FFS - some people must WANT to die!

[Donor]

Working last night, we were transporting a patient to Waitakere Hospital from North Shore, and decided that going via Greenhithe was the quickest option.

(Apologies for the next bit, I get geographically challenged outside South Auckland)

Crawling along a narrow 2 lane bit with a flush median toward Westgate, we had a bike zap up the LEFT side of the ambulance (smallish, 250 machine I think, it was dark and raining, hard to tell...) who narrowly missed being taken out by cages randomly ducking left to avoid mutant cage pilots Shore bound who were swerving onto the flush median causing westbound to dive left like the crap drivers they are.

Just after I finished muttering bad things about him, another guy comes fanging down the flush median, again heading west. His headlight was as bright as a torch with flat batteries, and had NO tail light. Again, cages coming toward us were cutting across the median and this plonker almost got taken out time and time again, through both oncoming traffic, and by diving into the current flow westbound which was erratic in its speed.

I don't relish the thought of work appearing in front of me, and I especially hate having to scrape up idiots who are clearly asking for it.

So if you know anyone like these two mutants, please kindly smack them up the side of the head, and tell them it was for me and the other folks who are expected to give a stat dose of sympathy for an avoidable occurance which usually results in many tears and dollars being spent.

Right, that's off me chest.

Carry on folks... carry on SAFELY!

[vifferman]

Fair enough!
(No, it wasn't me).

[Korea]

I regularly see retards blasting up the breakdown lane on the motorway.
Just lately there have been a few cars broken down and parked up there.
Shudder to think about said retards coming around the bend on a frosty morning and seeing the car stopped in their path :shit:

Remember kids: A split up the middle is worth two in the side. :niceone:

[Colapop]

Get them to come down here. I have a nice fishing spot they can go to with me...

[canarlee]

Get them to come down here. I have a nice fishing spot they can go to with me...

and if it tastes like shit, it means the dog didnt want to go fishing either:shit::p

[Colapop]

It's very quiet there... there's no fish... :innocent:

[johan]

Last night, at the Kilbirnie roundabout, Wtgn, I hear a high pitch noise from behind. Seconds later, this bike zooms past me, the rider in racing position huggin the tank, driving east towards the roundabout next to the runway. Closely behind comes an unmarked black holden police car with flashing lights followed by another black holden with flashing lights and with sirens making noice. The last thing I see of the bike is when it speeds away south towards the airport followed by the two cars.
It didn't look too good, high speed persuit while still lot of traffic in the dark. Hope no one got hurt.

[Sparky Bills]

They dont think about who has to peel them off the road do they. What Dick Heads!

[slinky]

Working last night, we were transporting a patient to Waitakere Hospital from North Shore, and decided that going via Greenhithe was the quickest option.

(Apologies for the next bit, I get geographically challenged outside South Auckland)

Crawling along a narrow 2 lane bit with a flush median toward Westgate, we had a bike zap up the LEFT side of the ambulance (smallish, 250 machine I think, it was dark and raining, hard to tell...) who narrowly missed being taken out by cages randomly ducking left to avoid mutant cage pilots Shore bound who were swerving onto the flush median causing westbound to dive left like the crap drivers they are.

Just after I finished muttering bad things about him, another guy comes fanging down the flush median, again heading west. His headlight was as bright as a torch with flat batteries, and had NO tail light. Again, cages coming toward us were cutting across the median and this plonker almost got taken out time and time again, through both oncoming traffic, and by diving into the current flow westbound which was erratic in its speed.

I don't relish the thought of work appearing in front of me, and I especially hate having to scrape up idiots who are clearly asking for it.

So if you know anyone like these two mutants, please kindly smack them up the side of the head, and tell them it was for me and the other folks who are expected to give a stat dose of sympathy for an avoidable occurance which usually results in many tears and dollars being spent.

Right, that's off me chest.

Carry on folks... carry on SAFELY!

TAIL LIGHT OUT?? better check mine.....Though i don't think its quite dark when i ride through there.
Had you gone over the greenhithe bridge yet?

[Donor]

TAIL LIGHT OUT?? better check mine.....Though i don't think its quite dark when i ride through there.
Had you gone over the greenhithe bridge yet?

Hard to tell, I was in the back of the vehicle, and it's a tad difficult to get your bearings when you are already half lost!

[Qkchk]

I was heading East from Hobsonville to North Shore last night BUT it wasn't me! Was in the Sport Cage trekking slowly home.

HOWEVER, one young KBer on a Red VTR1000 flew past my mirror at warp speed. I don't mind bikes passing slower traffic - I do it myself all the time BUT I don't do shit like that in THOSE conditions............. as DONOR would understand, it wasn't the nicest of evenings and the road was wet/traffic heavy. As for MR VTR, I know who he is and I'll give him a clip around the ear if he turns up on the ATNR......:nono:

[slinky]

Hard to tell, I was in the back of the vehicle, and it's a tad difficult to get your bearings when you are already half lost!

I can understand that. Well, my tail-light is fine, so wasn't me.
if it was well before the bridge and even before greenhithe, i only ever pass that traffic when it has come to a stop. otherwise im generally behind the car in front.

[Maha]

Crawling along a narrow 2 lane bit with a flush median toward Westgate, we had a bike zap up the LEFT side of the ambulance (smallish, 250 machine I think, it was dark and raining, hard to tell...) who narrowly missed being taken out by cages randomly ducking left to avoid mutant cage pilots Shore bound who were swerving onto the flush median causing westbound to dive left like the crap drivers they are.



He must have been warming up for the ATNR............:yes:

[Katman]

From what I've been reading, there's no shortage of that sort of dickhead on this site. Why is it that those who have had an accident (predominantly 250 riders) feel the need to come on here and tell us all about it? Why don't they just STFU and feel stupid in silence like they should?

[Pumba]

HOWEVER, one young KBer on a Red VTR1000 flew past my mirror at warp speed. :

If it is who im pretty sure it is, I didnt think he was capable of travelling at warp speed:bleh:

[James Deuce]

We must all be perfect then.

Donor, sorry to dispel the illusion, but there's no such thing as "Safe" motorcycling. You can plod around doing everything right and still get smeared all over the road by practically any road user, roadside inhabitant, frozen UFO sewerage outflow, or just plain good old lightning delivered by the hand of God.

Random and unforeseen events have accounted for more of my friends than stupidity. In fact stupidity is usually rewarded.

Risk management is cool, but one person's acceptable risk is another's death by somnabulant boredom.

Like the Cops, you guys see so much bad stuff that it's easy to leap to the conclusion that people doing stuff that you wouldn't means they're a victim/criminal in all but name.

[Blue Thunder]

Wasn't me! as you know I ride something a tad bigger that a 250 and if it was one would have had the rapping of the knuckles upon your side window to say hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Donor]

Wasn't me! as you know I ride something a tad bigger that a 250 and if it was one would have had the rapping of the knuckles upon your side window to say hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not if I'd managed to swing me door open in time :devil2:

[pixc]

I used to ride like a nana, 'everyone is out to kill me' mentallity. Didnt pass unless absolutely safe. I woke up in hospital 3 weeks after my accident. Apparently I dropped the bike avoiding collision with a ute on a straight peice of road on a sunny morning. It seems unfair to me that meatheads that put themselves in danger get away with it while I obey the rules and play extra safe and I end up in the mess im in now.

[jrandom]

I usually ride very carefully, but I crashed last night because I thought I'd whack the throttle open in the wet for no good reason.

Admittedly, road conditions around Auckland were pretty grim and greasy.

I guess we just do all we can out there, and trust in the mercy of Eris for the rest. Either way, life's too short not to ride motorcycles.

However, while I'm a reasonably aggressive filterer, I have little respect for anyone who rides foolishly around other vehicles.