Near miss log

[granstar]

At work we now have incentives to report near misses with anything. The idea being pro-active to collect information of near misses or things leading to near miss accidents and dealing with issues where needed to reduce an actual accident occurring. Yeah it's all this red tape shitte blah blah...but it is actually stopping a few nasty incidents occurring and people are becoming more aware and involved in leaving work by foot rather than by an ambulance. So will it be any use to motorcyclists?

Dunno but i'll start as had one Saturday.

Riding along a double lane on right side a female driver driving along side pulled across in front of me.
I knew she was there because I had my farkin eyes open, and predicted she would do that.
Calmly I carefully braked to avoid running into her back door and let her in, had I been asleep she would have definitely taken me out.
My instinct then was to give a toot on the horn just to let her know the error of her ways however when I did that, she got a fright, looked in her rear view mirror to finally see a motorcyclist with headlight shining in through, and reacted in my disbelief, by pulling out of the way with out looking back and into the lane to the left she had just come from.
If anyone else was close behind her initially she would have crashed into them and likely sucked me into that pile up as well.

So my thought here is although an error of another motorist near missing me, with a chance of the bike being in a blind spot of a side mirror ...but nether the less both had been travelling the same direction some time, resolved by my situation awareness and defensive driving, my reaction of tooting the horn could well have caused a worse crash than the near miss.

Patience as a motorcyclist is a requisite, (Yeah, I know should have smashed her, but safety is the point here)<_<

Share you near misses that you may think could help other riders get home safe, try keep yer comments on topic.

[Berries]

I get people pulling out on me every now and again. Like you I know when I am in or passing through their blind spot and occasionally get that spider sense before they change lanes on me. I laugh, I knew they were going to do it. Fuck, sometimes I ride in their blind spot just to see what happens - eyes open, brakes covered etc etc.

Have never used the horn other than to scare my kids, I can't see what it achieves. If the driver thinks you did it in anger then they are in a bigger vehicle so you lose. Horns are just an excuse for poor positioning if you ask me, and a failure to fully appreciate the reality of riding a bike on the road with other traffic and placing it accordingly. Not sure what you were expecting when you hit the button, but yes, sounds like you caused the second near miss.



What's wrong with kicking the mirror off like the good old days?

[RGVforme]

I can see that log filling up fast lol.

Cars pulling out of driveways from my right in busy traffic into the gap im in thinking its clear because they haven't seen me is a common one.

Multi car passing on passing lanes and having cars pull out to pass also as im going past them.

Parked in a roadside carpark between two cars and had some clown swing into the park and almost knock me off.

Blind corner cutting farmers lost townies and other BIKERS! on or over the center line.(Any biker who does this is a temp kiwi fool in my books fastest way around it or not its the road not The Isle of Man TT)

Gravel from driveways having been scrubbed out onto the road from use.

Harrier Hawks trying to take off with their breakfast possum or rabbit tend to hang about helmet height(Hawk nil helmet one though I did get covered in maggots)

There is bound to be more but a miss is as good as a mile..So I learn from it let it go and ride on.

:ride:

[WNJ]

What about the fucker on the White reposl and his buddy almost taken out by overtaking a line of cars on way to paeroa but a car ahead was overtaking the first car, reposl dick and mate nearly in ditch having to go around car overtaking car,

[caseye]

What about the fucker on the White reposl and his buddy almost taken out by overtaking a line of cars on way to paeroa but a car ahead was overtaking the first car, reposl dick and mate nearly in ditch having to go around car overtaking car,

uh HUH, a white? REPSOL, how unusual.

[neels]

4 from one ride on Saturday.

Driver who had finished looking at the planes behind the airport U turned across the road straight in front of me, gathered things up and waved a finger, carried on my way.

Stray sheep from a flock being moved trotted across the road directly in front of me, let it cross the road then got on the horn so hopefully the farmer in the paddock would notice and come and retrieve his property.

Loose cow wandered across the road directly in front of me, plenty of time to pull up while watching the mirror to make sure the bike behind wasn't getting too close.

Following an old guy in a ute indicating right at a roundabout, hung back from overtaking on the left because it just didn't look right, changed his mind and carried on straight through where I would have been.

Take up motorcycling they said, it'll be fun they said.....

[Jin]

I was on the northern motorway heading to city one evening and a car was in the right lane doing 95km with cars passing on the left. I came up a bit close to him following for awhile and he was completely oblivious to me and cars passing on the left. I put my high beam which lit up the entire interior of the car and he panicked and swerved out of his lane nearly swiping a car on his left. I thought shit and turned the high beam off and he regained composure and then just continued on his merry way doing 95km in the fast lane. I passed him along with all the other cars on the left. Makes you wonder where some people get their licences from.

[haydes55]

I was on the northern motorway heading to city one evening and a car was in the right lane doing 95km with cars passing on the left. I came up a bit close to him following for awhile and he was completely oblivious to me and cars passing on the left. I put my high beam which lit up the entire interior of the car and he panicked and swerved out of his lane nearly swiping a car on his left. I thought shit and turned the high beam off and he regained composure and then just continued on his merry way doing 95km in the fast lane. I passed him along with all the other cars on the left. Makes you wonder where some people get their licences from.
When I see people doing that I pull in front of them and slow right down til they change lanes to overtake me then pull along side them for a slow clap, or thumbs up them when they get in the left lane.

[rambaldi]

It was a couple months ago now but I had a green van almost take me out twice. He decided to merge all the way across from the on ramp to the right most lane. Just after the bridge had another vehicle almost take me out, but at least he was apologetic about it. Got to where the motorways all spilt off and suddenly the green van decides he isn't going to the Western but wants to be on the Southern. Well in to the cross hatched area. Needless to say I now make sure I am in the rightmost lane through where the lanes spilt now.

[WNJ]

uh HUH, a white? REPSOL, how unusual.

Can't be too many in NZ or (poss Waikato region). https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=repsol+honda&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBw6_a5IzLAhVGVZQKHfWrAw0Q_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=672#tbm=isch&q=repsol+honda+white&imgrc=KkxJeDY4P3ZreM%3A

[RGVforme]

4 from one ride on Saturday.

Driver who had finished looking at the planes behind the airport U turned across the road straight in front of me, gathered things up and waved a finger, carried on my way.

Stray sheep from a flock being moved trotted across the road directly in front of me, let it cross the road then got on the horn so hopefully the farmer in the paddock would notice and come and retrieve his property.

Loose cow wandered across the road directly in front of me, plenty of time to pull up while watching the mirror to make sure the bike behind wasn't getting too close.

Following an old guy in a ute indicating right at a roundabout, hung back from overtaking on the left because it just didn't look right, changed his mind and carried on straight through where I would have been.

Take up motorcycling they said, it'll be fun they said.....

"Hung back from overtaking on the left" On a roundabout?.

Im hoping you mean a two lane roundabout but you then saying "Where I would have been" leads me to think perhaps it was not unless you ment at the merge point after the intersection.

Hmmmm:scratch:

[neels]

"Hung back from overtaking on the left" On a roundabout?.

Im hoping you mean a two lane roundabout but you then saying "Where I would have been" leads me to think perhaps it was not unless you ment at the merge point after the intersection.

Hmmmm:scratch:
Largish single lane roundabout with wide entry and exit, he was indicating right and started to turn right then straightened with just enough time to make the exit going straight through, by the time he changed his mind there was enough room for a car or a bike to carry on straight through past the back of the ute.

I don't trust anyone indicating at roundabouts any more.....

[yokel]

The closer to death you get the more alive you feel.

[Banditbandit]

I'm probably closer to death than you are ... I just feel old in the mornings ... then I have coffeee ...

[Woodman]

Its actually a "near hit". A near miss is a hit whereas a "near hit" is a miss. Stupid terminology when you think about it.

I had one a few days ago. Central otago gravel road, I was going down hill turning left and drifted wide into the path of a 4wd. Scared the crap out of the driver (sorry mate) but managed to avoid hitting him.

[granstar]

I was on the northern motorway heading to city one evening and a car was in the right lane doing 95km with cars passing on the left. I came up a bit close to him following for awhile and he was completely oblivious to me and cars passing on the left. I put my high beam which lit up the entire interior of the car and he panicked and swerved out of his lane nearly swiping a car on his left. I thought shit and turned the high beam off and he regained composure and then just continued on his merry way doing 95km in the fast lane. I passed him along with all the other cars on the left. Makes you wonder where some people get their licences from.

I did this to an oncoming vehicle with it's light on full beam on a poor viz night, and riding tired so my mind wasn't that clear. Flashed my highbeam at em to enduce them to dip them, and what happened next was a bit of a surprise.
That vehicle I found was only on low beam and it flashed it's high beam back at me blinding me a wee bit,.... it was the friggin night train. :eek5:

[granstar]

What's wrong with kicking the mirror off like the good old days?


maybe a new thread required here, let's call it " Vindictive Motorcyclist Tools" :clap:

Recall a story years ago where a guy got tailended at lights, was so pissed managed to get up, and use the broken off staunchion from his wreck to smash the car's panels and windows to bits :killingme

[bogan]

Its actually a "near hit". A near miss is a hit whereas a "near hit" is a miss. Stupid terminology when you think about it.

I had one a few days ago. Central otago gravel road, I was going down hill turning left and drifted wide into the path of a 4wd. Scared the crap out of the driver (sorry mate) but managed to avoid hitting him.

It's actually not, the term derives from artillery I believe. In which a near miss refers to almost hitting a target and inflicting damage but not actually doing so; ie, for those being shot at, a near miss is a wake up call.

[nodrog]

http://www.northernontario.travel/images/northeast/images/TNB-Clinton-log-jump-1.jpg

[granstar]

http://www.northernontario.travel/images/northeast/images/TNB-Clinton-log-jump-1.jpg


I see what you did there ....


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UyOaTo_MiFE/hqdefault.jpg

[RAYDEO]

its kind of a near miss, kind of an arrogant driver story...



I ride a motorcycle Paraparaumu to Wellington return every day, and on the way home tonight I have literally been shoved off the road by an arrogant male driver, in a white 2013ish Ford XR6 ute, who believes lane splitting is wrong and I shouldn't be able to pass him, even though he was doing 30 kph in traffic.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera on my helmet or I would post the video.


When land splitting i always try to be as respectful as I can, and give the car as much room as possible, and most drivers are also respectful, moving over to allow me through, but as I came up behind this guy, I tried to go up the right, and he pulled over right up on the right hand side painted line, so I hit the anchors and fell back. I then tried to go up the left, but he swerved right out left so his ute was literally straddling the left hand line.
I then tried to go right again only to have him right beside me and coming closer pushing me out of the lane.

Now it doesn't really matter which way you look at it, my life was at stake here, So I believe I'm aloud to be a little pissed off.

I then fell back and say behind him as he repeatedly hit the breaks, pulled the fingers at me and generally tried to make like difficult for me on my bike.
I followed him until we got to Kapiti lights where I pulled up beside him and asked him what his issue was and was met with a wall of abuse...

He was driving a late-ish model white Ford XR6 ute with a hard lid covering the tray, and a logo in green type on the side near the bottom, think it said something like gasworks or earthworks.
Driver was male, mid to late 50s, white/grey bushy hair.
I'd love his number plate if anyone spots him,



so thats my near miss story, I've learnt now to always have my camera on....

[OddDuck]

About a year back I found a car coming head-on to me, wrong side of the road, in the middle of a roundabout. Relatively slow driving from him and slow riding from me, it looked like he realised the mistake and we managed to dodge each other.

It's a Y-shaped roundabout, with some odd sight lines. From the way he was coming, it's possible to look straight down the two lanes I came from and assume that's the road to go to - if you completely ignore all the signs and the big round thing in the middle of course.

I didn't go back to have a chat (wish I had, wasn't angry, would've liked to hear his story), but he had his missus and the kids in the car with him and she was freaking out. Reckon someone was in for an earful later on...

[oldrider]

its kind of a near miss, kind of an arrogant driver story...



I ride a motorcycle Paraparaumu to Wellington return every day, and on the way home tonight I have literally been shoved off the road by an arrogant male driver, in a white 2013ish Ford XR6 ute, who believes lane splitting is wrong and I shouldn't be able to pass him, even though he was doing 30 kph in traffic.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera on my helmet or I would post the video.


When land splitting i always try to be as respectful as I can, and give the car as much room as possible, and most drivers are also respectful, moving over to allow me through, but as I came up behind this guy, I tried to go up the right, and he pulled over right up on the right hand side painted line, so I hit the anchors and fell back. I then tried to go up the left, but he swerved right out left so his ute was literally straddling the left hand line.
I then tried to go right again only to have him right beside me and coming closer pushing me out of the lane.

Now it doesn't really matter which way you look at it, my life was at stake here, So I believe I'm aloud to be a little pissed off.

I then fell back and say behind him as he repeatedly hit the breaks, pulled the fingers at me and generally tried to make like difficult for me on my bike.
I followed him until we got to Kapiti lights where I pulled up beside him and asked him what his issue was and was met with a wall of abuse...

He was driving a late-ish model white Ford XR6 ute with a hard lid covering the tray, and a logo in green type on the side near the bottom, think it said something like gasworks or earthworks.
Driver was male, mid to late 50s, white/grey bushy hair.
I'd love his number plate if anyone spots him,



so thats my near miss story, I've learnt now to always have my camera on....

I don't think the traffic "authorities"? really have any idea how much that behaviour occurs on our roads toward motorcyclists!

Bit like taking a knife to a gun fight - best action to take is avoidance until you can square up the odds in your favour then sort their shit out! :ride: :kick:

[Drew]

I love the way everyone seems to think that it's car drivers just not seeing bikes.

People cut off cars and near hit shit all the time. Oblivious drivers are not targeting bikes, and we have it no worse than anyone else on the roads. Flashing your high beam or tooting after the fact is just begging to fuck things up further.

[BuzzardNZ]

My near miss was due to my own stupidity and involved no one but me...

I stopped at the lights at an intersection and when it went green, I proceeded to speed up and take a corner. That's when I knew something was wrong as the steering didn't seem to want to turn and something felt very off. I backed off the throttle and headed for the foot path in a semi controlled stop to get off and inspect the bike.

I checked the steering, which seemed ok. Brakes ( wondered if one had kind of locked ) and the front forks. Couldn't see a problem anywhere, so I gingerly rode back home. Anyway, when I got home, I was kind of happy to see that a key on my key ring was bent way out of shape, it had got jammed somewhere in the steering as I made my turn. This also explains previous similar cases which I've had in the past.

Anyway, moral of the story, don't ride your bike with long dangly keys on your key ring.

[EJK]

This morning while reading the papers I reached for my coffee but accidentally hit my toast, almost knocking it off the table. I caught it just in time.

That was a close one.

[RAYDEO]

This morning while reading the papers I reached for my coffee but accidentally hit my toast, almost knocking it off the table. I caught it just in time.

That was a close one.
Baaahhhhhhahahahahahahahahabahaha

[swarfie]

I used to mark out and run trail rides at Atiamuri and was on the road most weekends from Hamilton. Was towing the dirtbike on my trailer and following a B train just south of Putaruru when one of his left rear wheels came off (yep a whole truck wheel, big rolly heavy thing), rolled down into the ditch on the left side of the road until it came to an entrance to a paddock with a pipe culvert under the driveway. Said heavy rolly thing hit the pipe and bounced up about 10 metres in the air, hit the road about 3 metres in front of my bonnet and bounced back over the car and trailer back behind me and continued bouncing back down the road. It came to a rest in the ditch on the other side of the road a couple of hundred metres back , thankfully not hitting any other traffic on its possibly destructive path. The truck driver pulled over and I gave him and his buggered wheel (couldn't believe the weight of the bloody thing when we were lifting it onto my trailer) a ride back to a tyre place in Putaruru and left on my merry way. THAT was a close call, near hit or miss....call it what you will.... Shaking much? :yes:

[Grumph]

Many years back, I'd been at levels for a days racing. Guy I knew had fallen and broken a collarbone so as he lived round the corner from me I said i'd drive him home in his transit. By the time timaru hospital released him it was around 9pm and full dark.
Coming back up SH1, got the shock of my life when north of Winchester, I had to do a phenomenal avoidance to miss a 3piece lounge suite sat in the LH lane...We just looked at each other, nothing said...
North of Hinds, I had to do another to dodge a complete truck wheel, again, in the LH lane....We looked at each other again and i said did you see that ?
His answer was "I thought it was the drugs they gave me".....

[5150]

I once pulled out to avoid a child, fell off the bed and hit my head on the window sill. That was a very close call..... :facepalm:

[Erelyes]

This morning while reading the papers I reached for my coffee but accidentally hit my toast, almost knocking it off the table. I caught it just in time.

That was a close one.

Fuck me, that would have got the heart going.

The coffee that is.

[Grumph]

I once pulled out to avoid a child, fell off the bed and hit my head on the window sill. That was a very close call..... :facepalm:

ATGATT, son, ATGATT......