Lucky I was cautious

[rocketman1]

Had a great ride around East Cape last weekend, on the whole the traffic was good.
Except for one plonker.
I had been riding about 50 metres behind this little car, just east of Tekaha, when he pulled to the left as though he was going to stop on the road side, I was cautious and slowed as the car had not indicated, just as I was turning the throttle to overtake the car when it did a right angle turn up a driveway on the other side of the road. I didnt have time to hit the horn, I just braked and just swerved behind it.

Had I not been extra cautious this could have stuffed my trip altogether.

My purpose for the thread is just reinforcing how cautious you have to be as biker.

[ajturbo]

lucky !!!!!!:Punk:

[unstuck]

Their out there.Good on you for your defenceive riding.:yes:

[p.dath]

Lucky escape!

[Jay GTI]

Yeah seems to bee a bit of an endemic NZ driving issue that one, having to swing wide too get into driveways and the like. Actually, as you have to actively look for cars that don't have power steering these days, there is no reason to do this any more. But hey, just cos you don't have to, doesn't mean you should stop driving badly...

[oldrider]

I don't think you had a "lucky" escape, I think you did everything right ... the car driver had a lucky escape and they will just do it again too! :facepalm:

ACC and the law makers are focussed on the wrong group! :brick:

[scumdog]

I was cautious and slowed as the car had not indicated, just as I was turning the throttle to overtake the car when it did a right angle turn up a driveway on the other side of the road. I didnt have time to hit the horn, I just braked and just swerved behind it.
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The driver probably (a) has no licence or (b) does not have a 'proper' one.

Pretty common up there.

Good survival skills BTW.

[BMWST?]

that is(or should be) normal behaviour for any m'cyclist.Spidey sense.........a must have.Not saying right or wrong just how it must be

[actungbaby]

Well Done

Not lucky as you thought about it ,my moto is after ( hiting a car) in the past, Is if thought come into you head act on right then and there

Hay you might braked for no reason but what does that matter anyway, id rather that that siting on ground or years alter thinking what if i did

this my bike whoudint be wreaked , i dont think of it as oh wish that dude didnt do that id look what i choud done to avoid the accident

What i have seen is alot drivers pull over to left so get good swing at wheel to turn around fast,

just not thing you need

need when you following , i whoulding bother with the horn just brake keep mind on that waste time using the horn if you

into the side the car afterwards and it might freak out drive make rush do something or stop or slow down right in front of you

not good for u or the bike

Well done always think whats worst the driver in front can do and act like he is going to if you coming up to drive

I really dislike ones that creep out with wheels slowly turning like in such rush they cant wait still before you pass by

Look to see they hand postion on the steering wheel but more so where all people and not like drivers are

Out to get us just we all can make mistakes i caused accident myself rode out infront car got bumped of was okay

But anoyyed id made mistake i have never repeated touch wood


Had a great ride around East Cape last weekend, on the whole the traffic was good.
Except for one plonker.
I had been riding about 50 metres behind this little car, just east of Tekaha, when he pulled to the left as though he was going to stop on the road side, I was cautious and slowed as the car had not indicated, just as I was turning the throttle to overtake the car when it did a right angle turn up a driveway on the other side of the road. I didnt have time to hit the horn, I just braked and just swerved behind it.

Had I not been extra cautious this could have stuffed my trip altogether.

My purpose for the thread is just reinforcing how cautious you have to be as biker.

[caseye]

I too would like to say , "well Done". Not, you had a lucky escape! You waited, you gave yourself time, that's what staying alive on a motorcycle is all about, again Well Done.

[george formby]

Good road craft, if your in a WTF is going to happen next situation, you stay out the way. I would count that as a win & put another digicus impudicus sticker on my fairing.

[paturoa]

Like previous posters have said - no luck in it.

[Sable]

Ride like everyone is actively trying to kill you and you'll be fine.

[raftn]

Had a great ride around East Cape last weekend, on the whole the traffic was good.
Except for one plonker.
I had been riding about 50 metres behind this little car, just east of Tekaha, when he pulled to the left as though he was going to stop on the road side, I was cautious and slowed as the car had not indicated, just as I was turning the throttle to overtake the car when it did a right angle turn up a driveway on the other side of the road. I didnt have time to hit the horn, I just braked and just swerved behind it.

Had I not been extra cautious this could have stuffed my trip altogether.

My purpose for the thread is just reinforcing how cautious you have to be as biker.

Luck had nothing to do with it. You anticpated and was aware of something and reacted accordingly when that very thing happened.

[5150]

Well Done

Not lucky as you thought about it ,my moto is after ( hiting a car) in the past, Is if thought come into you head act on right then and there

Hay you might braked for no reason but what does that matter anyway, id rather that that siting on ground or years alter thinking what if i did

this my bike whoudint be wreaked , i dont think of it as oh wish that dude didnt do that id look what i choud done to avoid the accident

What i have seen is alot drivers pull over to left so get good swing at wheel to turn around fast,

just not thing you need

need when you following , i whoulding bother with the horn just brake keep mind on that waste time using the horn if you

into the side the car afterwards and it might freak out drive make rush do something or stop or slow down right in front of you

not good for u or the bike

Well done always think whats worst the driver in front can do and act like he is going to if you coming up to drive

I really dislike ones that creep out with wheels slowly turning like in such rush they cant wait still before you pass by

Look to see they hand postion on the steering wheel but more so where all people and not like drivers are

Out to get us just we all can make mistakes i caused accident myself rode out infront car got bumped of was okay

But anoyyed id made mistake i have never repeated touch wood

Couldn't understand a word of that garble.... :confused:

[avgas]

What?!!!????

Where are the "You shoulda kicked in his tail lights bro, what an asshole".

I miss the bad ol' days. :devil2:

[PrincessBandit]

I too would like to say , "well Done". Not, you had a lucky escape! You waited, you gave yourself time, that's what staying alive on a motorcycle is all about, again Well Done.

Exactly. Riding is not something to be done with brain dis-engaged. If caution requires that you ease off the throttle and give yourself that extra space, then so be it. Road hazards are all over the place, and not just sitting behind the steering wheel of a car. Good on you for being a thinking rider.

[PrincessBandit]

What?!!!????

Where are the "You shoulda kicked in his tail lights bro, what an asshole".

I miss the bad ol' days. :devil2:

Meh, it's wing mirrors, or the driver window if your gloves are armoured sufficiently.

[avgas]

Meh, it's wing mirrors, or the driver window if your gloves are armoured sufficiently.
Both not usually mounted around the rear of the car hun :msn-wink::bleh:

[newhere]

Couldn't understand a word of that garble.... :confused:

+1 ..... :confused:

[varminter]

Is that god awful detour west of Omio still there? the one with really tight bends and great lumps of road metal. Bloody hated it last febuary, what with all the luggage and the wife on the back.:baby:

[rocketman1]

I am now a cautious rider, but I am getting older too, hopefully wiser, but maybe my reactions are not quite as quick as they used to be. So it goes that when you get into your 60's that you take it easier.
Than when you were 20.
That is the the thing I kept thinking about after that incident, that when I was a gung ho 20 year old I would "probably' just have tried to accelerate past that car, just as I know plenty of my fellow riders I sometimes ride with would have done.
I was also wearing a Bright yellow Hivis much to the consternation of my fellow rider.
This is something that I don't mind doing now which I would not have done when I was young and cooler!!. Not that it would have helped in this incident.