Not yet fool... the Give Way rule

**slofox** · 15th October 2010, 18:31

Originally Posted by Voltaire

your on the slippery slope....next you'll be slowing for orange lights

I got told off this afternoon by a middle aged lady ( 'bout my age) for parking my bike in a 'car' space.....
I pointed out to her that the sign had no mention of cars and that as I pay more vehicle taxes than her I can park anywhere I like......
Had she been drop dead gorgeous I would have agreed and moved my bike for her.

When people hassle me about parking my bike in a "car" space, I tell 'em that I would still occupy one space to go to the bank (or whatever I am doing) if I was in my car so fuck off then...

**Motu** · 15th October 2010, 18:33

I just wing it - road rules don't apply to me...I give way to whoever doesn't give way to me.

**Kickaha** · 15th October 2010, 19:14

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

The current give way rules confuse me enough as it is.

Time to hand your licence in and start taking the bus then

**sunhuntin** · 15th October 2010, 20:25

methinks i will be doing a lot of walking when this new rule comes in. theres enough people who dont understand the rules as they are now, nevermind changing them. it will be safer to leave the bike at home for a bit while everyone else gets used to it.
i remember well the confusion caused by the roundabout thing, and those rules werent even changed, just enforced. people still dont know how to indicate correctly.

**SMOKEU** · 15th October 2010, 21:02

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Time to hand your licence in and start taking the bus then

I can't afford to go on a bus.

**porky** · 15th October 2010, 21:13

Originally Posted by Motu

I just wing it - road rules don't apply to me...I give way to whoever doesn't give way to me.

my sentiment exactly, go hard... die young. Fuck i must be one hellava soft cock. Im still here!

**Aryaeil** · 15th October 2010, 21:20

Eyes on 110% of the time. Bikes have taught me to study every intersection like I'm doing a practical test. A carload of chaps decided that a headlight wrapped in gleaming red paintwork wasn't worth the give way they were waiting at. Unfortunately I happened to be perving at freshly washed Ducati Supersport at the time. Got me warmed up for the WNR!

**ellipsis** · 15th October 2010, 22:30

Originally Posted by kave

You have to expect this kind of idiocy though, otherwise you wont be riding for long.

....living in hope that everyone is reading from the same page as you is not a safe place to be..

**baptist** · 15th October 2010, 22:39

Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
Are they doing away with the Stop at Stop sign rule too....i've noticed more of that....

Originally Posted by psycho22

Oh they abolished that for select cagers years ago don't you know?

I think they must have abolished the need to stop at red lights as well

**Reckless** · 15th October 2010, 23:21

Well all I can say is if the education on the new rules is a slack as the ads to inform/educate people of the new roundabout rules by the LTSA there is going to be more chaos!

So lets sum up, people that don't know how to get through a roundabout, people that can't get through an intersection, People that ignore red lights at controlled intersections? Tar bleed, cheesecutters, unmarked road works?

Oh yes the standard cop out for poor roads "Ride to the Conditions" remind me, we are still the dangerous ones that pay $700 plus a year in rego and ACC??

**Voltaire** · 16th October 2010, 05:59

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

I can't afford to go on a bus.

I started working in the city...bought a bus pass....three days of that was enough...getting up early as you never know if the bus is going to come early...and its $ 50 a week.....
Now I ride the Ducati....its not ideal but its bus lanes all the way and only takes 15 minutes.....get to see third world driving every day..reminds me of riding thru Istanbul..it must be so easy to get a licence these days.....

**mikemike104** · 16th October 2010, 13:21

Originally Posted by slofox

I'm the only person in The Tron who actually stops at a stop sign. Must be 'cause I'm old-fashioned or summat...

Aww naa that's not tru, I do ma very best to stop at all the triangle signs

.. and almost every time cagers are always tooting and waving their fists and middle finger at me.

Is enough to make me sell the bike and buy a Segway.

**Usarka** · 16th October 2010, 13:36

Speaking of Segway, evidently the owner of the company drove one of a cliff. Since then sales have hit rock bottom.

**spacemonkey** · 17th October 2010, 11:00

Arrgh I've given up on intersections it's just an insane asylum free for all these days, I just treat everyone else as a homicidal retard and drive ultra defensively.
You pretty well need psychic powers to know what the fucks happening!

I'm actually surprised that the traffic police haven't started cracking down on this issue.... Must be a goldmine of traffic fines for them??