When motorbikes are safer than cages...

[Velox]

I was riding along the Napier-Taupo Rd on Sun thinking about the fact that heaps of people have crashed on it recently and expecting cops around every corner. Came around a reasonably wide 100km-ish corner which opened out into a huge straight to find a car aimed straight at me in my lane burning along beside a truck that it was passing with NO way to get out of my lane! Not so nice. All I could do was move right over onto the white line as this idiot slipped between me and the truck, still in my lane! Then they very narrowly missed the truck that was behind me (I checked my mirrors cause I expected them to be plastered on its grill but no).

If I'd been in a car instead of on a bike I prob would either be in the morgue or ICU at the mo. Gave my bike a hug after that! Once I was out of site of all the other vehicles of course ;) What a life saver eh!

ACC - you can take a few $ off our regos now thanks.

[James Deuce]

*shudder*

Well done Velox. Been "there" more than once.

[Sniper]

Shit, must be the time of year or something, had one of those the other day going home IN A 50km AREA. Had it not been for the bike............

[Bartman10]

Velox - Great to hear you're back in one piece.

I hope you enjoyed the rest of the Napier Taupo road.

[F5 Dave]

Yes I’ve played that game with a Bus. Glad to hear you are ok

PS: Cool write up in Kiwi-Rider mag young lass. :sunny:

[Pixie]

If this happens to anyone,take the time turn around and get the rego and report the prick to the cops

[crazylittleshit]

Hollycrap now that's what I call A close call.
The stupid cage driver probable thought there was knowone there. :angry: F##Kin cage drivers.

[Ixion]

I've been run off the road twice by trucks doing that truck doing 81kph , or whatever, determined to overtake another truck doing 80kph. And if a motorbike's in the way, tough.

Ended up in a ditch once, and a ferocious off -road-into-gravel-slide-slide-correct-back-onto-road with the other. Lucky it was a trail bike eh.

[Wolf]

Yep, had a few times when tossers have done something idiotic and I had to take whatever gap was left to me with only a couple of inches either side of the handlebars/mirrors - if I'd been in a cage it'd have been "bye bye passenger side". Strangely, I hugged my bike afterwards, too... must be a "near death" thing. Glad you got out of it intact.

[jrandom]

nicely done girly.

cant say its ever hapened to me, but I do remember (ahem) being in the reverse situation once or twice, and fitting neatly down the centerline between the car I was passing and the unexpectedly oncoming one.

had to change my g-string after THAT ride.

hurrah for two wheels though, eh?

[SlowHand]

whoa! Fish! it's like your Mikey's girlfriend or something!

[myvice]

A friend lost his right leg just below the knee and a finger or two when he was taken out by a cage who didn’t see the corner???
Said if he was in a car both him and his wife, along with the driver of the other car, wouldn’t be here today.
Very positive way of looking at a nasty accident.
Been in a few situations where had I been in a car it wouldn’t have had a happy ending, then again, if I wasn’t on a bike I probably wouldn’t have been there anyway.
Never herd of any one being trapped in a burning motorcycle or unable to open the submerged bikes doors.
Dangerous things cars!

[froggyfrenchman]

Try and tell acc that bikes are safer than cars. Some people will never understand..

[Velox]

The stupid cage driver probable thought there was knowone there. :angry:
Nah cause there was a truck not that far behind me so they would have at least seen that! I'm amazed they didn't hit it.
I think it was a case of not realising that there was actually a really long line of vehicles to pass instead of just a couple of trucks! :argh:

[VasalineWarrior]

What is it with october this year? Everyone is crashing or having near misses

[Wolf]

Never herd of any one being trapped in a burning motorcycle or unable to open the submerged bikes doors.
Dangerous things cars!
Fucking coffins on wheels!

In all seriousness, I do not trust cars - I feel trapped in them. I feel a shitload safer on a motorcycle than I do in a car despite having had less accidents in cars than on bikes and been injured more in bike accidents than in car accidents. I still cannot shake the "Death Trap" image for a car.

We have a car because it is useful, but I'd rather ride a bike any day.

[sunhuntin]

try explaining it to cage driver who have never ridden a bike. they dont understand it....heck, if the brakes fail on the bike and im headed toward a brick wall, at least i can get away from the vehicle. in a cage theres less chance of being able to

two wheels forever!

[mikey]

whoa! Fish! it's like your Mikey's girlfriend or something!

nah my gfs stil in a kenepuru