A good motorcycle story..

[MadKaw]

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph ... s_a_motor/

[waynemorgan]

good article! Would be great to see something come of it tho

[Frank]

Yeah good article, but he is copping a flogging in the replies section.

[Cath]

I didn't think much of it to be honest - several things he wrote I disagree with or dislike.

But it also makes some good points and it's better than nothing, so I won't whinge because his views aren't exactly the same as mine.

[laidback]

Won't get far...all levels of government rely on revenue...giving something away will never catch on...

[Six Addict]

they do like giving some things away...

the government just sold the state lottery from which they profited $300 million a year, every year... they sold it for $1 billion...

the government also gives away land to developers who donate to the party... then they set up special commities stacked with 'friendly' people to give away this land so the government can say its been done independantly...

[Glen]

Yeah good article, but he is copping a flogging in the replies section.

Yeah mainly form the pushie riders...... It's actually pretty funny to see the Lycra brigade copping a bit. He probably would have acheived more for motorcyclists though if had of just left the flying cockatoo's out of it.

It was refreshing to see a journo put a positive spin on Motorcyclists though.

[Smitty]

Yeah good article, but he is copping a flogging in the replies section.

Yeah mainly form the pushie riders...... It's actually pretty funny to see the Lycra brigade copping a bit. He probably would have acheived more for motorcyclists though if had of just left the flying cockatoo's out of it.

It was refreshing to see a journo put a positive spin on Motorcyclists though.

+1.....
its a good story no doubt
and the pushies are foaming at the mouth about it...the morons & oxygen thieves that they are

[Naked Twin]

A common sense, backed with real benefits of motorcycling.

What many people don't realise is that Motorcycle trips make up less than 0.1% of vehicular trips in NSW (RTA figures a couple of years ago) now imagine if that figure was increased to say 5% during peak hour, that 5% less cars on the road would have an exponential effect on traffic congestion.

However the reduction in petrol tax revenue, parking levies, tolls etc would need to be offset as this is lost revenue for the government, thus why it will never happen.

Simple maths really.

Nick

[corvus2606]

sad to see the ever over sensitive 'lycra dandies' getting on their soap boxes once again, the moment someone mentions motorbikes being good, and that cyclists slow down traffic, they seem the think that its inciting violence against them, they all need to get over themselves and see the actual point of the story.

I have been stuck at traffic lights for nearly 20 minutes before because a pack of wankers on tredlies were sitting in the right turn lane, and wouldnt move so i could get over the sensors so the turn signal would go green, they just sat there, after 3 or 4 minutes on the horn they moved forward, and when the light went green they just sat there, and then eventually took off slowly, right in the line of the rest of the traffic, but no, they dont slow down traffic or cause congestion at all. They are always in the right, and can do nothing wrong, because their bike doesnt produce pollution, pity the diets most of them eat cause them to produce more, pity it also comes out of their mouths.

[Bogan]

...so I won't whinge because his views aren't exactly the same as mine.

Jeezus come on now Cath, this is the interwebs, don't you know the rules?

[Cath]

hahahaha - I love xkcd. Thanks for the chuckle Bogan

[98ninja]

nobody sees the irony in motorcycling being treated like an outcast and a pain, then the same people complaining about that will complain about cyclists in the exact same way?

[DaBigfella]

I spent 10 years in the city watching these psycho treadly riders create havoc, and downright intimidate pedestrians and roadusers, the reason? They have zero accountability, motor vehicle users have rego plates, making them (well 90% of the time) accountable for their actions. I've seen mirrors knocked off, windows smashed out, people assaulted as they ride past, with the worst being a child knocked over whilst crossing the street with his mum on a green man. Road use and congestion aside, these people need to be made accountable, and registration is the only way to do it.....

[boozatboo]

we already have free parking in the city in Sydney

Richo and I got to try it out a week ago and it was GOOD !!!