*sigh*

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Originally posted by Dude
* c. 17 y.o. with a gang of 'tough' mates in the car, whom
he perhaps hopes to impress.

What a twunt! May the fleas of a hundred hairy gorillas invade his armpits and may all females totally ignore him and his "mates".

"dude" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Not a biggie in the scheme of things, but just tedious,
annoying and depressing...

...to simply be cycling along, causing an oncoming P
plater* to have to

delay

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his right-hand turn for possibly two nano-seconds, to hear
him shout

'[censored]'

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cyclist' out his open window for absolutely no reason.

We have a long way to go (in Sydney) to be a cyclist-
friendly city.

* c. 17 y.o. with a gang of 'tough' mates in the car, whom
he perhaps

hopes to

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impress.

That's covered in the learners theory test.

Q. What do you do if you see a cyclist on the road.

R. Throw something at the cyclist as you drive past.

S. Yell abuse at the cyclist.

T. Drive as close as possible to the cyclist even though the
road is clear of all other traffic.

U. All of the above.

Marty

cfsmtb said:

Dude said:

* c. 17 y.o. with a gang of 'tough' mates in the car,
whom he perhaps hopes to impress.

What a twunt! May the fleas of a hundred hairy gorillas
invade his armpits and may all females totally ignore him
and his "mates".

And may he need Canesten and Am-o-lin Baby Cream for reasons
completely unrelated to cycling! ;-P

"dude" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Not a biggie in the scheme of things, but just tedious,
annoying and depressing...

...to simply be cycling along, causing an oncoming P
plater* to have to

delay

Quoted message said:

his right-hand turn for possibly two nano-seconds, to hear
him shout

'[censored]'

Quoted message said:

cyclist' out his open window for absolutely no reason.

We have a long way to go (in Sydney) to be a cyclist-
friendly city.

* c. 17 y.o. with a gang of 'tough' mates in the car, whom
he perhaps

hopes to

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impress.

Hope you waved to him and said G'day. I love doing that and
it gets them soooooo frustrated. Even had them do it again
just to get their point across, and of course, they got
another wave which judging by the reaction [censored] him off
like you wouldn't believe.

I even know of a friend who did that and the motorist came
back with "I was yelling at you [censored]!", to which he got
another polite wave and a smile.

Give em a wave and a smile rather than come down to their
level, after all, they are just motorists.

Hope you waved to him and said G'day.
: I love doing that and it gets them soooooo frustrated.
: Even had them do it again just to get their point across,
: and of course, they got another wave which judging by the
: reaction [censored] him off like you wouldn't believe.

Nice! I'll definitely try that next time!

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>> "Dude" == dude <[email hidden]> writes:

Dude> : Hope you waved to him and said G'day. : I love
Dude> : doing that
Dude> and it gets them soooooo frustrated. Even had them
Dude> do it : again just to get their point across, and
Dude> of course, they got another wave : which judging
Dude> by the reaction [censored] him off like you wouldn't
Dude> believe.

Dude> Nice! I'll definitely try that next time!

Works for me. Was chatting to a guy way more experienced at
the commuting lark then me a few months ago and he said
something along the lines of:

"You'll never win an argument with them so you might
as well let them know that you actually *enjoy* your
daily commute"

My stress levels plummeted :-)
--
Regards Euan

Greetings, Try living in Melbourne, it's just as bad. I get
morons like that every other week. It could be worse, they
could in a truck, I have had a number of cases of that.
Regards, Ray.

dude said:

Not a biggie in the scheme of things, but just tedious,
annoying and depressing...

....to simply be cycling along, causing an oncoming P
plater* to have to delay his right-hand turn for possibly
two nano-seconds, to hear him shout '[censored]' cyclist' out
his open window for absolutely no reason.

We have a long way to go (in Sydney) to be a cyclist-
friendly city.

* c. 17 y.o. with a gang of 'tough' mates in the car, whom
he perhaps hopes to impress.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ray Peace
[B]Greetings, Try living in Melbourne, it's just as bad. I get
morons like that every other week. It could be worse, they
could in a truck, I have had a number of cases of that.
Regards, Ray.

[/QUOTE]

Most truckies are professionals. They realise that if they lose their license, they are out of a job. They can't afford the paperwork hassle of even one copper sniffing around. It looks bad in front of their mates, and the boss.

They drive their trucks all day, and are mostly proud of what they do. They know the limits of its manoueverability, and only occasionally get the passing thing wrong, as anyone would do if you were piloting something 20 metres long.

Agression seems to be confined to those that have a deadline to meet, or who haven't done many miles. Even so, it's rare to see a big rig blatantly run a red, or ignore a left turn give way, as long as on the bike, you're visible. Most give you enough leeway on the right, but on a highway at 100km/h, this can seem to us to be a bit scary. One old truckie said to me that once you've been involved in an accident, mainly with a car, where someone has been badly injured or killed, and you have little chance of being hurt, you keep that with you for the rest of your life, and it makes you careful, he said. Because it's the only thing most know how to do for money, and not very much of it at that.

17 - 25 y.o. 's, girls and boys in cars are much more of a menace, 'coz they haven't had the sobering, real life experience of being involved in a life-threatening driving situation, no matter how many times they've watched "Fast and Furious" and all the rest of the Hollywood [censored] that glamorises car chase violence where heroes walk away with, at most, a smudged face and mussed-up hair.

M "Violent Car [censored] Abolitionist" H

Maybe these people have a legitimate reason for hating cyclists. i.e they are against drugs in sport. 😉

After all that seems to be only impression that Australian mainstream media ever portray.

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Originally posted by Paul J
Maybe these people have a legitimate reason for hating cyclists. i.e they are against drugs in sport. 😉

After all that seems to be only impression that Australian mainstream media ever portray.

Whilst sucking down as much caffeine, nicotine and sugar as they can get their hands on.

Why do they hate your average, poor commuter cyclist so much, whose only competition is to see if they can get to the top of their big hill without hurting too much, or getting to work on time?

I think those drug cheats should be banned from the sport of life, because it f*%$s up their attention spans, their patience and fellow-feeling, because they want to live life at top speed all the time.

M "[censored] in [censored] should be put where they belong, in the [censored]" H