Southland Times this morning (3 Nov), bike 'accident' pic

[EgliHonda]

Don't worry, EgliHonda, on kiwibiker threads often take on a life of their own. Like this one. It is one of my favourite bits of kb!

Hey, Im new to this.

I have just realised you can do more on a computer than look up bike parts and ladies rude bits...

[MarkH]

Or what about 75kph? Or 80kph? Or 90kph?

At what point over the normal flow of traffic would you expect other traffic to misjudge your rate of closure?

*50%

Any motorcyclist that goes about his business confident in the belief that he will live long and prosper because other road users will always do what the law requires needs to get off and into a cage.Quickly.

Probably a Volvo, just to be safe.

Pull up to an intersection, I have right of way. Observe other traffic - one who should give way is slowing so I go through. They decide, for whatever reason to accelerate again right across my path so I'm on the anchors.

And some dumb fuck shunts me in the rear because they assumed that I wouldn't stop as I had the right of way.

So you got fucked up by someone failing to give was AND someone being unable to stop when you stopped. Lucky you weren't on a bike at the time!



* 50% being the very scientific figure I pulled outa my arse! But clearly you can travel at 51kph and still expect people at give way or stop signs to give way to you, within a normal margin your speed shouldn't give them an excuse to fail to give way. It is not unreasonable for them to allow for someone to be travelling at 60kph in a 50 zone - anyone that can't do that WILL cause and accident and is not safe on the roads.