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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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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] astraeus 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How do you even keep your balance if you’re essentially pedaling at a brisk walking speed?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 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...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That should not pose a challenge to anyone not currently learning to ride a bicycle

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Easily if you have any balance at all.