NZ Motorcycle darwin award nominations for march

**TwoSeven** · 10th March 2005, 19:05

This is my first nomination.

The chap on the Yellow TL1000 on Morehouse ave CHCH at 4pm this afternoon. Him and his pillion wearing black and carrying small packs.

Next time you pull out of a side street into a 3 lane carrige way without looking you may find the car driver wasn't and will hit you.

This chap proceded to drive out of a side road into the middle of the left hand lane at the beginning of rush hour causing me to haul on the anchors of my car - luckely I happened to have seen him earlier and was slowing anyhow since he didnt appear to be looking.

He didnt look until he was well into the middle of the lane and wondered why I was only 2 feet from the back of his bike. Then wobbled all over the place before taking the first left turn without indicating or giving way to the traffic coming from the right (he went thru a give way sign without looking).

I wasnt sure if he was drunk or just incredibly stupid.

His pillion was blissfully unaware of what was going on around them.

My second nomination.

Goes to the young chap in sydenham on the little 2-stroke (I think a scooter by the sound).

Doing high speeds on a back street that is renouned for boy racers and stupid drivers at rush hour (there are 2 blind side streets that people often dont stop for) will get you a darwin award nomination.

Since I can only hear the bike zooming past our house, I'm hoping its not the same rider that was happily motering down the street in shorts and t-shirt, also at high speed.

**Ghost Lemur** · 10th March 2005, 20:58

My nomination would go for ever dumbass I've seen over the past two months in short and t-shirt on a sportsbike. Besides being careless and reckless, it also looks rediculous.

**Coldkiwi** · 11th March 2005, 11:33

Originally Posted by Ghost Lemur

My nomination would go for ever dumbass I've seen over the past two months in short and t-shirt on a sportsbike. Besides being careless and reckless, it also looks rediculous.

I can go one better! I saw one such dumbass riding a green ZXR400 coming off the Waipuna Bridge yesterday stopped at Tirakau Drv lights with
-running shoes
-shorts
-tShirt
-No gloves
-and NO helmet!!!! (I kid you not, not even sunnies either)

Couldn't bloody ride either. Wobbled out of the intersection, completely mauled a U-turn and then fluffed his way round the corner before overtaking a car without indicating. Unfortunately I was in the cage (poxy Nissan Sentra Q hatch on loan from the dealership before we get the new cartoday.. oh the shame of it all!) so I couldn't berate him for his stupidity

**Paul in NZ** · 11th March 2005, 11:43

We got passed by a guy on a racing quad headed to the Crusty Demons venue (the cake tin) on Aotea Quay. Had a helmet (no gloves) and sweat shirt, no lights, rego, wof etc Poppin wheelies etc and his head on permanent swivel looking out for the law....

Dumb ass

Paul N

(as pretty cool though and LOUD)

**vifferman** · 11th March 2005, 11:49

Sounds like this should be the "Dumb Arse Awards" (I'd have said "dumb ass" but Hitcher would complain...).

I'd agree with nominating the ones that don't wear proper gear, like the chap I frequently see on the way home who lane-splits in moving traffic, and whose only safety gear appears to be his helmet. Doing something dumb is one thing, but not wearing gear to pretect him when he inevitably craps out is just pushing your luck....

**R1** · 11th March 2005, 12:16

Originally Posted by Ghost Lemur

My nomination would go for ever dumbass I've seen over the past two months in short and t-shirt on a sportsbike. Besides being careless and reckless, it also looks rediculous.

One didnt happen 2b a blue R1 did it??

**Lou Girardin** · 11th March 2005, 15:17

Originally Posted by Coldkiwi

I can go one better! I saw one such dumbass riding a green ZXR400 coming off the Waipuna Bridge yesterday stopped at Tirakau Drv lights with
-running shoes
-shorts
-tShirt
-No gloves
-and NO helmet!!!! (I kid you not, not even sunnies either)

Couldn't bloody ride either. Wobbled out of the intersection, completely mauled a U-turn and then fluffed his way round the corner before overtaking a car without indicating. Unfortunately I was in the cage (poxy Nissan Sentra Q hatch on loan from the dealership before we get the new cartoday.. oh the shame of it all!) so I couldn't berate him for his stupidity

Stolen, perhaps?

**Ghost Lemur** · 14th March 2005, 21:47

Originally Posted by R1AaronKDX

One didnt happen 2b a blue R1 did it??

No. The specific one which stood out (amongst the way to many I've seen recently) was a near new Honda. Not to good on models but it looked like a 1 litre CBRrrrrrr.

What made it stand out even more was it was a cold day. So he had no excuse what so ever for dressing like a dick.

**Coldkiwi** · 15th March 2005, 11:51

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Stolen, perhaps?

quite possibly now that I think about it.

**Lou Girardin** · 15th March 2005, 13:42

I thought Darwin Awards were awarded to those who gave their lives in the pursuit of the incredibly stupid. An award for the self-removal of their genes from the pool.
For instance, people who get taken out by trains at crossings.

**TwoSeven** · 15th March 2005, 14:44

It is, but we are being pre-emptive.

**oldfart** · 15th March 2005, 19:19

Sh*t a brick, you mug, you missed your chance to remove yet more f*&$kwits from the road there by freeing up more room for the rest of us. This is after all, part of natures natural selection process

**Uncle B** · 15th March 2005, 21:09

Possible award nominee goes to a young fella down the road who passed me and a whole bunch of cars in a 50km zone in the wet with "L" plate displayed wearing sneakers, jeans, thin looking jacket and one f*#@ked up looking helmet, then pulled a tight left hand corner up a side street.
He visits his girlfriend up the road and everytime he leaves you hear him thrash the snot out of his poor little 250.

Wonder how long he'll last.

**Skyryder** · 15th March 2005, 21:21

Originally Posted by VTWIN

Possible award nominee goes to a young fella down the road who passed me and a whole bunch of cars in a 50km zone in the wet with "L" plate displayed wearing sneakers, jeans, thin looking jacket and one f*#@ked up looking helmet, then pulled a tight left hand corner up a side street.
He visits his girlfriend up the road and everytime he leaves you hear him thrash the snot out of his poor little 250.

Wonder how long he'll last.

With his girlfriend or his life??

Skyryder.