Sunday 27 April 2008

TR Council ignores the truth about cars and bicycles

The response in today's Chronicle from our TRC to the roundabout story is less than helpful.

Their spokesperson said they had considered cyclists in the road traffic mix.

TBUG begs to differ and the evidence is there for all to see.

Perhaps they need to read this story from the Courier Mail, and get on a bike to see what it is really like here in Toowoomba.

"Time to look both ways in the debate over who owns the road"

Courier Mail: Amy Schramm

April 24, 2008 12:00am

YOU either love them or loathe them. They are an expression of our freedom - two-wheeled environmental warriors or the cockroaches of the open road. Cyclists.

There seems to be no grey area on the subject, people are divided and with division comes conflict – between car and bicycle.

In recent years there has been a marked increase in this so-called cycle-rage.

Read the whole story here:

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23587545-27197,00.html

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