Cars really need to make sure they pass safely,. It often isn't ideal to be too close to the side of the road due to debris, broken bottles thrown out of car windows, bumps on the edges etc.
sw20,
Sep 30, 11:46pm
I cycle and will move as far left as possible so cars can pass.
Yep I agree with you dude. Bike was too far to the right. That said two wrongs don't make a right. That was mighty close passing.
headcat,
Oct 1, 12:52am
I would think that 50 km/hr on a bicycle was a bit fast for safety as well.
sw20,
Oct 1, 5:03am
I did chuckle at that bit. Somehow it's the car drivers fault they are riding too fast for the conditions?
richardmayes,
Oct 1, 7:51am
That's bait.
framtech,
Oct 1, 10:28am
Ban all bikes from state highways unless its a closed road for a bike race. Training to be on cycle tracks, velodroms and closed roads. Cycles only to be used in towns or 50klm zones. problem solved
pauldw,
Oct 1, 4:35pm
They don't say what the limit was but the law being applied was for 60km/h or less. The cyclist was doing 50 so hardly holding the car up. In NSW it is legal to cross double white no passing lines when passing bicycles if safe to do so.
msigg,
Oct 1, 5:05pm
In New Zealand it is legal to go across the solid white line into the medium strip to pass cyclist.
tygertung,
Oct 1, 5:27pm
Why not just pass safely? Who cares if you have to wait a few seconds to do so? You are in a car so have plenty of power so can speed up again after.
No point banning bikes from highways, riding for sport is only a small part of cycling, and cycle touring is a nice activity.
kazbanz,
Oct 1, 6:59pm
Think YELLOW line. -The auzzies are weird with their line markings.
kazbanz,
Oct 1, 7:05pm
Nahh--Ban all non service vehicles from urban areas and enforce the use of non powered transportation. Walking/bicycles/scooters.
kazbanz,
Oct 1, 7:10pm
Honestly that's not terribly fast. 80km/h is a bit sketchy but modern bikes with disk brakes still haul up pretty fast. Ok that's on the basis you are on a decent bike in good condition. SOME of the bikes Ive seen in the past few months I wouldn't feel safe riding at 20km/h. I work on the theory that if the guys gonna invest in a camera like that likely his bikes decent too.
gazzat22,
Oct 1, 7:35pm
Maybe a man(or woman )with a light and bell walking ahead of a car like in the distant past.
pauldw,
Oct 1, 8:07pm
There used to be a cycle race that finished with a run into Wellington down the gorge. The leading bikes would often go down Ngauranga faster than the MoT cops piloting the race were prepared to go.
richardmayes,
Oct 1, 11:27pm
My 16yo daughter has got a generic town bike with a basket to the front and an 8-speed rear hub. The brakes are so strong on that thing you could do stoppies. (I confirmed this one weekend in the driveway when Mrs Mayes and the kids were away at camp. )
Gearing and the upright seating position are effective speed limiter on that bike though.
In my teens I had a generic Diamond Back steel frame "mountain bike" from the bike barn I used to ride to school on. took it to uni in CHCH and used to do a 50km lap around the port hills summit, used to routinely hit 65km/h on the downhills coming down Dyers Pass into Cashmere, never felt out of control and those roads were pretty rough even ten years before the quakes. Heavy steel bikes are good on the downhills.
kazbanz,
Oct 1, 11:53pm
Well with the raging unemployment soon upon us--GREAT IDEA !
kazbanz,
Oct 2, 12:21am
Ya know I reckon this whole Cyclists vs car drivers thing is such utter bullshit. to me its a reflection of just how bloody selfish we have become as a society. From a CYCLISTS point of view I'm just a meatsack who will ALWAYS come off worse if you are being an ignorant /stupid/impatient driver. Put simply theres a pretty high likelihood that I'm gonna end up badly injured or dead if you decide to be an A$$$$$ From a motor vehicle drivers point of view the guys taking up all the road when they could ride to one side of the road are often just being ignorant. I reckon the phrase "walk a mile in my shoes" really applies in this situation. Watching that Vid I saw pretty much exactly that going down. -Impatient driver and self entitled rider. The driver COULD have been more patient.-Especially as the passing point was at a point equal to our double yellow lines The bike rider could have pulled left a bit once he realised there was a car behind him. BOTH decided to be ignorant.
tygertung,
Oct 2, 6:55pm
If there is a car wanting to pass, it can be good to move a bit to the left it is safe to do so.
What is irritating is if you are on a bike going down hill at the speed limit or above and a car is honking at you to get out of the way when you can't pull over safely for the car to pass as there is parked cars on the left and a double yellow line on the right. You aren't holding the car up as you are doing the speed limit.
pauldw,
Oct 2, 7:06pm
If there wasn't any oncoming traffic the car could have crossed the no passing lines to give the 1m clearance. Looks like the driver didn't know that. "Can you cross double lines to pass a cyclist When passing a cyclist you can cross double lines provided it is safe. You need to be aware and have a clear view of any approaching traffic. You can only overtake and cross the white double lines when there is no vehicles coming towards you on the opposite side of the road and it is safe to do so."
3tomany,
Oct 2, 7:19pm
Many moons ago i use to do that over the saddle road. Me an my mate use to race everywhere and had rare at the time a speedo on our bikes. The speedo only went to 60kmh but we would run them of the clock on the downhill run. A lot of fun, but i would never say safe. Going downhill fast is not an easy thing to master.
kazbanz,
Oct 2, 7:27pm
In fairness-in the vid there was oncoming traffic
pauldw,
Oct 2, 7:28pm
If it was an old Smith's speedo they went to 40mph on scale.
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