15-03-2012, 04:14pm
(15-03-2012, 03:57pm)FalcoPerigri Wrote: So typical that bicycle riders who pay zero road tax, just take over the roads...it was my great misfortune on a major highway (New England) near Tenterfield to be delayed over 1.15-1.5hrs hrs by the side of the road, with some 16 police cars (and attendants) making sure the peddlers get the red-carpet treatment, whilst the road-tax paying public lined up for kilometers at a stand-still! No wonder they think they own the roads and ride mostly in the middle everywhere they go! Sorry if I sound a little ungenerous. My yearly registration, insurance and on going road tax (via the petrol pump) does not seem to equate to any rights to use the roads when peddlers want to ride.
Falco, I have 3 Registered and Insured vehicles on the road, and Im a Cyclist, infact, the reality is, most Cyclists also have one or more vehicle on the Road aswell, Yes like you I have been committed mid corner only to find a group of 4/5 cyclists all over the road, this is why the powers that be put these restrictions in place when such an event is taking place so as to hopefully get both Cyclists and Vehicle users to slow up a little and note the pending dangers.
One day Falco you may just be the recepiant of some of the money that they raise, or the technology, (whatever that may be in this case im not sure), but lets hope you dont eh? :)
I am a Cyclist aswell as a Motorcyclist, I find your comments narrowminded and typical of a person or persons who are thinking about themselves.