Facing a car on the wrong side of the road

**Tink** · 18th April 2010, 19:05

as you come out of your road, is bloody scary. Yesterday had to pop out to pick up my bike, on the back of Geordies, and this hoon in a white flash Subaru Forester overtaking on double yellow lines, could only give us the fingers ... what for... cause they are brainless twats... and they were heading to Waiuku/Kingseat way... grrr watch out Franklin folk for this car, they have no regard for human life!!!!!!

**Shadows** · 18th April 2010, 19:31

The lesson for today is that it always pays when turning left to look left before you go in case somebody coming from that direction is overtaking.

Yellow lines or not, if there isn't a physical barrier to stop them, there's no guarantee there's nothing coming.

**SMOKEU** · 18th April 2010, 20:01

When I see a vehicle overtaking someone else on the open road, and the overtaking vehicle is in 'my' lane, I slow down and move over to the left of the road, just as a precaution. Call me paranoid if you must.

**CookMySock** · 18th April 2010, 20:11

I'm always damn careful overtaking where there are side-roads. Thats a good reason for you (on a bike) to stay as close to the centerline as possible when overtaking - even if someone does come out of the side-road it's largely a non-event, and they will get much more of a fright than you will. Regardless of the hue and cry I receive, I find the center-line to be a really safe place during an urgent situation.

And um yeah you must always look both ways coming out of side-roads - never assume.. a nasty way to gain that little snippet of experience though. Glad you are ok.

Steve

**Ragingrob** · 18th April 2010, 20:13

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

When I see a vehicle overtaking someone else on the open road, and the overtaking vehicle is in 'my' lane, I slow down and move over to the left of the road, just as a precaution. Call me paranoid if you must.

Really I thought most ppl would speed up and see who's more chicken!

**SMOKEU** · 18th April 2010, 20:21

Originally Posted by Ragingrob

Really I thought most ppl would speed up and see who's more chicken!

So did I. You learn something new every day, or so I'm told.

**Tink** · 19th April 2010, 07:52

Originally Posted by Shadows

The lesson for today is that it always pays when turning left to look left before you go in case somebody coming from that direction is overtaking.

Yellow lines or not, if there isn't a physical barrier to stop them, there's no guarantee there's nothing coming.

The thing is we always look left as it is a 70km road, that people like them do 100km, you have to be vary wary... they luckily passed in time, how many white suburu foresters on the franklin roads driven by idiots, curious? If I had been on my bike I would have more than like given the finger back, rolls eyes I have to stop that.

**sinfull** · 19th April 2010, 08:01

Originally Posted by Rocketgal68

The thing is we always look left as it is a 70km road, that people like them do 100km, you have to be vary wary... they luckily passed in time, how many white suburu foresters on the franklin roads driven by idiots, curious? If I had been on my bike I would have more than like given the finger back, rolls eyes I have to stop that.

You need a T shirt like this over your leathers (saves taking your hands of the bars every 5 minutes)

**Tink** · 19th April 2010, 08:02

Originally Posted by sinfull

You need a T shirt like this over your leathers (saves taking your hands of the bars every 5 minutes)

psml... indeed!

**Mom** · 19th April 2010, 08:10

Originally Posted by Rocketgal68

If I had been on my bike I would have more than like given the finger back, rolls eyes I have to stop that.

Nah mate, being pillion is great fun for hand gestures. I have a whole raft of them I use with great gusto when someone trys to wipe us out. There is a woman simewhere in greater Auckland that will never, ever flick a cigarette but out the window of her car ever again , not only did she get a gob full from the driver of the car, she got a fairly pointed series of gestures from me as we rode alongside the car on the motorway a while ago

There was not even the fingers involved

**Tink** · 19th April 2010, 08:12

Originally Posted by Mom

Nah mate, being pillion is great fun for hand gestures. I have a whole raft of them I use with great gusto when someone trys to wipe us out. There is a woman simewhere in greater Auckland that will never, ever flick a cigarette but out the window of her car ever again , not only did she get a gob full from the driver of the car, she got a fairly pointed series of gestures from me as we rode alongside the car on the motorway a while ago

There was not even the fingers involved

LOL.. your nic should be Mad MOM!

**Shadows** · 19th April 2010, 18:21

Originally Posted by Rocketgal68

how many white suburu foresters on the franklin roads driven by idiots, curious?

100% of them.

In fact, I think there is an industry requirement that states the purchaser must show a valid idiot certificate at the dealership before they let him or her drive one away, in any colour.

**Tink** · 19th April 2010, 18:43

Originally Posted by Shadows

100% of them.

In fact, I think there is an industry requirement that states the purchaser must show a valid idiot certificate at the dealership before they let him or her drive one away, in any colour.

LOL Do you know what............. I have to agree 100%

**mrchips** · 19th April 2010, 21:31

Originally Posted by Rocketgal68

white flash Subaru Forester overtaking on double yellow lines, could only give us the fingers ... what for... cause they are brainless twats... and they were heading to Waiuku/Kingseat way... grrr watch out Franklin folk for this car, they have no regard for human life!!!!!!

They could be related to a certain White Toyota Startlet here in wellytown ?
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...taka-Road-rage