Confidence

[James Deuce]

The LTSA and the Poolice have trained everyone to believe that bad things only happen to people who speed or drink and drive.

Welcome to your safe roads, citizens.

Jim2

[merv]

.... and what do you all think of the new "Don't worry, be happy" advert? To me the message is now worries - crash, bash, wrecked car, injured biker etc etc, but no worries. Just that calm easy going way like everyone is all high on dope with not a care in the world. We don't have to look out at intersections its real fun to crash like that.

[Urban Terrorist]

Hmmm.. time to stop listening to Hauraki I guess. Which DJ was it ?
Good point Jim2. The speed and drunk driving thing is an easy sell to the public I guess. Joe and Suzie Bloggs can all lump them into a group and say "oh well, THEY are the problem"as they drive to/from work in a soundproofed, airconditioned MORE FM comfort zone, preoccupied with office politics, which celeb/sports stars are bonking each other, what to have for dinner or how to get one step ahead of the Jones next door. The idea of paying attention as they point a 1500kg weapon of mass destruction down the road barely registers unless it's an immediate threat to them.

[jrandom]

Originally posted by merv
.... and what do you all think of the new "Don't worry, be happy" advert?

Only thing I noticed particularly was that the biker dropped the bike *before* he hit the car. WTF good would that do? IIRC that young chap featured on that SCU show a while back who rode into the side of a truck at 70kmh on a sunny day after locking the back brake and forgetting the front (d'oh) did the same thing - dropped the bike before he hit. That killed him, because he wrapped his neck around a truck wheel.

Why don't folks stay upright and use the brakes and the nice sticky rubber to reduce the impact speed? Geez. I'll take my chances up in the air, TYVM...

[aff-man]

Getting back to the topic at hand i find that i know my capabilities and the bike is bloody capable enough but in a suburban area (yes and they include bloody round-abouts and the people who change thier mind mid way but leave the indicator on) I ride really really defensivley untill someone does something stupid then i kinda think i have the ability and so does the bike so take this you muddy-funksters but usually my lack of confidence comes more from the fear of cops than anything else especially on the open road. I will look at the speedo going into cornersin case there is a special some-one waiting on the other side for me

[aff-man]

and about the add, my brother noticed that a white holden appears in most of the accidents and that was such a stunt fall from the biker. The person who got hit also looked like they were either well padded of had heaps of natural padding

[jrandom]

Originally posted by aff-man
heaps of natural padding

Works for me.

Fat bastards on small bikes represent!

[Motoracer]

Originally posted by jrandom
Why don't folks stay upright and use the brakes and the nice sticky rubber to reduce the impact speed? Geez. I'll take my chances up in the air, TYVM...

And for that reason learing stoppies can possibly save lives. Specially rolling ones will teach you a lot about your bike's limits.

Note: This is only possible ofcourse, just as long as your bike is stoppieable.

[Jackrat]

The DJ on HAURAKI???.Don,t know who he was but it was 4pm
Wednesday.Next time I see a Hauraki car an I,m in my Nissan Patrol,,,,,,,,Nah couldn,t do that aye
:roadkill:

[Urban Terrorist]

In a Patrol ? Just give them the SMIDSY routine, then tell them it's their own fault anyway for driving something so triflingly small and unsafe as a car

[Sheep Dags]

yea you guys know it was all stunts aye? my flatmate is mates with the guy that did all the stunts, including the bike... i think the only one he didnt do was the person being hit by the car. i reckon it's a great add