Posts by Lisa Black
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Hard News: The crybaby philosopher, in reply to Gareth,
But of course. Dear oh dear.
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Hard News: The crybaby philosopher, in reply to MxDEJ,
That hasn't worked well with climate change deniers, and for similar reasons. They, like Mr Whyte, are not basing their arguments in reality. Where is the room for civilised discussion in that?
The civilised discussion has already been had. It appears Mr Whyte has not wanted to be a part of it.
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NZ Lawyer has picked up on these stats too and is noting the lack of representation in the legal community.
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Feed: My Life in Curry, in reply to Dan Horne,
Little Penang on Dixon St for Chinese Malaysian, which is what most of the Malaysian places in Wellington are. I don't recall seeing any Malay places in Wellington.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Glenn Pearce,
I stand corrected. I'd still be arguing the point in court though, for several reasons.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Glenn Pearce,
Glenn - vehicles yes, but drivers no. Or at least arguably not.
Bike riders are called cyclists in other clauses of the Rule, which means they are something other than drivers.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Grant McDougall,
Grant - the other cities tend not to be in New Zealand, although some like Nelson, Hastings, and New Plymouth are making good advances.
For some reason New Zealand has gone down its own path with regard to road safety in general and bike infrastructure in particular. You will notice that other countries are not rushing to copy our methods. Best practice is coming from overseas, particularly Europe as Lilith noted above.
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Hard News: Staying Alive, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
It's not crazy talk, Craig. And you'll notice that I agreed with the call for better infrastructure.
My point is that the driver chose to park somewhere he couldn't exit the car safely from the driver's side. If your partner can't get out any other side I'd expect him to choose his park accordingly. That one obviously wouldn't have been a good one for him.
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Sorry - are you saying he didn't need to operate safely with respect to bike riders?
I'd be pretty surprised if the judge is correct in that reading of the passing on the left rule. For one thing it only applies to drivers.
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I'll never disagree with the proposition that New Zealand needs better cycle infrastructure, but... Is it that unreasonable to consider getting out of the passenger side?
Is it actually so ludicrous to consider that people might, having parked in a place that's unsafe to exit, make a little extra effort?