Aging motorcyclists - Close Up tonight 30/11/10

[JMemonic]

Yeah, I accept that Johnny Powerranger carving up the cages and then slamming into a paddock does you and me no favours, but idiotic motorcyclists don't directly impact on my safety to the extent that idiotic car drivers do. Every day, whether in my car, on my bike or even my pushbike, I am surrounded by idiot car drivers who are completely out of their depth and largely incompetent, but very, very rarely find motorcyclists putting me at risk.

Banging on about motorcyclists needing to lift their skill doesn't make my journey any safer, but getting TPTB to look at ALL road users, including the majority car drivers, does.

Your point is totally valid but those here how keep banging on about all motorcycle accidents being motorcyclists fault wont agree.

The wife and I had a couple of close calls on our recent trip around the South Island with cars being in places they should not have been, regrettably the majority were not rental cars but appeared to be our home grown rubbish drivers.

Oh yeah one was a car that had fancy graphics on it with a slimline roof mounted indication apparatus who took a bend just a bit wild, yet had it been me with even my shoulder over the line I would potentially received an invitation to part with some of my hard earned money, all I saw was a mouthed "sorry"

[I GS 1]

I agree, I got a speeding ticket for doing 63 in a 50. I paid the ticket because I did it. Those tossers on the telly were bloody gang members all bar a few of them. At least the skinny bald guy with a goatee had the balls to just take his medicine saying that the bike was new to him and he wasn't used it, despite the patch on his back, he was the most 'professional'. I don't agree with targeting bikers when the crashes we are involved in, are to a certain degree caused by car drivers. Anyway if you aren't speeding you won't get a ticket will you?

Interesting - I have also just been fined for doing 63 in a 50 zone (wide road, no traffic, children playing etc.) could this be something to do with meeting "quotas" in the current "campaign" and could the current anti-speed "campaign" have something to do with stopping to check motorcyclists' registrations after many indicated that they were no longer intending to keep them up to date after the increase in ACC levies. I need to be convinced that it has anything to do with speed.

[BoristheBiter]

Interesting - I have also just been fined for doing 63 in a 50 zone (wide road, no traffic, children playing etc.) could this be something to do with meeting "quotas" in the current "campaign" and could the current anti-speed "campaign" have something to do with stopping to check motorcyclists' registrations after many indicated that they were no longer intending to keep them up to date after the increase in ACC levies. I need to be convinced that it has anything to do with speed.

you were doing 63 in a 50 and you ask was it the speed. are you just dumb or like to appear so?
if you were doing 50 in a 50 would you have got a ticket? No.
So therefore it has to be a speed thing.

[Bald Eagle]

Just watched this on line. This had the 'balance' I have come to expect from the New Zealand media.

[Katman]

Your point is totally valid but those here who keep banging on about all motorcycle accidents being motorcyclists fault wont agree.

And who would "those" be?

[Maha]

So were BRONZ or MAG approached or comment on this story? Do they have anything to say?

I didn't view it as a negative. If you get caught on your bike riding faster than the posted speed limit then sucks to be you. Harden up and pay the fine, you earned it.
But, on a personal note, please dont anyone lump me in with that clueless knob and his nanny-goat partner. All I could say to Close-up is, ''you got some right fuckwits there didn't ya''?
And I would say this as Mark ..... not as a member of MAG!
It is my personal view only.

[Swoop]

I missed it...

View here.

[phill-k]

I am very grateful that my helmet and gear completely disguise my identity, those guys bar the one that manned up were an embarrassment, I'm going to stop waving to other riders until I get over said embarrassment.

[Maha]

Without searching for it, can anyone remember the 2nd article on Close-up on Monday night?

[Brian d marge]

140 fair enough , but 119 ,, on that stretch of road , in those conditions

revenue gathering

Stephen

[_STAIN_]

would some kind person please put up link for those that missed this programe

[yachtie10]

would some kind person please put up link for those that missed this programe

post 127 has a link

[Bald Eagle]

So were BRONZ or MAG approached or comment on this story?

That would imply the producer wanted a piece of balanced reporting oops silly me.

[Spearfish]

So what, as a part of the biking community, do we do about the semi accurate public perception?

[Pascal]

Without searching for it, can anyone remember the 2nd article on Close-up on Monday night?

Had me thinking for a bit. The couple that is going for that massive diamond in the Michael Hill competition. Or were they the third story? I was busy getting the children hosed down in the garden before chasing them into bed so only focussed on the motorcycle piece.