January 2012
20 posts
Bragging on Facebook about running cyclists over
Via the Australian Cycling Forums, a WA man brags on Facebook about running six cyclists over. He was helpful enough to leave his real name (Paul Clifton) and employer (Toolmart, Midvale, WA) in full view.
Shane Warne: the Bogan Army
On Twitter, reactions from Shane Warne’s supporters to the news that the Spin King is being sued by a cyclist over the recent hit and run:
@FKNDRE: @warne888 you should have driven over that dickhead on the bike…
@mickkhoury17 @warne888 u should have run over the idiot then backed up just to make sure he doesn’t look for more money to steal off motorists.
@oztop_s Should have...
Cyclist to sue Warne for hit and run
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/cyclist-to-sue-shane-warne-20120131-1qq2e.html
The cyclist who had a run-in with Shane Warne this month has revealed his identity and his intention to sue the cricket legend.
Web designer Mathew Hollingsworth, 28, is launching a civil claim in the Melbourne Magistrates Court against Warne seeking $1575 for the repair bill for his hi-tech bike plus...
Shane Warne, 2012 - part 2
A witness purporting to be in a car behind Shane Warne during Tuesday night’s heated altercation said the spin king deliberately hit the cyclist.
‘He bumped him once and then hit him again. The first one seemed somewhat accidental. The second one was evidently intentional,’ said the witness, who did not wish to be named. He disputed the cricketer’s version of events....
Miranda Devine, 2012
“Shane Warne has declared a jihad against cyclists - and most motorists are with him.
The emerging civil war on our roads between cyclists and motorists is fuelled by the hardcore cycling lobby, egged on by green activists who see bikes as a handy weapon. They have created the unreasonable expectation that bikes have as much right as cars to use the road.
But the only winner is physics.
...
John Birmingham, part 2 - 2009
Fact?
“In the final extremities they will fall back on the old argument that they are saving the planet by taking cars off the roads. But allow me to retort. That bus driver was doing a lot more to save the planet than the cyclist who attacked him. The cyclist who was entirely in the wrong. The cyclist who was just one of many breaking the law every day on our roads.
License them I say....
Matthew Parris, 2007
“A festive custom we could do worse than foster would be stringing piano wire across country lanes to decapitate cyclists. It’s not just the Lycra, though Heaven knows this atrocity alone should be a capital offence; nor the helmets, though these ludicrous items of headgear are designed to protect the only part of a cyclist that is not usefully employed; nor the self-righteousness, though...
Jeremy Clarkson, 2005
‘Do not cruise through red lights. Because if I’m coming the other way, I will run you down, for fun.’
- Top Gear
Anita Quigley, 2006
“It has never occurred to me it might matter to drivers what a cyclist wears because, clothed or naked, with a helmet or not, all cyclists in the city are irritating and I find bring on an overwhelming desire to swerve towards.’
- Daily Telegraph
Jill Singer, 2010
“While the cycling lobby is strong, community resentment about lycra louts is also steadily growing. I sure felt some fury over Easter when the lane-blocking louts were out in force. Why are cyclists allowed to ride three abreast and hold up other traffic? The aggressive element that is wrecking our cycling culture needs to be brought into line and if public outrage won’t do it, then...
Sara Leonardi-McGrath
Sara Leonardi-McGrath, wife of cricketer Glenn McGrath, on Twitter - in support of Shane Warne: “@warne888 that sounds exciting..these are some vivacious Cyclist…just throw a cricket ball at them if they really annoy u”
Elizabeth Hurley, 2012
Elizabeth Hurley, partner of Shane Warne, in support of Warne on Twitter:
ElizabethHurley - “Crikey, @warne888 was attacked by a mad cyclist. I’d have opened the car door into said loon’s path had I been there. Keep calm, just kidding”
Shane Warne, 2012
Cricketer Shane Warne in hit and run incident with Melbourne cyclist:
“So same as every other day I and the other 10 or so cyclists at the intersection began the precarious weave through the stationary traffic to bridge the gap to the bike lane on the other side of Kings Way. Though yesterday I couldn’t get through as easily as usual because a grey Mercedes Coupe in the centre lane was...
Sam de Brito, part 3 - 2011
De Brito (@SamdeBrito) on Twitter, September 2011, tweeting to Australian professional racing cyclists “@nathangoss @badencooke @Mark_Renshaw: “Beep, Beep. THUMP.” [since deleted]
And in response to criticism on Twitter…
SamdeBrito
Jeez, don’t cyclists have a sense of humour? 11 Sep
SamdeBrito
Wow - cyclists are such insecure sooks. 15...
Sam de Brito, part 2 - 2011
“I would never encourage or condone the injuring of a cyclist, nor anybody attempting to use a vehicle to intimidate them on the road. However, cyclists need to realise that just because they’ve chosen a high-risk sport doesn’t make the rest of us culpable in their deaths and maiming if we choose to laugh about their stupid clothes.
Two weeks ago, I only half thought cyclists...
Sam de Brito, part 1 - 2011
“Sure, cycling is health conscious and oh-so European but so is yoghurt and you don’t need to wear hard-plastic ballet shoes to eat the stuff. Oh, but it relaxes you? Could’ve fooled me every time I get abused by some 60-year-old cardiovascular surgeon who thinks roads were purpose-built for his Raleigh.
When I was a kid, you knew you took your chances on the road and with the...
John Birmingham, part 1 - 2007, 2010
Fact?
“Has is it ever occurred to you that maybe bicycle riders don’t belong in the city? It did to me the other morning as I crawled across the Story Bridge at about 12 klicks-per behind some stupidly smug, selfish git on one of those dumb-arse bikes you sort of lie back into like a recliner lounge… How much did I regret not getting that anti-personnel Metal Storm pod...
Sam Newman, 2006
“If I had an older model car I’d just keep driving in the [cycling] lane. Get an old sort of Valiant with a bullbar and just drive straight over the top.”
http://treadly.net/2006/05/29/sam-newman-moron
http://www.woj.com.au/2006/05/28/unsporting-behaviour
http://www.vscn.org.au/pages/documents/JanGarrard.pdf
Rex Hunt, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/national/rex-hunt-found-guilty-of-cyclist-attack-charge-20090508-axd5.html#ixzz1jtJT5Aq0
Media personality and football commentator Rex Hunt has been found guilty of recklessly causing injury after a road-rage confrontation with a cyclist in Melbourne. Hunt was found guilty of the charge in the Melbourne Magistrates Court this afternoon. Magistrate Peter Reardon found...
Magda Szubanski, 2009
http://www.theage.com.au/national/magdas-anticyclist-rant-sparks-chain-reaction-20091001-gcyf.html
ONLY weeks after she was on the receiving end of a Kyle Sandilands slur, Magda Szubanski is at the centre of her own controversy, following an anti-cyclist tirade on Monday night’s Good News Week.
In a segment where guests can rant about what irritates them, Szubanski expressed her...
