One of the first people to join the BikeBus was Colin who works at the University of New South Wales UNSW). Colin has commuted by bike on and off for years depending upon where he has been working, but had never ridden to UNSW as he regarded the trip from Marrickville as “just too hairy to contemplate�.
Off To Work? On your Bike! (RTA)
I had a bad ride today. I almost got squashed by a truck overtaking another truck on a blind corner. Then I got honked by two cars within the space of about two minutes for riding the middle of the lane. I stuck my middle finger up at the second one, and we argued for a bit. He threatened to break my neck, but I think he knew that if he got out of his car I'd just ride off. I haven't had a proper argument with someone in years.
So I just went to check the road rules. They recommend you ride in the middle of your lane whenever possible. But gee whiz it's hard work. I'm going to get killed either by a pissed off driver that wants to pass, or a stupid driver that comes to close.
You should carry your road rules book round with you and say hey mate check page 53!!!! I think you’ll find that trying to run me over could get you into serious trouble. Thats so nasty though. Threatening to break your neck? A bit like Fran.
Jum / 3:55pm / 4 November 2004
The finger! Yeah! Stick it to the car people!
Willem / 7:13pm / 5 November 2004
I’ll bet they’re used to spoons being really big, because we don’t want to risk being turtled by some road-enraged lunatic. So the guy was a bit upstairs I think. He acted like he’d never been upstairs before. Even I’ve been given the finger, and I don’t honk purple people. Unless they’re fat of course.
Ryan / 8:10am / 17 November 2004