Angry driver takes out cyclist pack

May 8, 2008 

The cyclists, including former Australian Olympian Ben Kersten, and road racer Kate Nichols, were in a group of cyclists hit when a driver who had been "worrying" the rear of the pack, overtook the cyclists, pulled in front of the pack, and then slammed on the brakes. 
The riders suffered a collection of minor scrapes and bruises, but no deaths were caused. The incident, which has been reported to have caused approximately A$30,000 worth of property damage to the cyclist's vehicles, also caused a semi-trailer to jack-knife, and cars to swerve. 
Although the cyclists had been following Australian road rules, the National Roads and Motorists' Association's senior adviser, Anne Morphett, said a large bike pack can sometimes stretch to 40 metres. "They need to break them up so cars can overtake safely. You might have three across and five deep, but not 40 or 50 deep," she said. "We want to see people get their training in but they need to be in areas that are safe - and these are public roads, not a training facility."
Angry driver takes out cyclist pack May 8 , 2008 The cyclists , including former Australian Olympian Ben Kersten , and road racer Kate Nichols , were in a group of cyclists hit when a driver who had been " worrying " the rear of the pack , overtook the cyclists , pulled in front of the pack , and then slammed on the brakes . The riders suffered a collection of minor scrapes and bruises , but no deaths were caused . The incident , which has been reported to have caused approximately A$ 30,000 worth of property damage to the cyclist 's vehicles , also caused a semi - trailer to jack - knife , and cars to swerve . Although the cyclists had been following Australian road rules , the National Roads and Motorists ' Association 's senior adviser , Anne Morphett , said a large bike pack can sometimes stretch to 40 metres . " They need to break them up so cars can overtake safely . You might have three across and five deep , but not 40 or 50 deep , " she said . " We want to see people get their training in but they need to be in areas that are safe - and these are public roads , not a training facility . "
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