Posted by admin on 05/30/06 in Traffic Safety Issues
Grieving husband: think before you drink-drive
By Selma Milovanovic. May 30, 2006
Before dawn on Sunday, Peter Thomson was asleep at a campsite deep in the South Gippsland bush when two police came to deliver the grim news that would change his life forever — his wife had died and his stepdaughter and sister-in-law had been seriously [...]
Posted by admin on 05/28/06 in Campaigns & Initiatives, Traffic Safety Issues
The following mp3 is from Channel Nine’s “The Footy Show”, on May 25th 2006. It’s from about the 58min mark, and we’ll kindly spare you the visuals. There’s nothing wrong with a joke or the occasional off-colour remark, but these comments from Mr S. Newman are beyond the pale. As far as we know, no [...]
Posted by admin on 05/27/06 in Positive Spin
Spinning life’s pedal delights
May 27, 2006
Stephen Lacey’s love affair with bicycles started aged four with a blue Cyclops complete with handlebar streamers. Be it a Speedwell Dragster, Cyclops, English Raleigh racer or mountain bike, the two-wheeled escape to independence has punctuated life, writes Stephen Lacey.
The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of [...]
Posted by admin on 05/25/06 in Wheels of Justice News
At last Wheels of Justice have a ‘proper’ website and url address. The Bicycle Justice blog will remain as the main information archive for the McGee case and related issues.
This site is still being loaded up with content and links, so please check regularly.
2006. A year later. Despite the public protests of May 2005 and [...]
Posted by admin on 05/25/06 in McGee Contempt of Court Case
Lawyer fails to have hit-run dismissed NEWS.com.au. By Verity Edwards May 25, 2006
A LAWYER who killed a cyclist in a hit-and-run accident has failed in his bid to have a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice dismissed. Eugene McGee and his brother Craig yesterday entered not guilty pleas in the Adelaide Magistrates [...]
Posted by admin on 05/24/06 in McGee Contempt of Court Case
The high-profile Adelaide lawyer Eugene McGee and his brother have pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice. But it could be months before the brothers are committed to stand trial in the District Court. McGee hit and killed cyclist Ian Humphrey in November 2003. He was convicted of driving [...]
Posted by admin on 05/24/06 in McGee Contempt of Court Case
Not guilty plea on conspiracy From: AAP. May 24, 2006
A prominent Adelaide lawyer and his brother have pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Lawyer Eugene Norman McGee and his brother Craig Patrick McGee entered their pleas in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today after the court refused to accept [...]
Posted by admin on 05/22/06 in Positive Spin
League of American Bicyclists: Oklahoma Passes Strong New Bike Law
May 22, 2006: Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry signed a powerful new bicycle law on Friday, May 19.
The law:
1. Re-defines ‘bicycle’ for the purposes of the state’s vehicle code, eliminating restricting wheel sizes and configurations
2. Eliminates confusing language as to where bicyclists should ride on the [...]
Posted by admin on 05/22/06 in Positive Spin
Bicycling craze swept city in 19th century
May 22, 2006
They had practiced all that winter of 1879-80, these Rochester Bicycle Club members, learning to ride their new contraptions. Late in April, “nine hardy men emerged and rode boldly through the streets,” Rochester historian Blake McKelvey wrote.
It was a small beginning, to be sure. And yet by [...]
Posted by admin on 05/19/06 in Positive Spin
On Yer Bike!
Friday, 19 May 2006. Reporter: Rina Garner
Bike usage in Melbourne is on the increase. The next time you’re stopped at traffic lights, take a look around and you’ll notice the jostling throng of pedallers vying for position – if you’re in the CBD, chances are you’re one of them.
Hard stats show that [...]