Bicycle and cars......incident

[MercuryT]

Was driving home today and saw a typically avoidable situation regarding an clearly entitled bike rider and overly aggressive 4wd driver.

So down main st in reasonable traffic it's traffic light to light but free flowing generally.

Bicycle guy sits in middle lane of 3 and all cars give space and move forward. Then at lights, same rider splits lanes and it happens all over again (he was doing maybe 25 in a 50 zone.)

Eventually a 4wd driver gets out and confronts him, leaving the bike rider on the ground held by the throat. Quickly broken up by others all of which gave the rider a spray.

Fair to say bike rider left the road quick smart.

I don't condone violence at all nor what happened but it's this kind of complete stupidity that gives bicycle riders a really bad image imo. Most are fine I'm sure.

Why he had to keep lane splitting for seemingly no reason whatsoever is beyond me.

It's no race when driving or riding on streets, but it shows a complete lack of respect for vehicles on the road imo.

[roKWiz]

Here we go.

[Citroënbender]

Where’s Haakon? I’ve told him to sign up before. MAMIL and occasional Falcon pilot.

[MercuryT]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Here we go.

Was just passing on how silly it all was.

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by MercuryT

Was just passing on how silly it all was.

Pretty sure it is illegal for bicycle riders to lane filter

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Pretty sure it is illegal for bicycle riders to lane filter

I KNOW it's illegal to assault people.

[Tassie f100]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

I KNOW it's illegal to assault people.

Lane filtering bicyclists aren’t people are they??

[MercuryT]

Originally Posted by Tassie f100

Pretty sure it is illegal for bicycle riders to lane filter

Yeah I don't know.

It certainly should be as this was just ridiculous to hold up traffic, then magically arrive back at the front rinse and repeat.

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by MercuryT

the bike rider on the ground held by the throat.

Thank goodness you were able to get the thug's rego and report this criminal assault to police

[MercuryT]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

Thank goodness you were able to get the thug's rego and report this criminal assault to police

That's not exactly how it happened. The bicycle rider was far more counter aggressive until taken down.

[Rallye Sport]

Just getting in before the thread closure.

[PG2]

Originally Posted by Rallye Sport

Just getting in before the thread closure.

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Here we go.

Yep, violence should never be condoned no matter what the victim has done beforehand.

Mercury T, considering the field of work you are employed in I would have thought you would know better in this type of situation. I'll admit, I dislike bike riders in general but would never condone violence against them.

This thread is only going to go one way, hence it is now closed.

[Mr Brooksy]

This is why I have stopped riding almost entirely (which I used to love), cyclists giving other cyclists a bad name basically drawing a big bullseye on everyone's back, and motorists who can't stay in their lane (mainly pointed at SE QLD drivers) and losing the plot when they are feeling inconvenienced.

Not surprising when we believe 'the world owes me' really.

[MercuryT]

I'm not sure why so sensitive.

This guy cycling really slowly meaning traffic changing lanes etc to be safe then thinks it's ok to start at front every set of lights and cause the same problems?

Ok then if not thread worthy. I'm sorry but (being biased) I love my road bike but never would think to be as stupid to take main lane etc way underspeed.

[gkhn]

Dashcam footage would have been icing on the cupcake