AUS BICYCLE 32 RE RIDE MELBOURNE S CITYLINK TUNNEL WITH CRITICAL MASS
From: Peter Cremasco (crumpet@no-spam)
Subject: Re: Ride Melbourne's CityLink Tunnel with Critical Mass!
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:12:22 +1000


On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 14:34:31 +0930, "Kasper Kowalski"
<kasper.kowalski@no-spam> wrote:

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>"PC" <get@no-spam> wrote in message >news:3efe68b3.80409993@no-spam >
>> >those of us that do comply have the right to complain about *anyone* that >> >doesn't... car drivers and cyclists alike.
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>> So you've never exceeded the speed limit or used your horn without a >> valid safety concern?
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>I suspect I exceed the speed limit on many occasions... but, I look at the >road/traffic, not my speedo. Speed limits are largely irrelevant as they >dont take into account the many factors that govern a safe speed given a set >of conditions.

And I'm sure that any cyclists that run the red would justify their own actions in much the same way - "the light may have been red but there weren't any cars coming", or "the light was red, but i knew I could make it through the intersection before any cars got there".

In other words, it's a piss-poor argument.

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Cheers
PeterC
[Rushing headlong: out of control - and there ain't no stopping] [and there's nothing you can do about it at all]