Heck he was the worst offender in that video.Originally Posted by SPman
Hardcore Biker
Heck he was the worst offender in that video.
Moped rider
Well you're a published photographer now:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/547486...-on-Kiwi-roads
Keep 'em left.
Forum whore
Shucks, I'm flattered. The Popo quoted is my boss.
Have a safe weekend dudes and dudettes. Weather permitting, I'm taking Mrs Cat to the Hermitage at Mt Cook village for an overnight chill out. Hope the baby beemer likes the cold !!
Stay upright.
Popo Cat 007
Loud and Uncouth
A magic ride, me an' mrs Scummy (normajeane) did that trip one summer on a whim (A fancy type of Harley...) and it was a blast, such roads, such scenery....
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
" Life is not a rehearsal, it's as happy or miserable as you want to make it"
Hardcore Biker
I was pretty damn happy to see that article on Stuff after reading this thread. Maybe a few more people will take notice now.
One of my most terrifying moments was pulling out to pass a van on a very gentle right hand bend (with a good view for about the next 400 meters up the road). The van driver hadn't seen my 3 seconds of indicating and cut the corner.... right as I was passing. I ended up on the right hand shoulder of the road to avoid a collision.. Pulled over a bit further on and he was so very very sorry that he nearly killled me.... I wonder how sorry he would have been if he'd really pushed me off the road?
Elminating bad habits like cutting even clear corners would avoid so many dangers on the roads. Good police work there.
Library Schooled
Smarty pants... since ages ago
If the guy had checked his mirrors before cutting the corner ... would have been a good idea ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Hardcore Biker
You are not riding there are you! Apparently the South Island has had a bit of snow last week.
Last time I was at the Hermitage it looked like downtown Tokyo..a sea of yellow faces. Road in may be beautiful but a tad boring to ride = straight
Happiness is a means of travel, not a destination
Hardcore Biker
Yes, I told him so myself.
But to be honest convinving people not to cross the centerline is probably easier than convinving them to do a mirror and shoulder check every time they do cut a corner.
Library Schooled
Forum whore
Just FYI.
Write a ticket for someone, and it might change their behaviour.
Write that ticket and publish the photo in the paper, and you might change the behaviour of thousands. Maybe not, but maybe so.
Do nothing and nothing changes.
It's the force multiplication I mentioned earlier in the thread. As often as we can we send stuff to the media, and very occasionally they pick up on it. Normally sending them as good photo helps.
All good stuff.
Fair weather rider
So cruising off again to Kerikeri tday, almost taken out by motorist coming the other way, swerving WAAAAy over the yellow line to avoid a bloody cyclist, all on a bend. Some fuckwit in Wellington has now decided to have motorists leave them 1.5m of space to wobble around in, whilst putting ALL oncoming traffic in danger. Ban cyclists from our rural roads please!!!!!
lucky bastard
In the riders seat
The cyclist wasn't at fault, the fuckwit swerving around him was
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Rocket Surgeon
+1 - wait 15 seconds or so (or heaven forbid a minute or 2) for a straight piece of road.
Ciao Marco
Night rider
With road lanes being 4.5 m wide, there is plenty of room for the cyclist to take up 1.5 meters on the left and still leave 3 meters width to pass without swerving onto the wrong side of the road. The cyclist is only in the wrong if he is in the middle of the lane and obstructing traffic.
Time to ride
Fair weather rider
Well Jantar, you've never actually been to Northland have you? People never follow until theres clear road, and there are plenty of roads narrower than 4.5m!!
lucky bastard
In the riders seat
That still doesn't make it the cyclists fault
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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