Stopping for bikers.

[YellowDog]

you know, funny thing I have found, in a cage when im on the side of the road, it can often take well over an hour before someone even stops to ask if you are ok, on a bike, the first or second bike to go whizzing past usually comes back and says whats the prob mate?
Its like the first rule of bikerhood, if you dont help out stranded brothers, you aint biker!!

Great story.

Bikers do look out for each other.

IME - Most people are good and we shouldn't allow the odd outrageous exception to spoil it for everyone else.

[CookMySock]

I know the guy in Hamiltron who went across the road to see if a screaming maori chick was being attacked by her dropkick boyfriend.

Ah yeah bro, thats a really daft thing to do though.

I don't condone it, but if people want to bash the piss outa each other, it's not anyones' problem but their own.

Steve

[howdamnhard]

So the moral of the story?
Always stop to make sure a fellow biker is OK, because some day it may happen to you......

Agreed

[denefoster]

I stopped for a cage crash today on SH2 near Upper Hutt.. one other cage driver did, only to move a trailer off the road. Annoying. Then the whole line sped along. Two cars were absolutely munted and there could have been bodies. But nah, why stop. People suck.

I stopped, rang the rozzas, made sure nobody was going to fall over from shock, or a punctured or anything. Waited for coppers then belted off.

[Usarka]

Could be the trumpy rider i stopped for late last year.

[ManDownUnder]

100% agreement... and make this a "just do it" thing. Don't wonder do they/don't they need help. Stop, check, meet someone and help if they need it.

They might not... so what's that... 2 mins lost?

[MIXONE]

I thought it was one of the unwritten rules.
It is in my house!
And hate to disagree with you DB but I just can't walk past when a female is getting the bash from Male.It's cost me a bit of abuse and threats over the years but I know I've saved quite a few bruises too.

[Creeping Death]

Waited for coppers then belted off.

Really?Couldn't you wait till you got home to do that?

[Mom]

We saw a young fella pushing his bike a while ago. He was heading in the opposite direction to us, it was SH1 busy weekend traffic situation. We U-turned (eventually, it takes forever to find a safe place sometimes ) and went back and stopped to see if he was ok. We could have been no practical help to be fair, though we had cell phones with credit, and cash if he needed gas, but had to make sure he was ok.

He was young fella too. He said he had rung his Dad who was coming to get him, he thought he would push it closer to home.

Biker code and all that.

[caseye]

I thought it was one of the unwritten rules.
It is in my house!
And hate to disagree with you DB but I just can't walk past when a female is getting the bash from Male.It's cost me a bit of abuse and threats over the years but I know I've saved quite a few bruises too.

On ya mate,I too have risked all and stopped some intelligence defficient fools beating on their girlfriends.It's definitely worth it.
Same as for stopping for bikers on the side of the road.Haven't ridden past one yet.
It goes around aND IT comes around.

[McJim]

Never yet needed to have anyone stop for me but have some good stories of pulling strangers and friends out from ditches, carting bikes back from bins and punctures.

It's a good way to make new friends. Until they get to know me of course then they realise I'm a cunt.

[klingon]

Ah yeah bro, thats a really daft thing to do though.

I don't condone it, but if people want to bash the piss outa each other, it's not anyones' problem but their own.

Steve

I thought it was one of the unwritten rules.
It is in my house!
And hate to disagree with you DB but I just can't walk past when a female is getting the bash from Male.It's cost me a bit of abuse and threats over the years but I know I've saved quite a few bruises too.

I have to agree with MIXONE here - while I acknowledge there is a personal risk involved, I will always at least make an attempt to help someone out if they're "having the piss bashed out of them."

A few years ago I saw a couple outside a pub having a go at each other (physically). I arrived in time to see him push her to the ground and swing his foot to kick her. I ran up and shoved him in the chest so he stumbled backwards and couldn't complete the kick.

Then it got interesting - the woman got up off the ground and had a go at me - I remember her screaming "leave my boyfriend alone!" So I did. And they stumbled off with their arms around each other.

But there is absolutely no way I was going to let that kick land on a woman who was lying on the ground. And I would do exactly the same again, and hope that any decent person would do the same for me.

[steve_t]

I have to agree with MIXONE here - while I acknowledge there is a personal risk involved, I will always at least make an attempt to help someone out if they're "having the piss bashed out of them."

A few years ago I saw a couple outside a pub having a go at each other (physically). I arrived in time to see him push her to the ground and swing his foot to kick her. I ran up and shoved him in the chest so he stumbled backwards and couldn't complete the kick.

Then it got interesting - the woman got up off the ground and had a go at me - I remember her screaming "leave my boyfriend alone!" So I did. And they stumbled off with their arms around each other.

But there is absolutely no way I was going to let that kick land on a woman who was lying on the ground. And I would do exactly the same again, and hope that any decent person would do the same for me.

I still agree with helping people and will continue to do so, but how would you feel if the chick had punched u in the face and broken your jaw?

[cs363]

Really?Couldn't you wait till you got home to do that?

Meh...maybe he's got a thing for uniforms?!

[klingon]

I still agree with helping people and will continue to do so, but how would you feel if the chick had punched u in the face and broken your jaw?

That was a risk I was prepared to take. It is a risk I will continue to take if such situations arise in the future. In part I think a lot of this stuff is like biking - calculated risk, situational awareness, deciding life isn't worth living if we spend all our time completely avoiding all risky situations. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't intervene at a time like that.