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As someone who's driven that road dozens of times, I can tell you that it's one of the most dangerous I know. It has very steep cliffs and it's very narrow. It
by ryan-allen 11y ago
As someone who's driven that road dozens of times, I can tell you that it's one of the most dangerous I know.
It has very steep cliffs and it's very narrow. It's the only main road between the two small towns.
I can understand the locals annoyance when they're stuck behind a cyclist for the whole stretch and cannot safely get around them without risking their life or the life of others.
There are plenty of roads in the area that are safer, not to mention the abundance of off road riding trails for mountain bikers in the area.
Cyclists deaths is misinformation, but the sentiment from the locals is real and warranted: please choose another road, this is our only road and we got places to be.
- jokamoto 11y agoBased on the maps and Street View imagery, I only see one potentially safer road nearby (C727/C725; C726 is just as narrow). Other roads in the area are either dead ends (a problem for obvious reasons) or unpaved (a problem for a large share of recreational riders on traditional road bikes).
- nickzoic 11y agoThe climb up from Whittlesea is impressively direct in places on a pushie. I've seen plenty of people do it, but it is a different kind of ride and I'm not going to try it any time soon ... I like his GIS work, but there is no conceivable way that there were only 3 pushie accidents on that road in 7.5 years so sorry VicRoads but I doubt the dataset is accurate. Funny to see my neighbourhood on HN :-).
- Asbostos 11y agoBeing scary doesn't necessarily mean dangerous. Perhaps the steep cliffs actually keep people paying better attention than a narrow road with parked cars or trees along the side which may feel more comfortable but might be equally dangerous. There's the phenomenon that people drive faster on wider lanes regardless of the speed limit.