Killjoys are out again

[Lou Girardin]

Enjoy a smoke while you can people, I just read in the Herald that the Gummint is considering roadside tests for cannabis.
That stuff stays in your system for days. Or we could do like Bill Clinton, not inhale.:beer:

[Motoracer]

What do you guys reckon about blasting when your high, I've spoken to someone who does that and he reckons it relaxes him so there is no danger involved. From personal experience, I wouldn't jump on a bike at all after doing you know what, not that I do it anymore anyways.

[Nouseforaname]

I dont need to do drugs, i get the same effect from standing up fast:D

[SpankMe]

You tend to ride slow when wasted. Drunk people ride/drive more aggressively, but wasters ride/drive more passively.

[bluninja]

On that basis I must be permanently wasted:D

TTFN

[SPman]

Last time I rode slightly wasted, I drove straight into a Skoda! - but very slowly....didnt even fall off:D  Did more damage to the Skoda than to the Kwaka triple.!

Wouldnt want to try riding wasted these days though......regardless of what riders say - it fucks your motor skills and concentration and you need all the ability you can muster when your're riding.

[wkid_one]

I disagree with this entirely - anything that impairs your judgement, reaction times and capability while riding is not a good thing.  I know how bad it is stoned sitting down - let alone stoned at 160kph down a back road

[Marmoot]

I wouldn't drive or ride in the next 8 hours after any drugs/alcohol/etc.

Just a bit of info, if you take Panadol (or anything containing paracetamol) please stay away from extended direct heat (especially strong sunlight) exposure. The side effects include dizziness, lapse of judgement, etc very similar to drunkenness, deep fatigue or hypothermia.

Heck, I wouldn't even drive after Panadol. I'd take Panadol after I get home.

[Jackrat]

Heck,I use Panadol every day,plus Voltaran an a couple of others.
Thats just in the morning,in the evening I take another few keep me alives.As for smoking pot,they don,t call it dope for nothing.
:no:

[Marmoot]

Originally posted by Jackrat
Heck,I use Panadol every day,plus Voltaran an a couple of others.

There must be something wrong with your head, mate. Try see a doctor. Extended use of Panadol is not recommended at all. :gob:

[Kwaka-Kid]

i say go go go! spark up the random testing ASAP! im sure it can only help? whats the worst its going to do? catch a few more stoners.

fully agree with Wkid_1... with you on this one 100% dude.

not that i have ever tried any illegal drug, let alone whilst in control of a motor vechile, but i learnt first time when it came to being 15 with an R licence drinking @ a party and having enuf trouble trying to get the keys out of my pocket, let alone into the lock then to figure out how to takeoff without stalling... well yeah, luckily i only really got as far as trying to get the keys out of my pocket (pitty i was searching the wrong pocket all along).

[riffer]

For mine, I'd be too paranoid to get on a bike if I'd smoked... too much to concentrate on - not that I've done it in ages - with 3 kids under 6 too expensive and too much responsibility for that crap now. Stick to my single malts (but NEVER when riding or driving).

Seems to me a lot more cagers stoned on the roads than riders anyway.

Maybe if we get a few stoners off the road the remaining ones might see us a bit more often, especially at roundabouts.

VERY interesting about the Paracetamol and heat. I've had that happen to me before in those circumstances but never associated the two - just thought it was the pain I was taking the pills for. I'll watch that in future.

[750Y]

Originally posted by Marmoot
There must be something wrong with your head, mate. Try see a doctor. Extended use of Panadol is not recommended at all. :gob:

No-one takes panadol because they LIKE to.

[Jackrat]

Marmot,I see my doctor on a regular basis,If you can come up with a better idea I,d like to hear it.I take panodol then I take something else to counter the side effects,I take voltaran then something to counter the side effects of that,I then take aropax to counter the side effects of the other four put togeather.
Have a nice day mate,I will

[Lou Girardin]

Hold up there Neddy! I was more concerned about the long term traces left in your system than riding stoned. I've never done that, NO no no no no. :p

[Jackrat]

Yeah Lou,I think there is a test for just about everything now days,They could test me for speed an I would go off the scale,But that don,t mean I,m a speed freak.I just hope that when all these different tests become the norm they can tell the diff, between me an a P head.I only hope the cop involved has more brains than Marmot.Whats the chance. :rolleyes:

[What?]

Big story in yesterday's Herald about the dude killed in police chase up Whangarei way. Full of cannabis and speed. Plus the bike's speed. And in possession of a firearm he had no legal right to. Draw your own conclusions..:(

Personally, I figure I've got bikes, fishing, shooting and a great country to live in. Why would I want drugs? (Scotch excepted :o )

[jrandom]

Originally posted by What?
Personally, I figure I've got bikes, fishing, shooting and a great country to live in. Why would I want drugs? (Scotch excepted :o )

:2thumbsup

What more can I say?

[jrandom]

Originally posted by SpankMe
You tend to ride slow when wasted. Drunk people ride/drive more aggressively, but wasters ride/drive more passively.

Yup.

Reminds me of a (true, really!) story told to me by a friend a while back about a chap she knew who ended up without a license for a bit. He got stoned and drove down Queen St on a Saturday night.

His driving style gave it away; quite possibly the only person I've ever heard of who was pulled over by a cop on foot.

:D

[riffer]

Originally posted by What?
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Scotch is not a drug. Its a blessing :niceone:

[wkid_one]

Didn't think you did Lou- Motoracer posed the question about riding stoned in his post under yours

[scumdog]

I'm glad to see most of you think riding pissed/stoned ain't such a flash idea - I reckon so too but thought I was just an old fuddy-duddy.
Sure riding stoned may make you ride slower yadda-yadda-yadda but some of those effects are the ones that can get you killed!
"Oh wow man, here comes a truck that didn't give way, I've got the right of way but hr's not stopping I suppose I should do something about stopping SPLAT!!!
Riding a bike and staying alive is hard enough without drugs and/or booze "enhancing" your riding skills :(

[750Y]

I wouldn't know, but I have enough trouble riding my bike straight-as.

[SPman]

Originally posted by scumdog
........."Oh wow man, here comes a truck that didn't give way, I've got the right of way but hr's not stopping I suppose I should do something about stopping SPLAT!!! ....
:(

What! You saw my crash 30 yrs ago! :eek:

[Marmoot]

Originally posted by Jackrat
I only hope the cop involved has more brains than Marmot.

Heh? Impossible.
I'm infalible :angry2:

[Car Dodger]

Or we could do like Bill Clinton, not inhale.:beer:


Oh you mean were sposed to inhale it, Its a nice slow feed if you take it analy:D

[Lou Girardin]

Would that be lit or unlit? How do you stop it bending?
Lou

[Car Dodger]

Smoke Dope Eat Soap, Fly home in a Bubble:p