Near miss-Palmerston North

[sinned]

You need to up your meds

[bogan]

You need to up your meds

lol, was just bout to ask if he forgot his pills today

[Ixion]

Ever noticed that folk who start these sort of threads almost always include something like "I was driving my two ton people mover/car/SUV" ?

Just sayin' is all

[bogan]

Ever noticed that folk who start these sort of threads almost always include something like "I was driving my two ton people mover/car/SUV" ?

Just sayin' is all

maybe he just didnt notice he still had his left indicator on couldnt hear the ticking over the sound of tantrum throwing children

[rwh]

we had a school bus pull out in front of us on a 100k road today. was on the side of the road just before the bulls bridge on the ohakea side... had obviously stopped to unload kids, and then decided it was fine to nearly cause nose to tail accident... thank god the vehicle behind us was way behind.

Still, it would have been easy to give way from 20km/h, right?

Richard

[Jdogg]

Ever noticed that folk who start these sort of threads almost always include something like "I was driving my two ton people mover/car/SUV" ?

Just sayin' is all

not sure if all the kids will fit (legally) on the bike, so i have to be able to get them round some how, that aside I think you will find it can often involve people movers etc , mainly because some bikers get the mentallity of "I can make that gap, its just a people mover/suv/truck/anything slower than my amazing super fast pretty much race bike and I am pretty much just as good a rider as rossi so I will hit that gap" but by the time this has run through their head and they start to move the gap has closed and they dont then stop to think " hey its a 2 tonne people mover that could wipe me of the face of the fucking earth, maybe I should wait 2 seconds and go once it has gone past, considering that there is no other traffic behind it" ..........

[Jdogg]

maybe he just didnt notice he still had his left indicator on couldnt hear the ticking over the sound of tantrum throwing children

nah I think you will find I drive with the hazards on and the kids stopped making too much noise after the last beating......couldnt possiably be anything to do with the biker making a bad call.....cause we know all bikers are perfect.......

[Toffee]

Still, it would have been easy to give way from 20km/h, right?

Richard

Hmmm, if only, the 20 kmph rule when passing a school bus from EITHER direction would be THE most ignored road rule we have. If you do slow down to 20 kmph on the open road - almost guaranteed that you will hear a squeal of brakes behind you and cop some abuse. Especially true if the bus is unloading on the opposite side of the road. Do people not know or not care?

[bogan]

Hmmm, if only, the 20 kmph rule when passing a school bus from EITHER direction would be THE most ignored road rule we have. If you do slow down to 20 kmph on the open road - almost guaranteed that you will hear a squeal of brakes behind you and cop some abuse. Especially true if the bus is unloading on the opposite side of the road. Do people not know or not care?

third option, people disagree, why slow down to 20kmhr if you can see that no children are gonna run out in front of you?

[slydesigns]

Palmy traffic is a blast! it lets you know your still alive after each battle to get to and from home. I justifies getting suited up with all the armour I can find!
The number of close calls I have crack me up! Its like surviving fatal dodge ball and make me feel like ripping the finger and yelling out 'HAHA ya missed me f@#ker!!"
The main offenders apart from the lane splitting wheelstanding triumph clowns are the Courier vans and People Movers. Most other people seem to see the bike or the gear or the Handsome hero risking his life once again and slow down to admire the show passing them by!

[banditrider]

I'm on the road most days in Palmy, and I reckon the driving standards are getting worse lately. I've had so many near misses .
Napier road seems to have a speed limit of 80.
Red lights mean speed up and get through etc.
I want to go back to the South Island!!

You're bang on about the Red lights thing - I see it every day and it's amazing how often you're sitting on a green waiting for these tossers to continue across ya bows.

Re the South Island: I had 2 big scares with cars coming around the corner on my side of the road. They just had to pass even though they couldn't see around the corner - insane!