Posted by admin on 05/10/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, Wheels of Justice News
Adelaide Wheels of Justice
Check here for Robs speech and pictures from the awesome ride in Adelaide! Don’t forget to register on the Wheels of Justice Supporters Page.
Speaking of SUPPORTERS – Ian’s family have no legal representation for the Royal Commission, see news article below. Calling on all members of the legal fraternity – please contact [...]
Posted by admin on 05/9/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, Wheels of Justice News
Bicycle Institute of South Australia: Rally for the Humphrey family – messages on cyclists’ water bottles
At the rally, organisers asked you to bring one bike water bottle, write on it what you think, leave it on the steps of Parliament house. By the rally’s end, there were 300 water-bottles. Most bottles were opaque plastic, yellow [...]
Posted by admin on 05/8/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, Wheels of Justice News
From Rob: WATER BOTTLES (BIDONS) THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO OUR RIDE TODAY
Quote: Originally Posted by rooman
Bring water bottles with messages of your feelings in the injustice of the Humprhies case and the inadequacy of the law and motorists attitudes to cyclists. Make sure someone writes down the messages from the bottles and they are kept to [...]
Posted by admin on 05/8/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, McGee Case News Articles, Wheels of Justice News
The Advertiser: Apology and 4000 cyclists stun family [08may05]
THE family of cyclist Ian Humphrey, killed in a hit-run in November, 2003, received an apology yesterday from Attorney-General Michael Atkinson in front of 4000 protesting cyclists outside Parliament House.
“As Attorney-General, I would like to apologise to Di Gilchrist and the Humphrey family for the outcome of [...]
Posted by admin on 05/8/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, Wheels of Justice News
Sydney Wheels of Justice – Parliament House
Huge crowd turns out to commemorate Ian Humphrey
By John Stevenson. See the cyclingnews photos
More than 3000 people attended the Wheels of Justice rally in Adelaide, South Australia yesterday to commemorate the 2003 death of rider Ian Humphrey and protest against an Australian legal system that takes the deaths [...]
Posted by admin on 05/8/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, McGee Case News Articles, Wheels of Justice News
Cyclists sick of hit and run carnage: Melbourne Indymedia
by Takver Sunday May 08, 2005 at 01:42 AM
On Saturday 7th May some 3,300 cyclists in four states protested the hit and run murder of cyclist, Ian Humphrey, in the Barossa Valley in 2003. A prominent Adelaide lawyer, Eugene McGee, was acquitted of causing death by [...]
Posted by admin on 05/7/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, Wheels of Justice News
Send more photos!
Adelaide: see above
Adelaide photos + awesome short movie of crowd
Here are some pics from the adelaide meet. it was a great turn up, we blocked some traffic, made some noise,listened to lots of people and cheered and booed at the appropriate moments. Hopefully this will initiate change. keep on rollin’,
toto
Melbourne: ‘Marshalling the troops’ [...]
Posted by admin on 05/7/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, Wheels of Justice News
About a hundred cyclists gathered today in Hyde Park for the Sydney ‘Wheels of Justice’ bicycle rally to commemorate the death of cyclists on the roads, in particular that of Ian Humphrey in South Australia. Cyclists were pushing for better driver education, more and safer bicycle lanes and paths, as well as respect and recognition [...]
Posted by admin on 05/7/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, Wheels of Justice News
Rob’s Speech 7th May 2005, Parliament House, Adelaide
My name is Rob Lewis, and I represent Wheels of Justice. Our group is made up of ordinary, working, tax paying individuals who happen to ride bicycles. We have no political preferences or allegiances. We have been galvanised into action as a result of injustice and the lack [...]
Posted by admin on 05/7/05 in Campaigns & Initiatives, Wheels of Justice News
Wheels of Justice rally a great success, despite harassment by cobs. Posted on Saturday, May 07, 2005: by Hugh Gene McGhee
Is there nothing better than being a cyclist in a writhing sea of angry cyclists? Depending on who you believe (The Advertiser, ABC, or Bike SA) it was between two and four thousand cyclists who [...]