Bikers

What is up with bikers in south africa? Aside from the fact that they're mostly just average joes, they also happen to have the survival skills of fresh roadkill.

They are all coming out the woodwork now, with the cool mornings and dry air perfect for riding bikes. It's good to see all these bikes on the road, it's going to go a long towards fixing some of our many road problems. But, the more riders there are, the less friendly they seem to be (?). They also don't seem to consider other bikers, with everyone just doing their own thing. Very cager attitudes, not cool. For starters, we use 1 lane, between the right and middlae lanes. NOT all the lanes available. We don't use the yellow lanes either, apart from being where all the rubble sits, i do not want the pigs taking an interest in my route thank you very much.

It's all about SAFEST, has to be about safest. And part of that is working together to train motorists, where we'll be, and so on. Even if the slow lane is empty and you can go fast there, don't. You want to be in the same lane, always. It makes you safer.

At a meeting last night, representatives of a safety organisation were sitting potting back beers and quite a healthy rate, guarenteed over any legal limits. Have they no shame? Surely if you are represnting a SAFETY ORGANISATION you put on the "safety hat"? Let's not be hypocritical, but surely common decency would dictate that?

We are reaching critical mass in jhb with bikers, it's going to explode any day now. And nobody is prepared for it, not the dealers, not the govt, not the cagers, and least of all the bikers themselves. Think Bike has failed it's mandate rather pathetically, with nothing else in place to replace that. Again the dealers and clubs have no interest in biking safety at large, the demand is there, but not the profits. So every one sits around lamenting the dearly departed.

I'm working on some ideas to try fix some of it, but it's only me, and my good friends. Any and all ideas are welcome, but step 1 is find them, and hopefully help them switch on the safety light in their head.