Bob* was riding across the Kurilpa Bridge into the city on a quiet school holiday Friday morning, also coincidentally World Car-Free Day, when … BAM, he was $464 poorer.

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    1 year ago

    10 km/h is remarkably slow. How exactly is a bike without a speedometer not supposed to exceed that?

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      1 year ago

      That is just one of the reasons that official Queensland Government documents have long suggested speed limits for cyclists should be regarded as unenforceable.

      Unfortunately, QPS don’t seem to have gotten the memo with regards to the Kurilpa and Goodwill Bridges.

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        1 year ago

        As Chris highlighted, TMR also says it’s potentially unsafe to ride a bike slower than 10kmh

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            1 year ago

            9-10kph is still fairly easy to keep balance without thinking about it IME. But without a speedometer, you’re going to have to go slow enough that balancing is something that takes effort if you want to stay under that speed…

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      1 year ago

      If there’s people around then go slightly faster than they’re walking and you’ll be under 10km/h.

      If there aren’t people around then IMO it shouldn’t matter as much as long as you’re not taking the piss, just like it shouldn’t matter if you’re doing a bit over the limit on an empty highway.