Australia must go close to having the highest road kilometres per taxpayer of any country.

It follows that we simply cannot afford some of the enhancements we would like. All must make concessions and act reasonably. Maybe people do not always consider the restrictions on the other vehicle, which goes both ways. Police are too busy with speeding offences, more is the pity.

we simply cannot afford some of the enhancements we would like.
onthebeach,
Mentality not the road conditions are the dilemma in Australia.

Some cyclists refuse to use bike paths even when they are provided, it's not uncommon for a single cyclist to take up a whole lane of St Georges Rd in Thornbury in the morning rush even though there's a dedicated bike path running down the median, they also ride along the tram tracks and footpath. Because it's stop start at that hour the bike rider ends up at the head of the pack at the lights then forces dangerous lane changes as the cars pass him on the other side of the intersection, then at the next set of lights he catches up and the process repeats all the way down to Fitzroy North.
Bike riders are some of the worst offenders when it comes to misusing the roads, if they hold car licences they should losse points or have them revoked for serious breaches such as running red lights or lane splitting.

individual, "Mentality not the road conditions are the dilemma in Australia"

I agree with you on mentality. More licences should be lost and some permanently.

However, the rapid population growth attributable to record migrant numbers for years has put unrealistic pressures on infrastructure and on our* capacity to pay.

*Our being taxpayers.

We don't see many bike riders out here in the sticks, but this highlights Jay's comment.

The ABC had a session on bike commuting. Apparently this is a good thing for our green voting ABC commentators.

Motorists were complaining of the problems caused by bike riders on Coronation Drive, a major riverside Brisbane commute road. Traffic is greatly delayed as a few cyclists make one lane so slow it is effectively redundant.

The president of some cyclist association was telling them to go jump. They the cyclists had as much right to the road as the motorists, & they were going to use it regardless.

Apparently a bike path has been built, at great cost, alongside the road, in the riverside park, between the road & river. When asked why our cyclists don't use this bike path, purpose built for them, the answer was that walkers used the bike path, holding up the cyclists. They don't like anyone holding them up.

Even the ABC presenter could see the irony in this, & said so, at which time the cyclist became quite shirty. He obviously had not expected to have his lack of cooperation with everyone questioned by the ABC. He had obviously expected only complete support against those awful motorists from the ABC.

Apparently a bike path has been built, at great cost, alongside the road
Hasbeen,
no doubt the cost of that was covered by the registration fees of all the bikes ?