I took Kosov for a ride on VLine train yesterday. I think he was soon satisfied by the journey. He enjoyed my excitement when the train cracked 160 km/h, 100mph. I mucked up the platform number and I think I know why. The problem is the ultimate terminus names. Large on screens should be Geelong, Ballarat, Shepparton and Bendigo, then in a smaller font, the ultimate terminus. Wendouree, Marshall etc is just hopeless.
I was going to take Kosov to Sunbury but because of my confusion, we just missed the train. It was an hour until the next one so I thought we'd catch the next VLine service to Melton. None of the stations we stopped at along the way seemed to have shops, but at the Melton terminus there were some and we had some food and a drink in a bakery. The VLocity trains are quite comfortable if a little noisy from the motors. Unfortunately on our return, as a same looking train had terribly hard seats. My god, 40 minutes of sitting on such awful seats is enough. How was this allowed!
Anyway, I didn't really mean to talk about personal stuffs in this post. There was an incident, a serious one on the street below.
I thought of describing what happened to my readers and translating it for those who drive on the wrong side of the road. I got to with the translation 'You are travelling on the right hand side of the road, with a dedicated cycling lane on your right. You are going to turn right at the next intersection and the cyclist is riding straight ahead, so you must give way to the cyclist on your right who is riding straight ahead'. And then my brain failed about travelling at making the turn.
I hope the injuries the rider suffered are not serious but it didn't look great. I met the neighbour who has cameras on his balcony about three weeks ago. He is nice. The incident happened about a week later.
In the clip the incident happens in the first few seconds. Clearly the motorist was in the wrong, but I also think the rider was not looking after their own safety. The car's left indicator was on and its intentions were clear. Riders need to be alert to stupid motorists for their own self preservation.
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Huge sigh at the incidents. Bikers (motorised or not) need to be extra careful and never, ever insist on their right of way. Years back himself was collected by a car. He picked himself up and staggered to the phone booth where the woman who hit him was making a frantic phone call and arrived just in time to hear her say 'I have hit another motor cyclist, what should I do'. Luckily his injuries were minor. As were those of his bike.
ReplyDeleteI hope your cyclist will be ok - though I suspect a long recovery period is in his/her future. Himself was only off his bike for six weeks while he waited for his collar bone to heal. It sounds as if your cyclist was not so lucky.
DeleteNo need to watch television at High Riser Tower as there's enough drama on the street below. As a transport geek you should not have mistakenly taken Poor Kosov on a wild goose chase. Tut-tut!
ReplyDeleteThat poor bugger. Bike riders should be more alert but the person who has the more dangerous vehicle, the one that can do more damage, needs to be much more careful. Just like I expect bicyclists to watch our for pedestrians when they're on shared paths. They're traveling much faster and need to tell people they're coming.
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