Category: Commuting
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Mutterings of another bloody cyclist
Seems like a good time to repost this story from last year. Still agree with everything in it. Fewer stereotypes and greater tolerance/awareness hold the key to a safer and more harmonious future on Australian roads. For all road users. Apologies for having a little rant here everyone. But with the new cycling laws coming…
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Opinion: A line in the sand
I don’t know Thomas Kerr at all. He may be a wonderful guy, or a complete knuckle head. I wouldn’t have the foggiest either way. What I do know is earlier today, in a decision with ramifications far greater than his individual case, he was sentenced in the Downing Centre District Court to spend at…
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The who, what & why of QLD’s cycling safety trials
The following article was actually slated to appear in the upcoming issue of Bicycling Australia. But as sometimes happens, there were too many articles and not enough pages. It’s a fair bit longer than the usual posts here, but if you’ve ever tried to get a handle on exactly what is happening in the Sunshine State…
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Tragedies waiting to happen
You’ll be hard pressed to find a more passionate defender of cyclists’ rights as road users than yours truly. But upon seeing the deeply disturbing CCTV footage (link below) from the latest cycling fatality in Sydney, all I can say is feel very sorry for the bus driver involved who now lives the rest of…
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Death, taxes and hyper-sensitive cyclists
Slow news day? Looking to boost your page views, perhaps? No problem. Just run a story on a cyclist being hit by a car – ideally with a provocative headline that may or may not reflect the actual piece itself – then sit back and watch social media go into a Chernobyl-esque meltdown. And, hey,…
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A hard case: should helmets be law?
The simple laws of probability suggest the more time we spend riding bikes, the more likely it is we’re going to fall off. Rumour has it this even happens…wait for it….in the Netherlands (insert disbelieving gasp here). Perhaps it will be our own fault. Perhaps not. Either way hopefully it will be largely innocuous, denting little…
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