To the idiot in the car on Limestone Ave yesterday morning who bumped into Tegan and knocked her off her bike:
- Bicycles have the same rights on the road as do cars under Australian road rules
- If you ignore a cyclist signalling to change lanes and you also change lanes behind them, that’s your fault – don’t get angry at them
- If you hit someone and don’t stop – that’s actually a criminal offence, commonly known as ‘hit and run’ – it potentially carries a significant financial penalty and gaol time
- Everyone else around at the time thought you were in the wrong and an idiot
And to any of our friends or family who are reading, it’s not as serious as it sounds – someone clipped the rear wheel of Tegan’s bike while she was riding to work yesterday morning, knocking her up on to the median strip and off the bike. She’s basically ok though – neck and shoulder muscles are a bit strained and copped a bit of a scrape on the arm, but otherwise ok. She was pretty shaken up at the time though – her hands didn’t stop shaking for some hours afterwards.
Poor Tegan! And after her most excellent behaviour towards cyclists who fall off their bikes in the rain! That’s so shocking. You should send this letter to a local newspaper in the hope that the stupid driver will read it. Were you with her at the time, Tim?