Inconsiderate driver on the tuckers

[Rhys]

Why is it that a BP tanker, truck and trailer unit, can pull over regularly enough to have no more than 2-4 vehicles behind him but lady in suzuki swift has 15ish and can't/won't pull over

Rant over

[george formby]

Heh. Don't you love em, dawdling along, King of the road, not a shit being given that day in a little world of their own.
If I'm in the van I feel thankful that they are saving me petrol, if I'm on the bike I like to see the little swerve they do when I overtake much to their surprise & chagrin.

[JimO]

yea those truck drivers are cnuts eh

[James Deuce]

The 'takas are double yellow lines the whole way over and there are no overtaking lanes on the downward legs. There are literally tens of spots bikes can safely overtake slow vehicles, but there has been an increased police presence frowning on the practice.

It isn't worth getting worked up over, but I do wish I could shoot flaming balls of hatred up their exhaust pipes. These are usually the people who claim they've never hurt anyone, never deliberately caused anyone else harm, but are incapable of performing simple courtesies during the course of their day as they are firm believers in people taking responsibility for their own issues. Those people timidly driving over a short stretch of twisty road are responsible for run away consumerism, the excesses of capitalism and the wholesale acceptance of vegetarianism as a norm instead of the vile heresy it is.

Burn them. Burn their progeny. Burn their houses, their clothes, their potted perennials and their reusable hessian shopping bags.

[James Deuce]

yea those truck drivers are cnuts eh
He wasn't complaining about them, he was wondering why B trains, artics, and a tanker with a trailer can park in an overtaking bay on the 'takas, but some overdressed bint on a mission to buy a new handbag from Adore in Greytown, in a Suzuki Swift, is incapable of doing the same and then claims there was nowhere to stop when asked.

I've had truckies wedge themselves into impossible places and pull way over to the left so I don't have to cross the double yellows to get by. 99% of truckies are considerate road users. 99% of people in and on other vehicles are the cunts you speak of.

[pzkpfw]

50% of these people think the people behind them ought to just "be patient", and think they are just "being safe" (and others are "being unsafe" for passing).

(see: letters to the editor of the Dominion).

The other 50% of these people are not even aware of the cue of frustrated drivers behind them.

(see: the shock I once saw on the face of the lady behind me, who seemed to be trying to pass me as I drove onto the shoulder, when she finally noticed the ambulance up her arse.)



(80% of statistics are made up.)

I do find fewer trucks piss me off than cars. And trucks can't help the speeds they are legally limited to.

[McFatty1000]

Its because truckers often realise that there are other road users that may be faster than themselves, where as the "I don't need to go 100kmph, so therefore everyone else doesn't need to either" brigade (Trust me, this is often their logic), or "I'm not in a rush, but its rude for you to pass me" think that because thats the speed I feel 'safe' at, than all other road users are dangerous at higher speeds (Again, these are real debates I've had with people)

Also, forward tunnel vision - those that don't even realise they should look behind themselves

Rant over

[breakaway]

The solution is to buy a 1000. You can get past them, merge back and slow back down so quick they will wonder what just happened was.

[pzkpfw]

The solution is to buy a 1000. You can get past them, merge back and slow back down so quick they will wonder what just happened was.

You don't need a thou' for that.

[breakaway]

Sure but it makes it effortless as fuck :)

[Cloggy]

And the police reckon they are cracking down on these people holding other vehicles up. Yeah right!
For some reason sunny days seem to bring these slow drivers out in droves.

[Rhys]

The solution is to buy a 1000. You can get past them, merge back and slow back down so quick they will wonder what just happened was.

I could pass most on a 50cc scooter, but just not legally,

The problem is I like my license and have no intention of making any donations to Gerry Brownlee

[Dogboy900]

I was following a people mover down there on the wairarapa side a few weeks ago, every time we approached one of the "safe for bikes to overtake" areas he would veer over into the oncoming lane a little. At first I thought he was drunk or something and kept back to avoid the inevitable crash. When I realised he was just an arsehole I overtook where there was a passing lane on the other side, when I looked in my mirror he was completely in the other lane having veered out as I went past to try and stop me! Looked to be about 60 ish with a vehicle full of people... Must really hate to be overtaken I guess?

On the same day I had multiple people pull over to allow me to pass often older people with big smiles on their faces as I went past. Glad the good ones outnumber the dicks!

[JimO]

He wasn't complaining about them, he was wondering why B trains, artics, and a tanker with a trailer can park in an overtaking bay on the 'takas, but some overdressed bint on a mission to buy a new handbag from Adore in Greytown, in a Suzuki Swift, is incapable of doing the same and then claims there was nowhere to stop when asked.

I've had truckies wedge themselves into impossible places and pull way over to the left so I don't have to cross the double yellows to get by. 99% of truckies are considerate road users. 99% of people in and on other vehicles are the cunts you speak of.
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oosh

[James Deuce]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oosh


That's the sound of a thou overtaking a Britz camper van. What of it?

[bogan]

I've had truckies wedge themselves into impossible places

Hope they bought you dinner first...

[McFatty1000]

That's the sound of a thou overtaking a Britz camper van. What of it?

Well, its better than the Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee of my bike passing...

[kiwi cowboy]

Well, its better than the Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee of my bike passing...

Stiil hearing the Neeeeee bit and waiting for the eeeeeeeeooow or are you still trying to pass

[McFatty1000]

Still passing most likely. Not even sure if my bike makes a eeeeooww sound worth mentioning when going past people :no:

[pritch]

Last ANZAC day I received an inquiry as to what velocity I travelled about the countryside on the bike.
I answered his question honestly. He looked incredulous for a while, then said, "I would block you."
My answer contained just two words, the customary advice regarding sex and travel.

In most instances a bike would be gone before he was even aware of its presence.

Sadly there's probably more like him out there so take care.

[kiwi cowboy]

Still passing most likely. Not even sure if my bike makes a eeeeooww sound worth mentioning when going past people :no:

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it is then:innocent:

[Road kill]

He wasn't complaining about them, he was wondering why B trains, artics, and a tanker with a trailer can park in an overtaking bay on the 'takas, but some overdressed bint on a mission to buy a new handbag from Adore in Greytown, in a Suzuki Swift, is incapable of doing the same and then claims there was nowhere to stop when asked.

I've had truckies wedge themselves into impossible places and pull way over to the left so I don't have to cross the double yellows to get by. 99% of truckies are considerate road users. 99% of people in and on other vehicles are the cunts you speak of.

An here's me finking he was just taking the P:whistle:

[James Deuce]

An here's me finking he was just taking the P:whistle:
It's difficult to tell. Whenever "bike" and "truck" are mentioned in the same thread he cries like a little princess, so I've given up trying to interpret his posts.

[BMWST?]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oosh

thats the souns of a thou passing something fast a campervan would be woooosh

[schrodingers cat]

Its not NECESSARY to change down on a litre bike when passing knobends but I always make the effort and enjoy making a BIG FUCKING RACKET going past. Seems to move them off the center line

[SNF]

Its not NECESSARY to change down on a litre bike when passing knobends but I always make the effort and enjoy making a BIG FUCKING RACKET going past. Seems to move them off the center line

Oh yes I do this too. I HAVE to change down when passing since I have 250cc's so I am always making racket :laugh:. Swift drivers are some the slowest. Audi and Holden drivers are the biggest faggots on the road - always seem aggressive and sometimes are just downright dangerous.

[BIG DOUG]

Fuck me went over the hill this morning at 7.30 ish and wondered why there where heaps of cars doing 30-40 kph and they where probably thinking why is that idiot passing on those double yellow lines,oh thats right the martinborough fair was on so all the morons who only drive over the hill once a year where all on it today,thank fuck they weren't there on the way back.

[pzkpfw]

... passing on those double yellow lines ...

You are clearly lying, as you have not burst into flames.

[rebel]

What can you expect. Economy cars, small shitbox SUVs, people movers, late model Corollas and those cheap tacky jap imports with chrome highlights are all driven by brain dead fuckwits. The amount of times I've seen any of them driven with common sense could be counted on one hand.

[SMOKEU]

Why is it that a BP tanker, truck and trailer unit, can pull over regularly enough to have no more than 2-4 vehicles behind him but lady in suzuki swift has 15ish and can't/won't pull over

Rant over

It's because the Swift driver feels that they own all the roads in NZ, and that they are doing everyone else a favour by allowing them to use the road that they own.

[caseye]

Returning from Rotten Rua to Dorkland last night, 10pmish, got to Pateatonga, had had a good 105 cruise controlled trip so far passed maybe 10 cars in either direction until then.
Caught up to a group of 5 vehicles ahead. One directly in front of me was a Police patrol car(Marked)
The 4 in front of the Police car were all newish vehicles, they were traveling at an average speed of 60 K's ( I said average speed, sometimes as low as 35 kph and other times as HIGH as 85ish)
I switched off the cruise control and pulled back from the patrol car so as to allow them room to deal with the fucktards ahead.
Well, seems the Police officer driving that car was quite happy to travel on 100KPH open roads at the speed of the lowest common denominator, the fuckwit in the front car averaging 60 kph.
Even the wife sitting beside me was getting pissed with them all!.
After traveling behind this circus for some ten K's I closed up to within about 60 m's of the Police car and turned on my hazard lights, long enough that I know they'd seen them.
I don't know, just thought they might get the idea that the mounting number of cars who'd caught up with them and the slow cars in front might have triggered some instinct in them to do the appropriate thing and get the dangerously slow, totally incompetent, (breaking for almost every corner, where it was totally unnecessary to do so) incapable drivers in front of them off the road before one of them overexerted their capabilities and crashed.
Butt No, they stayed behind this joke of an open road convoy for yet another 10 odd K's.
Made no attempt to call proceedings to a halt and allow the traffic to return to semi normal road speeds.
Could not believe that this Police officer allowed this to continue for so long.
They turned off finally and the whole four offending vehicles continued to travel at the same pace.
I waited for the passing lane and overtook the lot of em ( on the horn the whole way past all four of em, as were the people following me) never once having to exceed the posted speed limit, you know the "safer speed area" or even having to use the approaching double yellows.
Set the CC and continued on home.
The joke was that the last one I passed a small hatch thing, speeded up to my speed and tailed me for about 1 K, so close that I could not see their headlights in my rear view.
Left them there, did not hit the brakes or anything else, they must have realised they were traveling at nearly the sound barrier ( 100kph) and pulled back to their safer speed of approx 60kph.
It is my personal opinion that the Police officer should have recognised this situation for what it was and done something about it, they didn't, this is what upsets me and many others who like me drive/ride everyday and see these wankers in their new shiny little toys driving at their safe speed.
They! do cause other drivers to do stupid shit and most often they never even see it happening because it happens behind them and they patently don't look in that funny thing on the windscreen.
If people can't or won't travel at a legal and safe speed on open roads they should be removed from them asap.
This is becoming a much bigger problem and the Police themselves have publicly stated that these sort of drivers are dangerous in the extreme and when recognised they'd be pulled over ticketed and if necessary removed from the roads.
WHEN ffs.

[pete376403]

If you were in a car you could have called *555 and given the cop car rego

[unstuck]

Lucky you did not get a ticket for inappropriate use of your hazard flashers.:shutup:

[caseye]

You know Pete, I didn't think of that.
Nor about being ticketed for inappropriate use of my hazard lights. But the bugger would at least have had to stop me and I could then expound on my reasons for doing so.

[Swoop]

Swift drivers are some the slowest.
I refer to them as the "Suzuki Not-Very" because "swift" in the name is really false advertising.
A car dealer I spoke with said that if the front gets damaged then it costs $7k to replace the front bumper. Insurance companies just write off the vehicle instead.
Perhaps Suzuki should just stick to making bikes?

[ducatilover]

Meh.

You'll survive. If you're expecting to ride a road like the 'Takas and not get a huge line of traffic, you better reconsider the situation.

Lovely road, too many people, too many incompetent drivers, and riders (I've met some proper didlleheads on there), so I don't even bother with it anymore. Plus the 600 never gets time to wind up on it.

[BuzzardNZ]

Its not NECESSARY to change down on a litre bike when passing knobends but I always make the effort and enjoy making a BIG FUCKING RACKET going past. Seems to move them off the center line

I did this ( with very loud 2 bros pipes on ) and got *555'ed for my efforts !

[James Deuce]

I did this ( with very loud 2 bros pipes on ) and got *555'ed for my efforts !
That will simply be because they didn't know you were there, and they shit themselves when you went past and you could only have been speeding to be overtake such a superb driver as the pilot of the almost stationary vehicle. The *555 was simply to justify their fright or flight reaction as being the correct one instead of being an averagely good driver and knowing what is going on behind them as well as in front.

Or something.

They may simply have been National Party voters.

[superjackal]

Oh yes I do this too. I HAVE to change down when passing since I have 250cc's so I am always making racket :laugh:. Swift drivers are some the slowest. Audi and Holden drivers are the biggest faggots on the road - always seem aggressive and sometimes are just downright dangerous.

I have to agree with that. Holden drivers seem to think they're the kings of the road. And they really don't like being over-taken.

[Akzle]

I have to agree with that. Holden drivers seem to think they're the kings of the road. And they really don't like being over-taken.

on a GN250? i don't think honda civics would, either.

[ducatilover]

on a GN250? i don't think honda civics would, either.

Spesh them VTEC ones :yes:

[superjackal]

on a GN250? i don't think honda civics would, either.

Um, actually, yeah, I have passed Holdens on a GN250 (stationary counts, right?). It’s a gross generalisation but Holden drivers seem to be the NZ equivalent of the UK’s White Van Man?

Hmmm… maybe I should start a poll. Would you rather be seen on a Harley or a GN?

[Coldrider]

Um, actually, yeah, I have passed Holdens on a GN250 (stationary counts, right?). It’s a gross generalisation but Holden drivers seem to be the NZ equivalent of the UK’s White Van Man?

Hmmm… maybe I should start a poll. Would you rather be seen on a Harley or a GN?I'd rather drive my holden than ride a 250.

[gammaguy]

And the police reckon they are cracking down on these people holding other vehicles up. Yeah right!
For some reason sunny days seem to bring these slow drivers out in droves.

its because nz has a crap or non existent public transport system

in most countries the incompetent/decrepid/demented/dangerous drivers would have their licence taken away and left to the buses trains and taxis

as the judges fully realise that is not an option for many drivers in many parts of the country they are left on the road to kill/maim/inconvenience every other poor bastard

[gammaguy]

I refer to them as the "Suzuki Not-Very" because "swift" in the name is really false advertising.
A car dealer I spoke with said that if the front gets damaged then it costs $7k to replace the front bumper. Insurance companies just write off the vehicle instead.
Perhaps Suzuki should just stick to making bikes?

in the USA thats exactly what they did

Suzuki no longer sell cars there

[caspernz]

Last ANZAC day I received an inquiry as to what velocity I travelled about the countryside on the bike.
I answered his question honestly. He looked incredulous for a while, then said, "I would block you."
My answer contained just two words, the customary advice regarding sex and travel.

In most instances a bike would be gone before he was even aware of its presence.

Sadly there's probably more like him out there so take care.

Over the holidays I overtook, in a truck n trailer tanker unit, an old fella towing something like a foldout caravan thingee...he was doing 75-80 on the motorway and so I just cruised past doing 90 clicks. Same geezer dawdles into the servo I'd just delivered my load at, and he comes over for a quiet word about my speed. He seemed surprised that the 80 kmh limit for trailers had been amended years ago to 90 kmh...changed his tone somewhat :facepalm:

I wonder if he started driving closer to 90 after this discussion :blink:

[Berg]

I refer to them as the "Suzuki Not-Very" because "swift" in the name is really false advertising.
A car dealer I spoke with said that if the front gets damaged then it costs $7k to replace the front bumper. Insurance companies just write off the vehicle instead.
Perhaps Suzuki should just stick to making bikes?
:bs: The Bergs have a swift (abet a sport one) and its a wee rocket. Unfortunately we have the speeding tickets to prove that:shutup: front bumper also nowhere near that price any more. When they first came out parts were expensive but there's plenty of aftermarket bits available now.

[Swoop]

The Bergs have a swift (abet a sport one) and its a wee rocket. Unfortunately we have the speeding tickets to prove that.
*chortle*
"drive to the conditions" etc...
I looked at getting one when they were first released. $17k brand new (iirc), wasn't a bad price.
Not too sure what they go for nowadays.

[ducatilover]

They're around $20k for a base 1.4 Swift now.
Excellent little cars, drive well compared to the other Jap competition.

[unstuck]

Would,nt mind taking Monster tajima,s suzuki out for a wee spin.:yes::Punk:

[superjackal]

I'd rather drive my holden than ride a 250.

Good for you, enjoy the traffic.

[caspernz]

Returning from Rotten Rua to Dorkland last night, 10pmish, got to Pateatonga, had had a good 105 cruise controlled trip so far passed maybe 10 cars in either direction until then.

Even the wife sitting beside me was getting pissed with them all!.


Maybe it's my dirty mind, but if my wife and I are faced with a situation such as you outlined...it just spells out naughty blowjob opportunity...and we're both calm and relaxed, not to mention happy...just a thought :innocent:

[Coldrider]

Good for you, enjoy the traffic.yeah that's what happens, the 250 whizzers have to pass illegally, then the first sign of rough road surface or moisture and they are holding up traffic they just passed. and if you pass my holden, you are speeding. i think that you have the same mindset as the holden/audi drivers, and it reflects that, as why you have to pass them.

[unstuck]

The only bugger that has overtaken me on my bike in a car was a holden, a big noisy,fast as fuck one too.Bastard.:cry:

[Coldrider]

The only bugger that has overtaken me on my bike in a car was a holden, a big noisy,fast as fuck one too.Bastard.:cry:Audi's are better, their suspension is far superior, by far.

[Gremlin]

The only bugger that has overtaken me on my bike in a car was a holden, a big noisy,fast as fuck one too.Bastard.:cry:
I followed one Holden over Mt Messenger one day. V8 crackle and rumble into corners, then squirming sideways out of corners trying to get the power down.

Hell, I just sat behind and enjoyed :yes:

[unstuck]

This bastard was in a black SS, I thought I would have him when we got to the gravel, but no, the bastard could drive, we hit the gravel doing upwards of 180 and I was sure the cnut would back off, but oh no. I need a faster bike.:yes:

[Akzle]

Hell, I just sat behind and enjoyed :yes:
you are a bit that way, eh...


This bastard was in a black SS, I thought I would have him when we got to the gravel, but no, the bastard could drive, we hit the gravel doing upwards of 180 and I was sure the cnut would back off, but oh no. I need a faster bike.:yes:

sounds like my uncle, but he's only got the baby 5.7, and it's bright fucken orange.