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Old 12-03-2021, 02:40 PM   #207
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Default Re: Driving - Your "pet hate" on the road

On kent street in Sydney there is a bike lane. Some cyclists pick up a bit of speed going down the hill where the car park/loading dock entry to a building i used to work in is. So trucks have to reverse out, typically blind. The building did have an external strobe and siren to indicate cars/trucks exiting, but the hotel accross the road complained to the council about the thing, so it was forced to be disconnected. Ive seen heaps of cyclists hit the sides of trucks and go sliding under and down the lane. Its not as if trucks dont have reversing beepers, and its not as if the building didnt attempt to do the right thing with a strobe and siren. On a few occasions police have done crackdowns on cyclists on that stretch of bike lane, but still, i dont believe this is right, its the truck drivers who get charged whenever it happens regardless.
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