New video emerges of moment police in Adelaide pulled over Team Sky

ClubSmed wrote:

 What would your reaction be if a motorised vehicle had done the same?

What would your reaction be if a Tyrannosaurus rex was allowed free school dinners?

Ush wrote:

ClubSmed wrote:

 What would your reaction be if a motorised vehicle had done the same?

What would your reaction be if a Tyrannosaurus rex was allowed free school dinners?

That would depend on the reasoning behind it, if the portions are different from the average school meal and if the assessment for free school meals was inline with the criteria for all others obtaining the same.

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

If that's aimed at me I suggest you reign your neck in, you have no idea what my mindset is, you can't deduce anger from what I wrote, you're way off the mark as for frothing, just lol.

They broke the rules not just once or twice but many times in a very short period of time with a don't give a fuck attitude that if displayed by motorists like the MGIFs and cutting up other road users and deliberately ignoring traffic signs people including yourself would be all over it.

They put themselves at risk and others all because they were too selfish and too impatient to follow the rules and they saved themselves precisely fuck all time in doing so!

Suggest you froth somewhere else sonshine.

Wonderful use of irony.

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

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Honestly, I really do not see all that as a problem.  They stopped and waited for people and went when it was safe.  To me they look like they know what they're doing and I wish that more cyclists on the road had their nous.  

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

Ush wrote:

BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

Bang to rights I'm afraid, the right turn was dumb enough and their haphazard riding tells you they aint no skilled road riders in the city but running the red is totally unecessary and simply retarded, and no not all the pedestrians had finished crossing.

Set an example, this arrogant attitude isn't acceptable, typical modern day noddy hat cycling IMHO. If it's ok for the pros then kids follow right!

I disagree.  They did not follow the laws, but they rode courteously and carefully.  I have zero problems with how they rode and I wish some of the Skinner trained "rule followers" were as aware of their circumstances.

Look at their positioning, they are all over the shop before and approaching the right turn, they filter through past large motors on the inside, then cut across three lanes to position themselves in a clearly marked no right turn lane that is cordoned off and has not just the no right turn sign blocking it but also a directional arrow pointing back toward lanes 1 and 2. They push in front of a taxi to do so. One of them is on their phone literally cm away from the offside of the white car and still in the wrong lane, this is atytpical strava wanka I don't give a fuck attitude and is horrible positioning for safety but it also can easily intimidate the driver (who is on the same side given it's a RHD vehicle) as he is virtually sitting right on their blindspot.

They then cycle through the no right turn 5-6 abreast confronting pedestrians crossing and several stop right in the middle of the junction blocking the traffic, again another contravention, they then rode straight through a solid white STOP line thus contravening the red light and pushed in front of the grey car needlessly (MGIF), they then pushed their way through the pedestrians forcing some to stop from crossing or hesitated because they didn't know what they were going to do.

Some then ran a red at the next set of lights before they changed, they then MGIF'd yet again at the next right turn pushing in front of the red ute who was waiting patiently and making the right turn from a straight on lane to do so thus potentially blocking other road users from going on ahead.

Is that enough for you?

So yes, the way they rode was shite, total fucking MGIFs that didn't save them shit but blocked a junction, made peds worry about crossing several times and generally acted like we don't give a shit so long as we can get in front/ahead. I'd be giving them a few words to not be dicks because they way the acted is bad for everyone concerned including them.

Their riding wasn't furious and they were not causing anyone any danger. Yes they broke a few car-centric rules but they gave way to pedestrians & didn't cause any vehicles to have to take evasive action. The cops should save their lectures for the people who cause real hazard by by riding or driving in a manner that is dangerous to other people. Nothing to see here except the usual Aussie whinging against cyclists.