Hamilton Scooter Shunt

**schrodingers cat** · 19th February 2011, 14:33

Or should that be stunt since the rider flipped spectaculary heels over head to crash upon the road?

Thursday arvo sitting at an intersection as a passenger in a cage. Said scooter rider to the right of us aiming straight ahead. Looked once, looked twice, looked bike and he pulled into the intersection. Nearly 3/4's of the way across when the car opposite pulled towards us and turned. Right into the path of the scooter.
Big crash. Shattered plastic. Bod up in the air and crashed to the ground on the far side of the car.

Scooter guy VERY VERY lucky he didn't slide since his jandles and shorts, no gloves and tee shirt weren't going to be much help.

Car guy at fault - no question. Didn't look or see him or whatever but you know? The scooter guy didn't see the car move either.

Pretty much a fuck up for all concerned. Hope the scooter guy is OK. Looked like he'd hurt his hip badly. Car guy horrified and lucky he didn't grind the scooter rider under his wheels. Dangerous driving causing injury is my guess - 6mth loss of licence plus.

Sadly another statistic caused by dual incompetance.

(Sorry if I sound like Katman...)

**mattian** · 19th February 2011, 21:07

From what I see on a regular basis around Auckland city, scooter riders take the most risks and wear the least gear of any 2 wheelers around.
This is just my observations.

**Viscount Montgomery** · 19th February 2011, 23:18

In town, knucklehead biker today on a common-as-shit nondescript plastic Jappo, about 1 litre size, us cages lined in two lanes at the lights, I'm sitting queued-up in the left lane, plastic Jappo jerk in top gear at about 50-60KPH flys past in the right side lane about six inches from my window on the left-hand side of the line of cages that are sitting there to turn right, then does the big-shot poser swerve into the left lane just as the light turns green like he's some sort of fucken cool special person with magic timing giving all watching the view as to just what an incredible fantastic awesome individual on a motorcycle he is.

Like he just as a matter of course floats thru traffic in a swift fashion leaving everyone else as the dopey stationary clowns they all are. Thinks he's "up on a higher level" Proceeds to travel down the street on the centreline at 60KPH whipping through intersection after intersection off into the distance passing every 50KPH vehicle in sight. Just another of the many posturing snotty-nosed punks out there on motorbikes. Just another fucktard who'll end up sipping food thru a straw staring at the hospital ceiling blaming the dimwit cager that took him out with a big life-changing bang.