bikes

Posted by: sairam

5th Nov 2014 02:32pm

bikes are good

Blossom

17th Dec 2014 02:34am

I have had a problem on bikeways with cyclists not ringing their bells at all. Some places in my opinion are not safe to ride on anyway. Bike lanes on some roads have broken up so much that there is literally cracks in the surface and edges are broken away. Ride over them at the wrong angle and you have to be an expert not to go out of control. White paint lines are slippery the same as they can be for motor vehicles.
Bikes that go over a certain speed are supposed to be registered. Bikes are only allowed to ride two abreast but a lot - in their lycra suits- ride more than that side by side. Children are allowed to ride on the footpath until they reach a certain age.
However I will admit I have done it for about 10 metres a few times but I always stop and wait for people to walk past, then I go down the bikeway about 20 metres then go down a couple of side streets before I get home. There was a Police Radar on the footpath one day so I went a bit further than normal and explained why I did it for safety. He could have fined me but he said the short distance I did and the fact that I always got off and waited for pedestrians I was safer that way. I didn't know that he saw me wait for some pedestrians.Otherwise I have to cross a very busy road, go about 100 -150 metres then turn right down a side street. Also riding almost in the gutter one afternoon after work I was going futher than normal on that road. Coming towards me a vehicle decided to do a U-Turn ---no indicator on (I have a witness to that) and hit the kerb. Fortunately there was a corner on my side of the road and he started to go on the wrong side of the road before he got level with me so I went around the corner only fraction of second. He actually skidded and hit the kerb as he did the U-Turn. I was really frightened.
A friend of ours was hit by a lad on roller skates in Rundle Mall in Adelaide CBD.
He got an injured arm and shoulder. Being a self employed tradesman, meant he was unable to work at all until recovered from his injuries and had to have intensive physiotherapy. I have also seen a lad on a skateboard on the footpath in King William Street and nearly knocked down several pedestrians. He obviously had plenty of experience as he fell off at a driveway, got up straight away and raced off again.

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