Classic 4WD moment
DeF
coming off the bike lane onto the road after
passing under Canning Bridge (by the rowing
club). For those who might not know it, there
is a speed hump that is the same height as the
kerb which is perfect for getting of the path
and onto the Esplanade that runs down to
Mt Henry Bridge. The road is two way but has
a large median strip near the rowing club
leading up to the intersection with Canning Hwy.
Anyway, I was checking for traffic coming from
behind me as I move onto the single lane road.
None coming so I move onto the road and look ahead
only to see a 4WD heading the *wrong way* up this
single lane road. It was towing a trailer of
rowing boats. The dumb, lazy plonker then turned
into a driveway of the rowing club. So, this
clown was too lazy to drive around a bit so he
could approach the driveway from the correct
direction. Then, having negotiated this selfish,
lazy waste of space, not 30m along there is
another Prado-pilot *reversing* out of another
part of the rowing club onto the road, causing me
to brake and go around. When I see the heavy-breathing
fat-fingered stinker with one hand on the wheel,
the other is clasping a mobile to his ear! I
yell a very reasonable and "polite" remonstration.
His response? "Get off the road!". Oh how I
wished for a limpet mine a that moment.
So, a rare 4WD double.
Still cross.
DeF.
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TimC
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> Anyway, I was checking for traffic coming from
> behind me as I move onto the single lane road.
> None coming so I move onto the road and look ahead
> only to see a 4WD heading the *wrong way* up this
> single lane road. It was towing a trailer of
> rowing boats. The dumb, lazy plonker then turned
> into a driveway of the rowing club. So, this
> clown was too lazy to drive around a bit so he
> could approach the driveway from the correct
> direction. Then, having negotiated this selfish,
> lazy waste of space, not 30m along there is
> another Prado-pilot *reversing* out of another
> part of the rowing club onto the road, causing me
> to brake and go around. When I see the heavy-breathing
> fat-fingered stinker with one hand on the wheel,
> the other is clasping a mobile to his ear! I
> yell a very reasonable and "polite" remonstration.
> His response? "Get off the road!". Oh how I
> wished for a limpet mine a that moment.
I'd almost be up for a chat with the rowing club management.
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jh
Now if the shoe was on the other foot and while they were out rowing,
the waterborne equivalent of a Prado was interfering with the enjoyment
of their sport ...
jh
Tamyka Bell
I had a guy in a small car try to change lanes into me today, twice in a
row (I moved further left when a new lane appeared). The second time, he
saw me, and told me to "Get out of the way you fscking bitch!" Lovely.
Tam
Resound
>
> I had a guy in a small car try to change lanes into me today, twice in a
> row (I moved further left when a new lane appeared). The second time, he
> saw me, and told me to "Get out of the way you fscking bitch!" Lovely.
>
> Tam
The appropriate response (as is so often the case with that class of
comment) would be "Funny, I was thinking the exact same thing."
warrwych
Tamyka Bell Wrote:
>
>
> I had a guy in a small car try to change lanes into me today, twice in
> a
> row (I moved further left when a new lane appeared). The second time,
> he
> saw me, and told me to "Get out of the way you fscking bitch!" Lovely.
>
> Tam
A similar thing happened to my mechanic.. eerrr my Significant Other,
Mr Legs, very recently. Guy deliberately drove in over the top of him,
telling him basically the same thing as you copped Tam. Mr Legs threw
his water bottle at the f^kwhit's car - clean shot and strike. Fat
Bastard pulls over, saying "if I ever see you on the road again, I'll
run you over." Mr Legs replies saying you better do a good job of it if
you do, otherwise I'll get up and rip your arms off. Fat Bastard then
does the ooo I am gunna call the cops thing cos you threatened me. Mr
Legs says, fine, lets put my bike in your car and we can drive together
to the cop station. Fat Bastard at that point gets back in his car and
drives off at a great rate, flipping the bird out the window as he does
so.
And this was on a "quiet" country road, just out of the town......
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warrwych
Graeme Dods
> His response? "Get off the road!". Oh how I
> wished for a limpet mine a that moment.
I think my response would have been to do so, but veeerrrryyyy slowly,
perhaps even annoyingly so. I've seen this "wrong side" approach at that
entrance a few times. If they come in from the east I think the only way
you can get into the rowing club properly is to go past the entrance, turn
left onto Canning Highway, turn right at the lights at the top of the hill,
drive behind the shops back on to Canning Highway, right at the lights and
left into The Esplanade then into the rowing club. A detour of maybe 1 to
1.5km. So yes, it's a bloody stupid and illegal manouevre, but one that can
be understood to a small extent. If a break in the median strip was put in
then there wouldn't be this problem. At a guess, I would think the rowing
club was there before the median strip so it could all be down to the
typical standards of council planning.
Graeme
percrime
:)
Tamyka Bell
See, I was just thinking he was jealous, 'cos he had a small car and no
s3x life.
Tam
Tamyka Bell
>
> Sometimes its your duty to smack em out Tam.
>
> :)
I'll save that for when someone tries to run over my man.
"You want a piece of him, how about you take a piece of THIS, b!tch!"
*smackdown*
Tam
percrime
SteveA
Duncan,
my daughter rows there. Words will be whispered in the right official
ears.
SteveA
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percrime
Tamyka Bell
>
> Just for a second I felt jealous ;(
Jealous enough to send that again ??
:P
T
Katharine & Paul
that the car came from a certain new car yard.
Complained to the yard - they didnt appear to be very interested. Only told
me the car was on loan at the time.
Sure has put me off looking for a car there.
"DeF" <""d.farrow\"@your finger.murdoch.edu.au"> wrote in message
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Travis
warrwych wrote:
> A similar thing happened to my mechanic.. eerrr my Significant Other,
> Mr Legs, very recently. Guy deliberately drove in over the top of him,
> telling him basically the same thing as you copped Tam. Mr Legs threw
> his water bottle at the f^kwhit's car - clean shot and strike. Fat
> Bastard pulls over, saying "if I ever see you on the road again, I'll
> run you over." Mr Legs replies saying you better do a good job of it if
> you do, otherwise I'll get up and rip your arms off. Fat Bastard then
> does the ooo I am gunna call the cops thing cos you threatened me. Mr
> Legs says, fine, lets put my bike in your car and we can drive together
> to the cop station. Fat Bastard at that point gets back in his car and
> drives off at a great rate, flipping the bird out the window as he does
> so.
When I was at uni, I was a member of a martial arts club where we
learned the iaito (that's a "samurai sword" to most people). The sword
I had slung on to my back while riding to class wasn't sharp, but
drivers didn't know that. I've got some interesting stories about
interactions with road raging boofheads, but I'm sure if you use your
imagination you can imagine what generally happened.
Ahh cycling on the road, its a wonderful hobby for the heavily armed.
:-)
Travis
Zebee Johnstone
Travis <travis...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> When I was at uni, I was a member of a martial arts club where we
> learned the iaito (that's a "samurai sword" to most people). The sword
> I had slung on to my back while riding to class wasn't sharp, but
> drivers didn't know that. I've got some interesting stories about
> interactions with road raging boofheads, but I'm sure if you use your
> imagination you can imagine what generally happened.
I used to have my sword in a holder on the rack of the motorcycle.
Stopped next to a bus once, driver looked down and said "what's that
for, taxis?"
Zebee
Travis
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> I used to have my sword in a holder on the rack of the motorcycle.
>
> Stopped next to a bus once, driver looked down and said "what's that
> for, taxis?"
To which the correct answer is "vampires!", then you take off at great
speed. :)
This works best if you look like Wesley Snipes...
Travis
Parbs
> To which the correct answer is "vampires!", then you take off at great
> speed. :)
>
> This works best if you look like Wesley Snipes...
>
Or Sarah Michelle Geller...
flyingdutch
oooh. oooh. rowing people's...
about 8 years ago riding into town along yarra river path opposite
vodafone arena...
Lot's of rowing coaches can be seen wobbling along on carp lil' bikes
one handed as they bleat at their charges out on the river. One handed
AND lookin sideways while negotiating peds and other riders.
One of these clowns coming in opposite direction comes over to my side
of the path (almost hitting grass on far side).
I yell out warning.
He panics and overcorrects.
Proceeeds to go left off path and down mbankment into river!!! :D:D:D
His crew on water pissing them selves laughing and cheering/jeering as
he reappears from the depths
havent been able to replicate that scenario again :(
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flyingdutch
warrwych
I would have liked to have seen that!!! :D :D Sweet "revenge" hehee
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PiledHigher
I've been tempted to encourage that scenario with a well placed shove!
Ted Linnell
Beautifull. Those rowing coaches are a real worry, one reason I
prefer the path on the north side of the river.
Ted.
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Donga
rowing boat trailer is a large and very difficult load (this person
actually needs the 4WD, which is rare) and the access is obviously
poor. Some cooperation from cyclists would be helpful. I wouldn't want
to justify rudeness from the driver, but is there any chance he was
getting abused for something he didn't have a lot of choice about? A
bit of lip in return would not surprise.
Donga
DeF
The OP (me) abused the second of the two 4WDs in this encounter.
The 2nd driver was reversing out of the rowing club, directly
into my path whilst speaking into his mobile phone. A bit of
verbiage was the least he deserved.
Others have expressed some sympathy with the trailer towing
chap and I can see their point. However, he was still driving
on the wrong side of the road (if only for a 30m or so). The
trailer didn't have the really long 8 seater boats, more like
single sculls or something. Poor road design will lead to poor
driving but I don't think that poor road design can be used as
an excuse for poor driving.
DeF
Tamyka Bell
I wouldn't say that going the wrong way down a one way street is
something that a driver "doesn't have a lot of choice about" but rather
something they've made a bad decision about. If they feel access is
inadequate, they should take it up with council.
Tam
Donga
>I wouldn't say that going the wrong way down a one way street is
>something that a driver "doesn't have a lot of choice about"
I didn't say that, I suggested this may have been the case. I haven't
been there, but have certainly tried to tow big trailers into small
gaps, forwards and back. I would be tolerant of someone else in the
same position.
>but rather something they've made a bad decision about.
I would want to see it first to say that, but can well imagine a
situation where some creative driving was needed (heck, have cyclists
ever been creative?)
>If they feel access is inadequate, they should take it up with council.
I agree, but I'm sure you don't mean the rowers should unload up the
road and carry the boats down!
Donga
Donga
>...whilst speaking into his mobile phone
Let's not be too holy. I use mine while cycling, (just to fit in with
the cagers).
Donga
Tamyka Bell
No, they should go along the road the other way, as designated.
Heaven forbid someone should obey the fscking road rules.
Tam
Tamyka Bell
Ever backed out of a driveway on your bike, while talking on the phone,
and nearly taken out a cyclist?
Tam
Donga
>Ever backed out of a driveway on your bike, while talking on the phone, and nearly taken out a cyclist?
DeF didn't say he was nearly taken out, he said he braked and went
around.
Hey, Andrew might try that on his fixie (the first two bits, that is).
Tamyka Bell
I don't think he's mastered backwards circles yet... (correct me if I'm
wrong Andrew, and show us on Friday!) Actually I'd rather see him do the
full "Reverse River Loop" woohoo!
Tam
Stuart Lamble
No, no, no, no, no. That's not right. It should be:
Ever backed out of a driveway on your bike, while talking on the
phone, and nearly taken out a 4WD?
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Tamyka Bell
>
> On 2006-03-22, Tamyka Bell <t.b...@uq.edu.au> wrote:
> > Donga wrote:
> >>
> >> DeF:
> >> >...whilst speaking into his mobile phone
> >>
> >> Let's not be too holy. I use mine while cycling, (just to fit in with
> >> the cagers).
> >
> > Ever backed out of a driveway on your bike, while talking on the phone,
> > and nearly taken out a cyclist?
>
> No, no, no, no, no. That's not right. It should be:
>
> Ever backed out of a driveway on your bike, while talking on the
> phone, and nearly taken out a 4WD?
Hehehehe. I would pay money to see that. Actually, I have none, so I'd
pay in BJ's, but get Lotte to perform them on my behalf ;-) (I'm so
busted for that)
T
Donga
>...so I'd pay in BJ's, but get Lotte to perform them on my behalf
...or Abby?
Andrew
You've seen how much I don't touch my phone while riding, so I don't
think I'll be taking out Prados anytime soon.
>
> I don't think he's mastered backwards circles yet... (correct me if I'm
Certainly haven't, backwards half circles-foot down-oh shit, yes, full
circles, no.
Working on it though, what else do I have to do whilst waiting for a
train?
> wrong Andrew, and show us on Friday!) Actually I'd rather see him do the
> full "Reverse River Loop" woohoo!
That's giving me pain just thinking about it.
Tamyka Bell
>
> > > Hey, Andrew might try that on his fixie (the first two bits, that is).
>
> You've seen how much I don't touch my phone while riding, so I don't
> think I'll be taking out Prados anytime soon.
Oh I wish you would turn that freakin' alarm off!
> > I don't think he's mastered backwards circles yet... (correct me if I'm
>
> Certainly haven't, backwards half circles-foot down-oh shit, yes, full
> circles, no.
>
> Working on it though, what else do I have to do whilst waiting for a
> train?
There are so many possibilities...
> > wrong Andrew, and show us on Friday!) Actually I'd rather see him do the
> > full "Reverse River Loop" woohoo!
>
> That's giving me pain just thinking about it.
It would make conversation more polite, being face-to-face. It would
definitely be easier to converse with Lotte this way.
T