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A clever solution to BCC's cowardice (cdn.masto.host)
submitted 8 months ago by jimcullen@twit.social to c/brisbane@aussie.zone
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A clever solution to BCC's cowardice

BCC has been repeatedly removing ghost bikes from a site on Nudgee Rd after a cyclist died at the location last year, despite years of warning from cycling advocates that improved infrastructure was needed in the area. To stop them from removing the ghost bikes, highlighting the blood on BCC's hands, *and* highlighting the absurdity of how storing private property on public land is completely ok if it's a car, someone installed this ghost trailer.
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[-] jimcullen@twit.social 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Additional image.

I had heard about the ghost bikes being repeatedly removed, but I rarely travel Nudgee Rd myself. Happened to drive down it last night and spotted this ingenuous solution to the problem. Had to stop and capture it.

edit: hmm, looks like Lemmy can't show images attached to replies. Shouldn't be too much of a surprise I guess. See it in reply.

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 4 points 8 months ago

Is it parked in a parking bay or on a cycle lane? It's hard to tell from the angle.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 8 months ago

OP's reply, for those who can't see it:

yeah fair question. It’s the road shoulder. See my reply to @_cnt0 for more details

[-] jimcullen@twit.social 3 points 8 months ago

@jonne yeah fair question. It's the road shoulder. See my reply to @_cnt0 for more details

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hey there are some funky things going on here with the federation. Looking at the user's Mastodon, there are replies to @_cnt0@sh.itjust.works and @jonne@infosec.pub. I can see those replies on their respective instances, too. But I don't see the replies from aussie.zone.

Also, when looking at jonne's instance, I don't see any replies other than OP's and jonne's.

edit: wait, that's simple. infosec.pub defederated sh.itjust.works. I kinda get it, they had a bit of a rep early on IIRC. Though they also defederate feddit.nl, which seems odd. Isn't that a fairly innocuous instance?

Still not sure why I can't see OP's replies from aussie.zone though. @lodion@aussie.zone, any thoughts?

[-] OmanMkII@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Looks good on my end, I can see both user's replies from jerbora. Possibly an issue behind the scenes?

Edit: I can see a bit of the issue actually, looks like some of OP's replies aren't there, but both user's and all of your quotes are too.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Huh, looks like one of OP's replies which wasn't showing up for me before is now, but the other still is not.

[-] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Blocking the bicycle lane in an already dangerous spot with a utility trailer ...

Really smort.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 24 points 8 months ago

OP's reply, for those who can't see it:

it’s not actually a bike lane. It’s the road shoulder. There are 🚲 symbols on the road there, but in Qld law that doesn’t actually constitute a bike lane (it has to have a 🚲 symbol & the word “lane” to be that), instead, it’s solely a reminder to drivers “hey, cyclists might be here so look out”. There are many, many cars parked in the shoulder near this; 1 more trailer is not adding risk that didn’t already exist. But it is doing some incredibly Good by bringing attention to the issue.

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