Learn to share Darwin's roads

RE: ``SCOOTERS need road sense too'', (Northern Territory News, May
22). Anonymous Bosch: when has it been illegal to not do the speed
limit? It's a maximum not a minimum.
As the price of fuel goes up and city parking problems and green house
issues continue, we will all have to work together to fulfil
our transport needs.
I have a car, a motorbike, and a pushbike, which are all legally allowed
on the road no matter what their top speed might be.
And while at times some road users such as trucks, caravans, push
bikes or scooters may not be able to maintain the speed limit they
have as much right as anyone else to be on the road.
It is commonsense, when faster traffic comes up behind to move over
to let it pass when safe to do so.
On the other hand, if you come up behind a slower moving vehicle just
relax, stay back a bit and show the same courtesy you expect
from them, and maybe they will feel better about moving over than
if you tailgate and try to push them off the road.
So until we have separate roads for bikes, scooters, buses, caravans
and trucks, we all have to share the existing system.

John Bailey, Rapid Creek

Northern Territory News (includes Sunday Territorian), MAY 26, 2008