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# Road Maggot Does the Team Proud
- URL: https://goodoil.news/road-maggot-does-the-team-proud/
- Published: 2019-11-17T00:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-11-16T09:14:51.000Z
- Author: Kevin
- Tags: News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

Not content with taking up road space while avoiding cycle lanes, “cycling enthusiasts” have now taken up hogging seats on trains. A newspaper reports.

> An ‘aggressive’ cyclist on an Auckland train has caused an uproar after he laid down on four priority seats, preventing a mum and baby from having a seat.  
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> On Wednesday passenger Stuart Dawson boarded the Onehunga line to the CBD at 7.18am, but when he got on the packed train he came across a cyclist having a sleep across four seats.  
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> At the very next station a mother with her baby and pram boarded the train and had nowhere to sit.  
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> Dawson managed to discreetly get the train manager’s attention and point him to the situation unfolding.  
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> But when the train manager approached the cyclist to move, he became aggressive, refusing to move and hurled abuse at the manager.  
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> “He went up and asked the cyclist to move and the guy just said “get f\*\*\*\*d”. He said that a couple of times. The manager then said, ‘if you continue doing that I’ll let you off at the next stop’.  
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> *“THE CYCLIST REPEATED WHAT HE SAID, SAYING ‘F\*\*K OFF’ AND WENT BACK TO SLEEP. THE MANAGER THEN WALKED OFF AND *DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.”**

Man, that slapping with a wet bus (train?) ticket must have hurt.

> \[…\]According to Dawson, the mother and baby catch the same train as him most days, but he hasn’t seen them since the incident.  
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> \[…\]*HE HAS CALLED FOR MORE SECURITY AND STAFF ON TRAINS AND BELIEVES MANAGERS SHOULD BE ENFORCING RULES MORE OFTEN.*

I use the train regularly. They already have enough onboard staff.

> Transdev, who manage the trains on the Auckland Transport lines, told the Herald they were aware of the incident and believe staff handled it in a professional manner.  
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> \[…\] However, Dawson says the manager should have done more to ensure passenger safety and believes there are too many incidents like these happening on our trains.  
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> “I just don’t know why the train manager would threaten to kick him off but then do nothing about it.  
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I don’t know either. She could have at least asked to see his ticket. But you know, cyclist, special privileges. Who cares if you hog seats and force a mother and baby to stand. You’re saving the environment!