Things that make you go hmmm

**Blackshear** · 15th July 2009, 21:58

I've had that once on the motorway, and it's not like my bike isn't loud

Luckily the lane to the right was ampty and I tooted fiercely as he crossed the line and gave him a fright. He held up his hand in a 'sorry' gesture, which isn't good enough. Wandered over leftways on my lane, leaned over and did the whole tough guy finger eyes thing. (Tinted visors just MAKE you tough

)

The tailgating thing irritates me the most when they just don't get the message. Shift around on my bike and arm on hip stare at them and give the shuffle back hand flick. Sometimes works, sometimes I pull over if they're that adamant. Who knows?

**mctshirt** · 16th July 2009, 06:26

Originally Posted by p.dath

... and I was wearing a high-viz vest I got from ACC.

Did it not give you a magic cloak of invincibility like the Safety Police promised it would?

I had a similar incident on Ponsonby Road a few months ago - Saturday morning, two lanes, me in right lane, car in left, bit of space in the traffic. Travelling along playing nice with each other I spy a concrete mixer parked on the side of the road blocking left lane and congratulate myself on good lane choice because the car will have to slow down and merge in behind me. I can now concentrate on keeping the other two out-of-towners I'm following within sight as we keep the faith we're heading where we want to go. Not in Auckland apparently as smug glow gives way to survival instinct as car promptly swings across into my lane to occupy the very space I'm in as we close on the concrete mixer. Self preservation dictates discretion will be the better part of valour on this occasion (better to be lost alone than hurt) and I dropped back out of the way. Is it an Auckland thing?

**Hans** · 16th July 2009, 07:58

Originally Posted by devnull

See... this is why bikers need handguns.

If cagers had reason to fear for their own safety, they'd be more careful.
Don't see them pulling this shit with trucks, do you?

Actually, you do. Just goes to show, how demented they are.

**Dare** · 16th July 2009, 13:13

Originally Posted by mctshirt

Is it an Auckland thing?

Proper indicating, selecting spaces and following distances are all alien concepts to Auckland drivers.

**balans** · 16th July 2009, 13:46

Originally Posted by mctshirt

Is it an Auckland thing?

No, unfortunately it's a worldwide phenomenon.

**pritch** · 16th July 2009, 15:13

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

I doubt that any car driver would just "knock a biker off" on purpose.
Steve

Methinks you sadly under-estimate the psychoses of many Kiwi drivers...

**firefighter** · 16th July 2009, 15:23

Originally Posted by p.dath

I was riding on the southern motorway this morning on the North Shore of Auckland. The congestion wasn't too bad, as the traffic was going 50km/h. I was riding in the middle of my lane, and I was wearing a high-viz vest I got from ACC.

Then the cage on my right hand side started changing into my lane. I gave the throttle a quick tweak to move ahead and get out of the way

lucky you had your high vis vest on..........

Moral of the story.......if they don't look they won't see you, high vis vest or not.......

**ajturbo** · 16th July 2009, 15:32

THAT will teach you for wearing the Hi-viz....

now if you were wearing manly Black leathers....

you would have been thought of as a TRUE biker....

congering(sp?) up images of a hell's angel member and not to be fucked with and to give more space than a B-train

so in future... ditch the day-glow 70's disco look.. and wear something a MAN would

**fLaThEaD FreD** · 16th July 2009, 15:45

Originally Posted by Mschvs

Get their number plate, track them down and let down their tyres in the middle of the night ... leaving a message on the window "LOOK OUT FOR BIKES/OTHER VEHICLES YOU PRICK" every night for like a week. Then you won't have to contend with them on the motorway for at least that time, if that doesn't teach them a lesson!!

Can be carried in a plastic water pistol or syringe. Makes for a nice candid walk past and will eat through panel steel over night. Also goes good down the vents in front of the windscreen and a major to repair!

**firefighter** · 16th July 2009, 15:47

Originally Posted by Dare

Proper indicating, selecting spaces and following distances are all alien concepts to Auckland drivers.

Tried driving in Scowelronga? (Tauranga) EVERYONE seems grumpy there all the time......

I travel there a lot, man they love to force an unnecessary merge and gain ONE car length there....thus slowing traffic.......
the bridge is the worst for this, they're so aggressive that you'd think they were in thick Auck traffic, THE most uncourteous drivers are there I think.......

They also love stopping in the middle of roundabouts.......blocking ALL other traffic heaven forbid they get through!!!! And it's not the odd few it's 98% of them!

Never mind pootling past on the bike (splitting/well passing) they see you coming and move right to block you, that's my favourite.....anyone would think they were stuck there and more to get through than auck rush-hour commuters!!! In fact i'd rather spli the whole northwestern than just the MT bridge......

**Swoop** · 16th July 2009, 15:56

There is a southern motorway on the North Shore?

Originally Posted by ajturbo

THAT will teach you for wearing the Hi-viz....

now if you were wearing manly Black leathers....

you would have been thought of as a TRUE biker....

congering(sp?) up images of a hell's angel member and not to be fucked with and to give more space than a B-train

so in future... ditch the day-glow 70's disco look.. and wear something a MAN would

Quoted for emphasis. Ditch the hi-vis crap. It makes you less of a threat.

**p.dath** · 16th July 2009, 16:29

Originally Posted by Swoop

There is a southern motorway on the North Shore?

Quoted for emphasis. Ditch the hi-vis crap. It makes you less of a threat.

Is the southern motorway when heading southbound. Northern motorway when heading north bound.

I think I'd prefer to go for safety than threatening.

**KelvinAng** · 16th July 2009, 16:51

Few days ago while riding my little scoota along Riccarton Road here in Christchurch, a driver on the right-turning lane attempts to makes a right-turn and indicated, and then promptly turn back onto the left lane that is going straight ahead after discovering she didn't want to turn right after all. Of course, there are cars flowing along in that left lane and I had to speed up and get ahead to the left side of the car in front of me to avoid being hit. She stopped, right in the middle of the two lanes, hands covering her mouth and stared at me. Hmmm.