474kz
New Member
Hello all,
So I've been riding over the weekend, and had a car pull into my lane, ignoring me , needless to say got me a bit steamed up. No damage to anyone, but long story short I flagged him down and we had a chat - he claims he didn't see me there, which I find extremely hard to believe - I ride a white bike, with my headlight on and have both a helmet and gear that's visible (specifically picked bright colours for both, for this reason).
I've had a lady t-bone me a couple of years ago going up a one way road the wrong way - yes, this is qld, and australian in car drivers imitiate blind wombats. I walked out of that one alive, thank God, but my lime green ninja was written off.
At any rate, I've been giving some thought on putting some high viz stickers on my bike for this reason. I'm yet to see someone try and do this to a police bike. Any policemen on bikes out there care to comment on whether people fail to take notice of you? While I definitely dont intend to make my bike a replica of a police bike, I am considering putting something that resembles the anniversary stripes on my bike but made of high viz red and possibly yellow or lime borders. And something similar to the front, but more flouro yellow and a red border or something along those lines. Im not intending to use the police colours or look like a policeman or have police or anything like that tattered across my bike.http://www.gosfordhobbies.com.au/shop/images/P/LGE-1241.jpg
Anyone know if there is any laws or what not they come up with that would make this illegal, especially in qld, given the new laws about bikies? Has anyone that did this been pulled over and given a ticket? I've looked around but can't seem to find anything that states this would be bad - the only thing I've seen is that the road rules encourage the use of high viz vests (I wear one if the weather is is even slightly cloudy, I could care less if Im pulled over for that - I can fight and win that in court)
Appreciate any input anyone can provide - pro or con. Have a great day.
Cheers
So I've been riding over the weekend, and had a car pull into my lane, ignoring me , needless to say got me a bit steamed up. No damage to anyone, but long story short I flagged him down and we had a chat - he claims he didn't see me there, which I find extremely hard to believe - I ride a white bike, with my headlight on and have both a helmet and gear that's visible (specifically picked bright colours for both, for this reason).
I've had a lady t-bone me a couple of years ago going up a one way road the wrong way - yes, this is qld, and australian in car drivers imitiate blind wombats. I walked out of that one alive, thank God, but my lime green ninja was written off.
At any rate, I've been giving some thought on putting some high viz stickers on my bike for this reason. I'm yet to see someone try and do this to a police bike. Any policemen on bikes out there care to comment on whether people fail to take notice of you? While I definitely dont intend to make my bike a replica of a police bike, I am considering putting something that resembles the anniversary stripes on my bike but made of high viz red and possibly yellow or lime borders. And something similar to the front, but more flouro yellow and a red border or something along those lines. Im not intending to use the police colours or look like a policeman or have police or anything like that tattered across my bike.http://www.gosfordhobbies.com.au/shop/images/P/LGE-1241.jpg
Anyone know if there is any laws or what not they come up with that would make this illegal, especially in qld, given the new laws about bikies? Has anyone that did this been pulled over and given a ticket? I've looked around but can't seem to find anything that states this would be bad - the only thing I've seen is that the road rules encourage the use of high viz vests (I wear one if the weather is is even slightly cloudy, I could care less if Im pulled over for that - I can fight and win that in court)
Appreciate any input anyone can provide - pro or con. Have a great day.
Cheers