My lines! get outa my lane!

[mister.koz]

Three times i have headed to whangas and back from hamilton, Twice on the beasty and once in the car. For those who don't know its a nice section of corners with a boring section of straights close to hamilton. A recommended (and keep your wits about you) ride - paeroa, kopu/hikuai road, whangamata, waihi, paeroa.

Each time i have spotted a rider who got a fright when they realised that they were in my lane, now there's normally a few SUV's and BMW's who do this which is to be expected and for that reason i keep quite far left.

One was a bandit (not sure what size) one harley and one duke. The bandit and the harley were fine because i was fairly far left but they still got a fright and panic adjusted, the duke however was quite frightened because that i was in the cage there wasn't a favourable amount of room.

Still no incident but really WTF? in the wrong lane in a blind corner??

[Blackbird]

We think alike:Punk:

See the rant that I just posted on my blog:http://geoffjames.blogspot.com/2010/03/global-driving-standards-or-lack-of-em.html. Most of the idiots are drivers of the 4 wheeled variety but you do see some stupid riders too, normally riding as a group rather than solo.

Good time to raise it, given the push for safer roads!

[mister.koz]

Yeah man, its fairly prolific across the vehicles i reckon.

I have always wondered why there is such a push for limiting speed when a decent portion of people haven't got the ability to travel safely inside the speed limit. I don't claim to stay inside the speed limit but i am pretty polite on the road!

I am still at odds of how one could implement a safety regime that had people maintain education levels on the road, doing frequent road code tests and practical driving. The current system says: "right, you've passed now so you don't have to be tested again apart from an eye test every 10 years, now go forth and cut people off on roundabouts".

After learning where all the controls were i felt i was free to pay attention to surface and the other vehicles on the road, on closer inspection i am frequently horrified at the apathy and ignorance out there. I quite frequently get slow drivers racing to be first out of a round about WTF?

On the other side, people do make mistakes on the road. Its easy to loose attention for a split second, hence why i have mully's quote on my signature!


We think alike:Punk:

See the rant that I just posted on my blog:http://geoffjames.blogspot.com/2010/03/global-driving-standards-or-lack-of-em.html. Most of the idiots are drivers of the 4 wheeled variety but you do see some stupid riders too, normally riding as a group rather than solo.

Good time to raise it, given the push for safer roads!

[CookMySock]

Pull some imaginary thing out of your jacket and pretend to angrily throw it real hard at them - make it look real.

They won't do that again.

Steve

[Tank]

Pull some imaginary thing out of your jacket and pretend to angrily throw it real hard at them - make it look real.



Then someone *555's your ass and you get pulled by the 5-0

You wonder why you get pulled over? Obv you are a menace on the road.

[Blackbird]

Then someone *555's your ass and you get pulled by the 5-0

You wonder why you get pulled over? Obv you are a menace on the road.

And gets the rest of us a sh*t reputation. DB, you can be a complete muppet sometimes. Oh all right, most of the time:bleh:

[mister.koz]

Or we could just get loud exhausts and blip when they come near. Then again, i'd rather not give other vehicles a fright when they are too close to me already :/

[CookMySock]

And gets the rest of us a sh*t reputation. DB, you can be a complete muppet sometimes. Oh all right, most of the time:bleh:I don't think so. Wankers who cross the centreline and force bikes into gravel get what they fucking deserve. They can hold that against me as long as they like - it is a tenth of the crime they just committed. I don't live in fear that some person will hate me for my actions, particularly from those who already have hateful actions - they can get fucked. And as for #555, the fuzz can put me in front of the judge for throwing a handful of air - I'd like to see them try win that one.

Steve

[YellowDog]

And gets the rest of us a sh*t reputation. DB, you can be a complete muppet sometimes. Oh all right, most of the time:bleh:

:rofl: Yep he's a real menace and needs to be stopped :rofl:

In fact ACC seems to think we all are!

[Tank]

I don't think so. Wankers who cross the centreline and force bikes into gravel get what they fucking deserve.

Gee - I would have thought from your previous post that if a biker was forced into gravel he would have got what HE deserved. Especially if he gets hurt (See my SIG for clarification).

[CookMySock]

Gee - I would have thought from your previous post that if a biker was forced into gravel he would have got what HE deserved. Especially if he gets hurt (See my SIG for clarification).When you are losing an argument, you resort to the most ridiculous tactics.

:yawn:

Steve

[Tank]

When you are losing an argument, you resort to the most ridiculous tactics.

:yawn:

Steve

Rereads thread - nope cannot see where losing an argument.

As for tactics - same situation - biker hurt thru fault of other - and you come up with the "if someone is stupid enough to fuck themselves up that bad in a bike crash then they deserve everything they get."

Its not that its a "ridiculous tactic" - its ridiculous that you would type that kind of thing in the first instance.

an example of "ridiculous tactic" is your pretending to throw something at someone mid corner - risking causing a crash as driver reacts, or at the very least making bikers look like idiots.

So how would you feel if you did actually cause an accident as the driver tried to avoid the object you "threw" ?

[BoristheBiter]

:rofl: Yep he's a real menace and needs to be stopped :rofl:

In fact ACC seems to think we all are!

Stopped for ice cream?
Can i have choccy sprinkles?
Maybe thats what he's throwing.

[Sable]

This forum is nothing but a bunch of squabbling children and braindeads, I swear.

[Blackbird]

This forum is nothing but a bunch of squabbling children and braindeads, I swear.

Well, one or two anyway. I see you're a gentleman of taste though - I had an X7 and GB400 too, both wonderful bikes:Punk:

[proseuche]

oooooooooh I <3 this ride. doing it in a few weeks for some hot rods on the beach bollcocks. don't give a fuck about the hot rods, but the ride. oohhhhhhhh the ride. nice smooth roads. lots of fab corners. my fav.

[MarkH]

Still no incident but really WTF? in the wrong lane in a blind corner??

WTF indeed - crossing the centre lane should only be done with a lot of forethought & caution and never in a blind corner. All riders and drivers should challenge themselves to make every trip without crossing the centre line without firstly weighing up for several seconds the manoeuvre.

Generally you would cross the centre line to pass someone, you would check your rear view mirror first to make sure there wasn't someone else coming past you. You would also look along the road to ensure no vehicle is coming the other way and that you had more than enough visibility to make the manoeuvre safely. Cutting across a corner while negotiating a blind bend is bloody dangerous and very stupid, if you find yourself accidentally doing this then concentrate harder and work at not doing it again - you might not survive the same mistake the next time.

[mister.koz]

oooooooooh I <3 this ride. doing it in a few weeks for some hot rods on the beach bollcocks. don't give a fuck about the hot rods, but the ride. oohhhhhhhh the ride. nice smooth roads. lots of fab corners. my fav.

Yeah man, the 8 (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/wiki/Coromandel_8) is one of my favourite rides :)


WTF indeed - crossing the centre lane should only be done with a lot of forethought & caution and never in a blind corner. All riders and drivers should challenge themselves to make every trip without crossing the centre line without firstly weighing up for several seconds the manoeuvre.

Generally you would cross the centre line to pass someone, you would check your rear view mirror first to make sure there wasn't someone else coming past you. You would also look along the road to ensure no vehicle is coming the other way and that you had more than enough visibility to make the manoeuvre safely. Cutting across a corner while negotiating a blind bend is bloody dangerous and very stupid, if you find yourself accidentally doing this then concentrate harder and work at not doing it again - you might not survive the same mistake the next time.

There's a good deal of reasons not to cross the centre line... I am pretty sure that the only reason they would be crossing in the blind would be because they messed up their lines and were going too quick to change them. A very good reason to keep left :)

[Mom]

I wonder though if it isn't pure lazy on some drivers parts. I travel a rural road to and from work each day, part of the trip is on 80kph road, speed limit lowered to compesate for piss poor driving skills and for maximum revenue gathering. The balance is open road. Now I drive that road at 100kph easy as, no crossing the lines etc. I can not count the number of times I have met traffic coming the opposite way, shortening up a corner and crossing into my path.

Yesterday I followed a car ALL the way to work, rep vehicle of some sort, making a delivery of drainpipe or the like. This friggen driver travelled 10 kph under the limit in the 80 zone, straightening up every corner he could. When we got to the open road section he sped right up, and attacked it like it was a race track! Absolute idiot! Not one single corner taken on his side of the road. I actually dropped right back from him as I was sure he was going to come to grief.