I can't imagine why that bike on the wrong...

[Nasty]

side of the yellow lines on haywards hill ... in my bloody lane would upset me and my riding ... but fuck if I had been in the car he would no longer exist.

I love riding most the time .. and had a great ride today ... over the hill ... to Martinborough .. and then pissed around till Grub and I wanted to come home ... over the takas then off to the haywards hill ... no problem .. till just got to the passing lane and this stupid fucking idiot coming down the hill was in the fucking thing ... NOTE he was over the double yellows ...

I myself didn't panic too much .. stood her up a little .. and carried on ... but fark me if Grub didn't notice that you were trying to wipe me out you silly prick and decided that he would like your plate number ... you are lucky that the 5 cars you passed ILLEGALLY were in his way.

Might I suggest .. and its a polite suggestion .. that if you want to fucking kill yourself you DON"T USE ME TO DO IT!

/end rant

[Maha]

Seen the happen before, I will never get my head around that sort of carry on.
Double yellows are there for a reason, but some bikers are oblivious to them, either that or they just dont give a fuck.

[chanceyy]

geezzzzz girl thats enough of a scare to definately put you off your riding
:gob:

[FJRider]

You don't prang into those sort... they usually have no insurance.
If you were riding two abreast... (not reccomended...) it might have been a problem. But experienced riders, expect wankers doing those sort of things.
If it doesn't happen,GOOD... If it does...you were ready.

Was Carver in Welly town ???

[Trudes]

Burn 'em!!!!

Type, colour etc of bike? Let's name and shame! (Or at least so I know what to look out for next time I'm out there)

[Nasty]

Type, colour etc of bike? Let's name and shame! (Or at least so I know what to look out for next time I'm out there)

I wish I knew .. .was in self save mode .. and the grub was in kill'em mode ... it happened so bloody fast ... I did see a flash of white .. but that doesn't mean alot. :(

[Fatjim]

Double yellows are there for a reason, but some bikers are oblivious to them, either that or they just dont give a fuck.

Actually they are, they're for slow ass wide cars.




Type, colour etc of bike? Let's name and shame! (Or at least so I know what to look out for next time I'm out there)

Struth Trudes, she's a chick. You'll get colour and the inside leg measurement, and thats all.

[Fatjim]

I wish I knew .. . I did see a flash of white .. but that doesn't mean alot. :(

bingo



10char

[thepom]

bloody hell that is one funny avatar....nearly shit a kidney laughing...:niceone:

[pzkpfw]

Seen the happen before, I will never get my head around that sort of carry on.
Double yellows are there for a reason, but some bikers are oblivious to them, either that or they just dont give a fuck.

At the Western end of SH58 there's a three-lane bit of road up a little hill. Two lanes up, one down.

Not so long ago there was a yellow-plus-dotted-white line, so someone going up in the middle lane couldn't go one more over. But someone coming down hill could use the centre lane to pass.

Now it's a double-yellow.

I think that may be a policy thing, because it seemed to happen to all the passing lanes all over the place. I don't think the road is particularly more dangerous now than it was then.

Now, I may or may not know someone on a pearl magma red Z750S who has been known to pass people, going downhill, going over those double-yellows.

He, she, or it, has done it when there has clearly been plenty of room to blip past someone particularly slow.

Like many things, in the real world it's about decisions, not just the grey between black and white, but the grey in your skull.

YES, it sounds like the rider in the OP was doing something daft and dangerous.

But to imply crossing all double-yellows is always dangerous is a bit simplistic.


(I'm sure those who never ever cross double-yellows also never ever go over 100 km/hr..., 'cos, those speed limits are there for a reason...)

[Clivoris]

It's sad but that sort of shit-head behaviour just doesn't suprise me anymore mate. I'm guessing he's in a race between karma and maturity. Glad you didn't get caught in the cross-fire.

[riffer]

So where exactly is this Nasty?

The huge majority of the passing lanes on Hayward Hill are separated by cheesecutters. The only part where there aren't any is the bit where you can turn into the Haywards Substation.

It's possible also that the bike that crossed the yellow was taking evasive action due to someone pulling out from the Substation road without looking.

Sorry to play devil's advocate - I've had this happen to me and I only just kept on my own side of the road.

[Nasty]

So where exactly is this Nasty?

The huge majority of the passing lanes on Hayward Hill are separated by cheesecutters. The only part where there aren't any is the bit where you can turn into the Haywards Substation.

It's possible also that the bike that crossed the yellow was taking evasive action due to someone pulling out from the Substation road without looking.

Sorry to play devil's advocate - I've had this happen to me and I only just kept on my own side of the road.

It was just past the cutters .. above the station .. but still double yellows until you get to the turn in .... no cars were coming out from the station that I could see ... ... I know that to avoid that you may need to go over the yellows ... but the rider was 'passing' some cars .. but then again ... two of us who were there (myself and Grub) could be wrong ... playing devils advocate is good ... but I checked myself and what I posted before saying it on here .. The only evasive action this twit was taking was to avoid me in my lane .. the rider was being a fuckwit ... but he was the one with the deathwish not me ...his stupidity ..

[riffer]

Ah okay, I know the spot.

As you come over from the Hutt Valley side and you get to the end of the passing lanes along the cheescutters, there's a crest with a false painted median strip just before the downhill.

There's a HUGE temptation to overtake cars on the painted median strip on the crest - I know, in my less responsible moments I've done it myself, but if you don't know the road too well you can end up close to the wrong side.

Sounds like temptation getting the better of the rider, but I'm surprised they ended up on the wrong side.

Must be a muppet.

[piston broke]

who hasn't overtaken and thought fark that was bad.
myself, i'm guilty as of being stupid and a farkwit,on many occasions,be it on 2 or four wheels.
shit happens at any time,just gotta be ready for it,i guess you both were.
glad you escaped that one.
a mate today saw a lady taken out from behind at an intersection on a trumpy,her mate took off,crate driver put foot down but trumpy didn't go.crash.
shit happens,nobody is perfect.

[Duke girl]

Muppet he aint bloody Moran and dip shit he is. Never seems to amaze me the amount of dickheads on our roads who have no concideration for anyone else on them. It wankers like this who kill innocent road users and would show no remorse in doing so. So glad u got thru it Nasty and credit to you for doing what u did and standing the bike up at the time.

[Maha]

But to imply crossing all double-yellows is always dangerous is a bit simplistic.


(I'm sure those who never ever cross double-yellows also never ever go over 100 km/hr..., 'cos, those speed limits are there for a reason...)


Not sure that I implied crossing double yellows is always dangerous?
There are times when its fuckin' frustrating as hell, double yellows where the oncoming lane is free, you get passed that area, and then theres traffic!!

On my last ride, Ixion was behind me and three cars, situation was as above.
Was thinking, I could get passed this lot with ease, but didnt. Its something that I wont do, my choice!...Ixion never asked me about it, I guess he figured that I do obey some laws.

[Pedrostt500]

You can desighn some thing to be fool proof, but you can bet your bottom dollar that some where out there some one is building a bigger and better IDIOT.

[Hitcher]

Nice rant, Nasty. The Rimutakas provided the odd moment of entertainment today too for the Hitchers on their excursion. Why is it that dickheads in their lard-arse SUVs cannot negotiate a righthand corner without crossing the centre line? I hope that the fuckers collide precipitously with a much larger object than themselves. Something like an M1A1 would be nice.

[Mom]

Seems the season of the dickhead other road user has arrived in force! Lets not underestimate the stupidity of any other road user and sharpen up our "spidey skills" for summer.

Dang Nasty, that must have raised the short hairs a little bit!

Hope the rider of the other bike got as big a fright as you!

[sunhuntin]

glad you both got through that ok. i hate haywards hill with a vengence. wont go near it for any reason on the bike, and am shaking the whole way in a car.

susan and i went to the bike show in hawera on sunday. coming back, just past waitotara on the passing lane... we overtook a car that was doing a steady 70k and then pulled back into the left lane to allow others past. we get around the corner and find ourselves staring at the arse end of a vehicle transport truck and trailer [the ones that take cars the dealerships] takes a few seconds, and we realise its actually fucking STOPPED!. no chance of getting back into the passing lane due to cars passing us. so glad susans car has good brakes. talk about a wake up call. we came to a halt safely, as did the slower car behind us. eventually we got back into the passing lane and proceeded past. the truck had hazards flashing, but the fucking trailer obviously wasnt hooked up. didnt get the name on the side or any other deatils, was too busy getting my heart rate back under control.

on the up side, the bike show was awesome!

[CookMySock]

who hasn't overtaken and thought fark that was bad.
myself, i'm guilty as of being stupid and a farkwit,on many occasions,be it on 2 or four wheels.:stupid: Yeah I plead guilty also. Sorry to hear you got a bad fright though, they are never very funny. I don't remember recently crossing double-yellows, but if I did I would remain very close to the vehicle I was passing - none of this swerving right into their lane.. :argue:

Frights where no one was hurt and nothing was broken are the ones that heal the fastest. :niceone:


Steve

[<Rhino>]

glad you both got through that ok. i hate haywards hill with a vengence. wont go near it for any reason on the bike, and am shaking the whole way in a car.!

Its not that scary? I ride over and back every day, you do get some idiots though. I seem to get cut off at the end of the passing lanes coz my bikes not the fastest, what they dont realise when they do cut me off is that I still need to slow down so I dont collide with them. Its always gonna be me that comes off seccond best!

Nasty - sounds like a cock, sadly theres still plenty to go round. Still I can be a cock too somtimes so meybe it was just a moment?? :bash:

[F5 Dave]

Yes it's often the Bikes coming the other way on the Rimus that scare me the most. However this monday it was some chap on a Red Hyobag. There were a long line of cars & not much chance of passing them all, but matey decided he was a hero & pulled some seriously dodgy manoeuvres to get past a bunch of us & cars. Gee we're all impressed wanker.

He got real close to a friend on his Busa. If you read this I wouldn't stop up the top for a while, if he recognises you he's gonna nose ya.

Fuck sake, some of these pricks take liberties with other's lives.