[bikeqld] Should we expecting this?

[Michael Yeates]

Hi Kim ...

The bus driver is probably one of those 
"Mexicans" I referred to ... maybe the newcomers 
should have to have an "M" plate ...!

But beware ... according to no lesser authority 
than the RACV, it is worth checking ... he might 
know the Australian Road Rules ... but not the Queensland variations to them.

But then he would not be expecting cyclists to 
use the footpath ... unless he has learned that 
Qld variation ... but not others ...!

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

At 01:44 PM 29/10/2009, kim wrote:

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>More of the same troll journalism, I wonder if 
>those columnists draw straws to see who is going 
>to write the anti-cyclists article this week.
>
>As to whether we can expect that up here; a 
>friend of mine got abused by a BCC bus driver 
>when riding in the bus lane from Caxton St down 
>to Roma St. When he caught up to the bus driver 
>to explain that cycles were allowed in the bus 
>lane, the driver got very abusive and said he 
>should be using the footpath. I don't think 
>anything justifies a professional driver making 
>an unsafe judgement to pass a cyclist or squeeze 
>a cyclist when it is unsafe to do so, regardless 
>of whether the cyclist is in the right or wrong.
>
>I do think there is a great lack of 
>understanding of the rules about bikes using bus 
>lanes too. BCC just constructed a bikeway 
>between Dean St and Miskin St in Toowong which 
>travels along a short 'bus thoroughfare'. Now is 
>that to be regarded as a 'bus lane' (despite the 
>lack of signs and BL pavement markings) which we 
>can ride in by default? Or do we simply treat 
>all No Entry Buses Excepted signs to also except 
>cyclists? BCC seems to think this is the case. 
>If this was the case we would probably find we 
>could just ride into bus depot workshops 
>too.  The Qld. road rules that state that the 
>'B' signal lights also apply to bicycles only 
>appear in the section of special rules for buses 
>(at least they did when I last looked) and don't 
>appear in the section of special rules for cyclists.
>
>k
>
>
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