Sorry, been out of action for a while. Tired old brain misbehaving. All better now, nothing like a firing range pistol to the head, oh sorry, that was the twins. More on that soon.
Cyclists have been in the news lately. That and over bonnets, under trucks, and a variety of other vehicles. Even into a curb after sliding down a steep hill.
Cycling is dangerous. But so is driving. Do we need yet another taxpayer funded inquest into what to do about it?
I say not. We already know what to do about it. But the government(s) don’t want to. It’ll cost money. More than an inquest that they promptly ignore.
CYCLE LANES ON ALL MAIN ROADS AND STATE HIGHWAYS.
Pretty simple really. Resolve & prevent 90% of the incidents.
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In the Netherlands all drivers are expected drive for the conditions, so if it is raining – drive for the conditions, if there are bicycles – oh dear; drive for the conditions, if there are children near the road – drive for the conditions, if there is poor visibility drive for the conditions
Every cyclist has a right to ride on the roads where there are no bike lanes. The drivers of trucks, cars and buses must drive for the conditions.
I am sure that NZ law states one must drive for the conditions – so get all these bad drivers off the road – charge them with everything you can, give them all anger management training, social responsibilty training – in short expect them to behave well when in charge of a vehichle and expect them to behave well anyway as good members of a community.
there are 16 million people here in the Netherlands, in a country about the size of Canterbury – it extremely rare to see an aggressive driver.
So retrain New Zealand – and take personasl responsibilty for your actions on the road and everywhere else. And make sure you throw the book at every driver who does not drive to the conditions.
In the Netherlands the driver also has to convince the courts that that there was absolutely no way to avoid hitting the cyclist and if he cannot prove that he could not stop or avoid the cyclist he will always be responsible for that accident and be charged and suffer the consequences.
A requirement in law in New Zealand that required all drivers of motorised vehichles to drive always for the conditions – and then have that law acted upon every single time – will change the issue.
And funnily enough – it works here.