http://www.woj.com.au/2007/03/28/melb-hell-ride-cyclists-told-to-clean-up-act/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.woj.com.au/2007/03/28/melb-hell-ride-cyclists-told-to-clean-up-act/comment-page-1/#comment-306138 Denmark? Or Iraq? « Born Again Cycles Fri, 09 May 2008 01:55:33 +0000 http://www.woj.com.au/2007/03/28/melb-hell-ride-cyclists-told-to-clean-up-act/#comment-306138 [...] I do a fast ride to Mordialloc and back on a Tuesday after work - on a fine evening in summer we might have a bunch of 80-100, even in the winter dark we get 30-50. We get up to average speeds of 40km/h as well - and you need all your wits about you to stay safe. Homicidal behaviour by motorists is rare, but not unknown. The “Hell Ride” is more notorious in this respect, as has been seen, but not only for the bad behaviour of cyclists, but of the unreported, vastly more dangerous behaviour of motorists. It is rare for someone to be killed by a cyclist, but not rare at all for a cyclist to be killed by a motorist, and there have been more than a few threatening incidents out there on Beach Rd. involving frustrated motorists looking for a convenient cat to kick. However, the situation is improving in Melbourne, as more bikes make motorists think harder about how they behave around them. Not so in Sydney, it seems. This from ‘The Age’s report on the incident: [...] [...] I do a fast ride to Mordialloc and back on a Tuesday after work – on a fine evening in summer we might have a bunch of 80-100, even in the winter dark we get 30-50. We get up to average speeds of 40km/h as well – and you need all your wits about you to stay safe. Homicidal behaviour by motorists is rare, but not unknown. The “Hell Ride” is more notorious in this respect, as has been seen, but not only for the bad behaviour of cyclists, but of the unreported, vastly more dangerous behaviour of motorists. It is rare for someone to be killed by a cyclist, but not rare at all for a cyclist to be killed by a motorist, and there have been more than a few threatening incidents out there on Beach Rd. involving frustrated motorists looking for a convenient cat to kick. However, the situation is improving in Melbourne, as more bikes make motorists think harder about how they behave around them. Not so in Sydney, it seems. This from ‘The Age’s report on the incident: [...]

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