Re: Mandatory Helmet Laws & stuff (MHL discussion)
Posted: Tue May 16, 2023 3:22 pm
I'm not sure I'd feel safer in South East Asia given the huge fatality rates, but I've never ridden there so can't comment personally!
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source ... bb131e30_2
I honestly think Australian motorists are too far gone to salvage. The only things that will make cyclists safer at this point are separated cycling paths and self driving vehicles (and they're a long way off).
As others have said if front and rear cycling cameras become more ubiquitous and police start taking submitted footage seriously we might be in with a chance. As it is there's too many motorists who just don't give a damn. The number of times a queue of cars has passed me on a wide road where I'm riding as fair left as feasible and one has decided to randomly just miss me by 10cm or so is crazy. There's no reason for that except for sheer arrogance or laziness.
I'll happily ride a long way around for a bikeway. If there was an East-West bikeway in Brisbane (I live in Coorparoo and work in Cleveland) I'd probably ride to work a lot more often. As it is, it's just not safe enough to do so despite 2m+ wide shoulders very clearly marked as bike lanes. There needs to be a physical barrier, because probably 1% of drivers can't be trusted to have any consideration for any other human beings whatsoever.
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source ... bb131e30_2
I honestly think Australian motorists are too far gone to salvage. The only things that will make cyclists safer at this point are separated cycling paths and self driving vehicles (and they're a long way off).
As others have said if front and rear cycling cameras become more ubiquitous and police start taking submitted footage seriously we might be in with a chance. As it is there's too many motorists who just don't give a damn. The number of times a queue of cars has passed me on a wide road where I'm riding as fair left as feasible and one has decided to randomly just miss me by 10cm or so is crazy. There's no reason for that except for sheer arrogance or laziness.
I'll happily ride a long way around for a bikeway. If there was an East-West bikeway in Brisbane (I live in Coorparoo and work in Cleveland) I'd probably ride to work a lot more often. As it is, it's just not safe enough to do so despite 2m+ wide shoulders very clearly marked as bike lanes. There needs to be a physical barrier, because probably 1% of drivers can't be trusted to have any consideration for any other human beings whatsoever.