Is this guy taking the piss?

[nzmikey]

Once again found on Stuff.co.nz ( dont know why I read this shit .)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff-nation/8178423/I-want-to-ride-my-bike-and-get-home-alive


Anyway, if I give my survival tips, maybe fellow motorcyclists would respond with theirs that I can maybe start using?

When travelling straight through an intersection where traffic coming from the other direction is about to turn right across your path, tailgate the car in front, to not give the right turning vehicle the opportunity to turn across your path. ... Sorry what ? :facepalm:

But I was told that tailgating is dangerous....

anyhooo have a read

[BigAl]

He wants a state highway the length of the Sth Island so obviously rides a Cruiser.

What a tosser!

[george formby]

Once again found on Stuff.co.nz ( dont know why I read this shit .)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff-nation/8178423/I-want-to-ride-my-bike-and-get-home-alive

... Sorry what ? :facepalm:

But I was told that tailgating is dangerous....

anyhooo have a read

Somebody needs to go do some training rather than making it up as they go along. The last place I want to be is sat up somebody's chuff.

[Zedder]

What a wuss, lol, remember though it's his version of keeping safe. He did write about "temporarily" tailgating later on however.

[nzmikey]

Somebody needs to go do some training rather than making it up as they go along. The last place I want to be is sat up somebody's chuff.

This is worse than the advice you would find on KB & if a new rider were to see this well now ...... Maybe he is hoping that more people take his "advice" so they all bin & then the gooberment will deem motorcycling to be dangerous and make us all pay lots of money to register our bik...... oh wait, never mind as you were

[nzmikey]

got off the phone to this guy .... he is not qualified as a motorcycling instructor, these are his thoughts on what makes you a safer motorcyclist ...:facepalm:

He could not see what was wrong with what he has stated on that article

[Gremlin]

He contradicts himself several times...

... and seriously needs to go on a riding course to get some insight that WILL actually keep him safer... :confused:

[awa355]

Two ways of looking at it. 1; he shouldn't be spouting on about something he's not qualified on.
2; He's entitled to have an opinion on a subject and express that opinion.

Neither view is going to win.

[nzmikey]

Two ways of looking at it. 1; he shouldn't be spouting on about something he's not qualified on.
2; He's entitled to have an opinion on a subject and express that opinion.

Neither view is going to win.

Yeah that is fine if he wants his view but it should be stated on there that he is " Not Qualified as an instructor"

[Zedder]

Yeah that is fine if he wants his view but it should be stated on there that he is " Not Qualified as an instructor"

He did label it Reader Report though.

[James Deuce]

He may not have been, but I just was. Let's see if the comment pops up.

Edit: Ooo, it just did.

[nzmikey]

He did label it Reader Report though.

Yeah as in STUFF.CO.NZ Reader Report .... It is their lazy way of getting content ... your average joe blogs can write shit & sent it & it gets printed online .

[ducatilover]

Paul Owen's mate?

[nzmikey]

He may not have been, but I just was. Let's see if the comment pops up.

Edit: Ooo, it just did.

:clap:

10char

[Zedder]

Yeah as in STUFF.CO.NZ Reader Report .... It is their lazy way of getting content ... your average joe blogs can write shit & sent it & it gets printed online .

That's why it's important to read things carefully and not go off half cocked.

[oldrider]

The guy is not a dedicated motorcyclist, he simply rides a bike .... not the same thing!

[Banditbandit]

It's an "assignment" (Whatever that might mean on stuff.co ...) usually a piece of drivel from an over-educated young person called "a student" ... and therefore drivel ...

[HenryDorsetCase]

I was going to comment on it, but I have to join Stuff nation in order to do so. Stuff that.

some TERRIBLE advice though.

[jasonu]

got off the phone to this guy .... he is not qualified as a motorcycling instructor, these are his thoughts on what makes you a safer motorcyclist ...:facepalm:

He could not see what was wrong with what he has stated on that article

Did you point him towards this thread???
It would be interesting to hear his replys to comments posted here.

[James Deuce]

That's why it's important to read things carefully and not go off half cocked.

I've read that comment over and over and feel like I'm missing some sort of contextual information that will help define what you just said.

[Zedder]

I've read that comment over and over and feel like I'm missing some sort of contextual information that will help define what you just said.

It was in reference to the fact that it's important to see who wrote the article. In this case, as I wrote earlier, it was just a reader report ie: not from a motorcycle instructor. Cheers.

[nzmikey]

Did you point him towards this thread???
It would be interesting to hear his replys to comments posted here.

No but I should have ....

I also recorded the phone convo :shutup:

[nzmikey]

Did you point him towards this thread???
It would be interesting to hear his replys to comments posted here.

He has just responded on the Stuff Page :



Wes McGuinness56 minutes ago
Nick Summerhayes here, under my pseudonym Wes McGuinness.

Thanks for all the tips and the link etc. I will have a look.

Maybe 'tailgating' was too strong a word...
I guess I should say any collision is bad but a rear-ender should be less damaging... like roundabouts being better than intersections. On a roundabout you are more likely to get side-swiped or rear-ended which is better than t-boned at an intersection, but Cantabrians don't know how to negotiate roundabouts so most have been removed.

Point taken on the Kaikoura stretch, and I'm sure there will be some other non-suitable for motorway portions.

Stuff did edit it things a bit; around town, I was suggesting if you have time to be on the right hand side of the vehicle you are following when a right turning vehicle is sitting in an intersection... the idea being you're giving the person sitting there a chance to see your headlight(s).
Then, just before you traverse the intersection say 10 metres behind the car in front, you move over to follow the left hand tyre of the car in front. Once through the intersection drop back and get over to the right again.

To the person who mentioned the travel writer (Charley Boorman ?) I agree. I would love to go wild on NZ South Island roads when there is not one other vehicle on them at the same time as me...

I can't really argue with the guy who says I should pack it in as I'm too paranoid... I wasn't like this in Europe.

I actually cycle commute much more than I bike, and just this morning I had that classic where I got overtaken by a car as I'm 4m from a main road, so I rode out with the guy. He seemed surprised.

I actually didn't think the article was too controversial, but I've had a call from an Auckland biker who was not happy, saying that some professionals were horrified at the suggestions, so I may need to pull my head in.
I guess the debate is always good. It's the only thing that will change anything.

YES, to the guys who say ride like you're invisible, and everyone out there wants to kill you; most can't be bothered to go through with it, because of all the messy litigation involved, but there are always a few exceptions...

To finish, I'm sure that all you fellow bikers out there already know that the colour of adrenaline is... brown...

[Berries]

I actually cycle commute much more than I bike.

Finally, I'm not particularly interested in speed on a motorcycle.
Enough said. Move along.

[Woodman]

One big road down the middle of the South island? great idea, but who would ride on it?

He's a cyclist so thinks he has some sort of moral highground to comment on other road users.

Twat

[Blackbird]

He's a cyclist so thinks he has some sort of moral highground to comment on other road users



Why the surprise? It hasn't stopped KB'ers who have never bothered to upskill after getting their license from spouting bollocks :rolleyes:

[Woodman]

Why the surprise? It hasn't stopped KB'ers who have never bothered to upskill after getting their license from spouting bollocks :rolleyes:

Not surprised, and agree.

[BigAl]

More like 'sprouting bollocks' :laugh:

[bosslady]

scary... hope newbies reading that aren't stupid enough to do what he says

[hayd3n]

rip cyclist / part time biker

[FJRider]

Why the surprise? It hasn't stopped KB'ers who have never bothered to upskill after getting their license from spouting bollocks :rolleyes:

So that yellow plate with the big black L .. stands for LEGEND ... huh .. !! <_<

[bosslady]

So that yellow plate with the big black L .. stands for LEGEND ... huh .. !! <_<

yes, that's right :)

[FJRider]

yes, that's right :)

So I was right ... ??? :eek:

How did that happen .. :scratch: ... :confused:

[Berries]

Why the surprise? It hasn't stopped KB'ers who have never bothered to upskill after getting their license from spouting bollocks :rolleyes:
I see what you did there. Next thing they will be pushing their blog.............