Cyclist and 1Meter rule

[rabbitearbandicoot]

I just saw Current Affair where they showed a car turn left into two cyclist. The car had his left indicator on - looked like he was travelling at very slow speed - the cyclist overtook the car on the car's left and he turned left into them. Was it his fault or the cyclist who overtook on the car's left?

They were talking about making a '0ne meter' law. I cannot see how this will work on many roads. To keep one meter away while overtaking a cyclist or group of cyclist would put you over the centre line in many cases - risking a head on collision??? It would be OK when there is a separate lane but SO MANY roads do not have enough room for it.

Opinions on this rule?? How would it work?  Opinions on the Current Affair accident? 

[love*today]

on a shared path you walk/ride to the left.....no need to be in anothers way.

rego wont happen, if it did i bet many more cars will be driven at peak hrs....such fun 😄

[love*today]

high fives critical mass!!

wonder if theres a group here?....or any riders interested lmao

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@love*today wrote:
high fives critical mass!!

wonder if theres a group here?....or any riders interested lmao

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I notice you didn't comment on the Insurance when you ride into someone's car and damage it ???

[rabbitearbandicoot]

on a lighter note - if you ride dresssed like your photo - how would you expect a driver to concentrate and get that 1 meter correct???

[joz*garage]

collected a freebie 26" out of gumtree in Gosnells today, oh my and he actually wanted you to email your phone number

    quick response too (a rare encounter)

all i can see wrong with it is a broken spoke on the rear wheel - slightly buckled, sort that out

looks hardly used and a near new model

[rabbitearbandicoot]

a mountain  bike with decent tyres - a little gravel shouldn't worry you - you'll be able to ride beside the road.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

does anyone know what tyre pressure should be in a tyre like that one??  ie mountain bike.

[joz*garage]

i like the trick mud guards on it!

on the tyre it says 40-65 PSI - air pressure

theres another ad with free bikes, suit parts, ones a mountain bike hoping its a 26" (emailed him, wonders if he'll reply, lol)

[i-once-was-bump]

l*t on the shared pathway I will continue to walk in the middle until the path is repaired and safe for me to walk on the left when heading east.  Walking west has its own challenges in that it is overgrown with shrubs and trees and some are grevillieas and I have a contact allergy to grevillieas so in the middle I will walk and only move over when it is safe for me to do so.

rabbit I have watched that footage again and I don't know what you mean about the little orange flashing light, the indicator is not turned on until the lead cyclist is about well and truly beside the van and the second cyclist would probably not have been able to see it either.

One metre law would have made no difference, the van driver just turned into the cyclist without any warning, I am sure the cyclist would be found  doing the correct thing if it went to court and even if they were not riding according to the letter of the law, what the van driver did was so wrong.

[jimmy*part4]

Bicycle riders are a real pain here also, joggers too! I used to ride about 50 miles a day (before I owned a car) but times are different now. Today everyone drives which equals 3 or 4 times the vehicles on the road. We have hundreds of miles of well maintained bike/jogging paths...but do they use them? No...They prefer streets worn clean by car tyres.

Roads are not made for cars,

Yes they are, and they'd be dirt paths if not made for cars.

I have to cross the double yellow line to pass a bike on a winding hilly roads barely wide enough for cars to each other, for what? So someone can get exercise! Get a stationary bike or treadmill. If that isn't bad enough I've even seen people jogging pushing a cart with a baby in it! On the same skinny roads that cars almost clip each others mirrors passing each other.

I'd be in divorce court if a wife of mine went jogging with the baby. No visitation either!

Right or wrong...people get killed all the time jogging and bike riding.