The 'safest' place to ride?

[de_wood_elf]

Just out of curiosity I am wondering where the KB community thinks the 'safest' place to ride is.

Personally I do a lot of motorway riding and find I feel ‘safer’ going a 100km and knowing where the cagers are around me, instead of street riding and worrying about cagers pulling out/not giving way. I mean at least on the motorway you can get away from cagers you don't like.

Comments welcome

Haha should have called it 'where do you prefer to ride', bit late now :doh:

[Sollyboy]

Sup manurewa , try clevedon twilight rd etc , miranda ,thru to kopu, nice roads good views , and some good fishes n chips on the way

[Drum]

Your driveway?

I don't think I understand the line of questioning.

[de_wood_elf]

Your driveway?

I don't think I understand the line of questioning.

Just want to know where you feel more comfortable riding i.e. you find it easier riding around town rather than on the motorway because there are less maniacs or something along those lines

[Drum]

Oh, in that case I prefer the open roads in the country. Not that they are any 'easier' than any other roads, it's just that there are less cages holding me up.

[bikerboy011]

On the race track, nothing to worry about and it feels safer.

[justsomeguy]

Motorway.

1. The speed difference is mostly no more than 20kmph between vehicles.
2. You only travel in one direction on 2 - 4 one way lanes.
3. All entries and exits are very clearly marked.
4. You mostly travel in a straight line.

Not the street as there are too many variables. It's the same in the country, just different things to take into account.

Not the track as everyone races you (anyone who says otherwise is lying or has never done a track day) and you continually keep pushing it to see where the limit is. You may not die on the track but if it were that safe they wouldn't have 2 ambulances and a fire engine on standby. Most decent outfits keep 2 ambos handy so that a couple of hundred bikers don't have to wait to get out on the track until Ambo one gets back from the hospital.

[swbarnett]

All types of roads have their own unique challenges and can be made "safe" if your head is in the right place.

[justsomeguy]

All types of roads have their own unique challenges and can be made "safe" if your head is in the right place.

Isn't that a little romantic?:innocent:

[awayatc]

All types of roads have their own unique challenges and can be made "safe" if your head is in the right place.

Head removed from top off neck indicates road may not have been quite safe.......

:scooter:

[James Deuce]

There's isn't one. Harden up.

[Meekey_Mouse]

I voted other... Race track. Every one (should) be going the same way, you've got lots of run off if you do bin it and paramedics just a few minutes away :D

[=cJ=]

+1 to track. Having said that, that's only an impression at the moment having never managed to drag my sorry ass to a trackday...

[James Deuce]

The track can be "safer" but I've spent far too many thousands for my very limited time on track to be able to recommend it as safe and pain free.

I tend to go find the limits and then push beyond them to see how things work.

Usually it just hurts and makes my wallet vomit cash.

[alanzs]

Safer? The empty motorway around 3:30 am on a weeknight. Nobody is there and you can twist the throttle and let the bike go! Safe? Nowhere. Bikes break, shit happens, the ground always comes up very fast and abruptly.

[swbarnett]

Head removed from top off neck indicates road may not have been quite safe.......

:scooter:
Indeed.

That's why the word "safe" is in inverted commas. The idea of total safety is a myth. But with the right attitude you can get closer to it than otherwise.

[Forest]

There are no safe roads.

Having said that, the safest place to ride is within your own level of ability.

[Swoop]

Looking at the "KB Statistics"... the open roads have caused more deaths than "in-town".

[puddytat]

I voted other... Race track. Every one (should) be going the same way, you've got lots of run off if you do bin it and paramedics just a few minutes away :D

:yes:Toatally agree...Im so sick of being paranoid every time I head down the Buller Gorge as if the shit surface,new potholes,campervans stopped in the middle of the road, fuckwits cutting corners wasnt bad enough, then the legions of mufti cops mean Im thinking too much about all these factors all the time rather on concentrating on what Im really out there to do....
The track's like sex...a good one will keep you thinking about it for days:innocent:

[dwnundabkr]

there is no safe place to ride if you are worried stick to your driveway

[Big Dog]

None of the above list is intrinsicly safe, or even more intrinsicly safe than another just have different variables.

The only "safe" place to ride is the right head space.