ve seen. He never had a red light, it was a big and busy intersection and it was dark. Would have been much better if he simply had got off his bike and walked against the red man like many pedestrians. Interestingly, I saw two cars run long standing red lights yesterday (among many other offences) and one delinquent cyclist on cotter road.
Ten points for using “scallywag”.
Oh, look, cyclists pretending this isn’t standard operating procedure for them.
The difference between this and idiots in cars is that maybe 1 in 1000 idiots does burnouts and speeds compulsively etc. On the other side of the coin, about 1 in 1000 cyclists actually obey the road rules all the time.
So I’m curious, if you as a motorist couldn’t get the right hand turn sensor to pick you up, would you wait there for hours for a truck to come and set it off?
Or cross when safe to do so?
Balthazar said :
agree. i see a heap of cars going through red lights too….LET’S LYNCH THEM!!!!!
sometimes the magnetic sensor underneath the road does not detect the person on the bike.
This is also a problem for motorcycles.
Postalgeek said :
Hahahahahahahaha
You know Masquara, you blend in with the humans quite well until a cyclist thread comes up. Then the troll in you pops its head out just like the Incredible Hulk.
johnboy said :
Cross when safe, I have actually had this happen.
Grimm said :
Why hold cyclists to a higher standard?
Not doing burnouts and not speeding compusively does not equal Obey the road rules all the time.
Grimm said :
Stupidest comment I’ve ever read.
I can only assume you don’t actually use roads. EVERY SINGLE CAR that is travelling through the Parkes Way roadworks and along the GDE outside of peak hour is speeding.
1 in 1000? You’re an idiot, and another of the stupid, mindless, mob-mentality haters. It is YOU who is the problem on the roads – drivers who think they own the road and can do no wrong, who thinks it’s everyone elses job to account for YOUR ignorance and stupidity.
For the record, I’m a 95% driver, 5% cyclist – you are 100% arse hat.
I’m selling chill pills, $5 a pop, or free if you’re a cyclist.
Relax.