[bikeqld] Fwd: [Woj-talk] Education is key

[Michael Yeates]

This project might be worth doing in Queensland ... given it seems 
even the police (or some of them) only appear to know some rules ... 
then rely on giving "lawful instruction" to enforce what they believe ...?

MY.................

>Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:05:17 +1000 (EST)
>From: telstar at cfsmtb.net
>To: woj-talk at woj.com.au
>Subject: [Woj-talk] Education is key
>
>Hi all,
>
>Another article from Paul Bibby in todays SMH, a good follow up from
>yesterdays article:
>
>Roads to nowhere leave cyclists fuming
>http://www.smh.com.au/national/roads-to-nowhere-leave-cyclists-fuming-20090426-ajd2.html
>
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>
>Wheel of misfortune: cyclists and motorists are at war
>http://www.smh.com.au/national/wheel-of-misfortune-cyclists-and-motorists-are-at-war-20090427-akn2.html
>
>Paul Bibby Urban Affairs Reporter, April 28, 2009
>
>Pic: Chris Rissel . . . he found many motorists do not know basic road
>rules relating to cyclists. Photo: Peter Rae
>
>THE smallest slip can do it - a cyclist zipping between two cars to reach
>the front of the traffic queue receives a blaring horn in response,
>followed by an exchange of rude gestures.
>
>As the number of bike trips in the city each day heads towards 200,000,
>cyclists and motorists are increasingly being involved in fiery exchanges.
>
>While governments across the country have begun education campaigns, NSW
>is without a comprehensive awareness raising program.
>
>The result, says Chris Rissel, an associate professor at the School of
>Public Health at the University of Sydney, is a serious lack of road
>etiquette.
>
>He found that an alarming number of motorists did not know some of the
>basic road rules relating to cyclists, such as when cyclists had right of
>way.
>
>"Thirty-seven per cent of motorists didn't know that cyclists were
>entitled to use a whole lane, and 69 per cent didn't know they were
>allowed to overtake on the left of cars," Professor Rissel said.
>
>"Eighty-one per cent didn't know cyclists were allowed to ride two abreast
>and 13 per cent didn't know they were allowed to use the roads at all.
>That is definitely a contributing factor to the level of tension and
>danger on the roads."
>
>The City of Sydney has included an education campaign as part of its plan
>to build a network of cycleways through the inner city.
>
>The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, said: "The problem is that
>motorists are treating cyclists really badly, and so you get the cyclists
>calling themselves road warriors and now you've got them driving motorists
>mad. Education is key."
>
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