Collected some revenue today

[davereid]

[B]One gave me a ticket for doing 120kmph last Monday...instead of the 157kmph one he could have given me

Where do you get your GN125 tuned. ? I need to go there.

[DMNTD:Me]

Where do you get your GN125 tuned. ? I need to go there.

Oh yes...pure intimidation on 2 wheels eh!

[steve_t]

Thread dredge. LOL and facepalm at the same time

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10858933

[Zedder]

Not just over, waaay over! The common or garden species arseholius driverificus.

[pzkpfw]

Thread dredge. LOL and facepalm at the same time

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10858933

While those look way past reasonable, the pics don't show the corners nor what view the drivers had - so I'd want opinions from someone who knows the road before condemning them.

(On my bike, I will occasionally choose to cross certain yellows to pass. I've even done it in my car. So I'm not going to point fingers at others without knowing a little more.)

Again, I'm not saying the cars in the pics are doing anything "good". I just don't think the drivers ought to be hanged without more information.

[Zedder]

While those look way past reasonable, the pics don't show the corners nor what view the drivers had - so I'd want opinions from someone who knows the road before condemning them.

(On my bike, I will occasionally choose to cross certain yellows to pass. I've even done it in my car. So I'm not going to point fingers at others without knowing a little more.)

Again, I'm not saying the cars in the pics are doing anything "good". I just don't think the drivers ought to be hanged without more information.

Who said anything about hanging? They got ticketed for being clearly over the lines. If there was some mitigating circumstances don't you think they wouldn't have got done?

[Jantar]

I know that road well, and being on the wrong side of the road at Devils Staircase isn't just careless, its downright dangerous. Just ask Hayd3n what happens on that piece of road when there is a car on the wrong side.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1129759295

[Dragon]

In regards to riding as far left as possible

I ride and always have ridden/been taught to ride in the centre of your lane and have found whenever I stick to the left I have people come up my ass and then try and pass me by pushing me over further

Also riding to the far left there is always a lot of crap on the road :s

Am I in the wrong I mean I stick to the speed limit or about 5km over depending on the flow of traffic

I am happy to pull over where safe to let people pass if there is a queue behind me

Example 1

I rode Paekoriki hill the other weekend and had one bike pass me ( I was doing 60km on my speedo ( have since discovered my speedo is 5km out) and tbh I slowed down for every corner I also pulled over for a guy in a bmw who gave me space but I knew wanted to pass me and go faster

I just get pissed off when Im doing the speed limit or slightly over and other people think they own the road

Example 2

Riding in this morning in heavy rain I was behind a car that had no rear view mirror visablity (his whole rear windscreen was covered as he had filled his station wagon up) I rode to the right near the centre of the road (there was a median strip next to me) so that he could see me clearly in my side mirror

I rode in this position as a. Im not confident enough to lane split down the left hand side and also there was a large amount of water pooling and I thought it would be dangerous to do so.

b. as the car was driving to the left I had space that had I needed to stop quickly could have gone into as the guy behind me was pretty close I had left a good distance infront of me as well consider we where doing 5-50km but im alittle paranoid

Was I in the wrong for doing this ??

[Zedder]

In regards to riding as far left as possible

I ride and always have ridden/been taught to ride in the centre of your lane and have found whenever I stick to the left I have people come up my ass and then try and pass me by pushing me over further

Also riding to the far left there is always a lot of crap on the road :s

Am I in the wrong I mean I stick to the speed limit or about 5km over depending on the flow of traffic

I am happy to pull over where safe to let people pass if there is a queue behind me

Example 1

I rode Paekoriki hill the other weekend and had one bike pass me ( I was doing 60km on my speedo ( have since discovered my speedo is 5km out) and tbh I slowed down for every corner I also pulled over for a guy in a bmw who gave me space but I knew wanted to pass me and go faster

I just get pissed off when Im doing the speed limit or slightly over and other people think they own the road

Example 2

Riding in this morning in heavy rain I was behind a car that had no rear view mirror visablity (his whole rear windscreen was covered as he had filled his station wagon up) I rode to the right near the centre of the road (there was a median strip next to me) so that he could see me clearly in my side mirror

I rode in this position as a. Im not confident enough to lane split down the left hand side and also there was a large amount of water pooling and I thought it would be dangerous to do so.

b. as the car was driving to the left I had space that had I needed to stop quickly could have gone into as the guy behind me was pretty close I had left a good distance infront of me as well consider we where doing 5-50km but im alittle paranoid

Was I in the wrong for doing this ??

Read the two pages in this: http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/ro...-the-road.html

[Dragon]

Read the two pages in this: http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/ro...-the-road.html

Cheers for that I thought I was in the right but I had honsetly forgotten about what you pointed out

its good to be reminded

In regards to the visiblity thing I always assume im invisiable even with the fact im on a bright blue bike and this morning I had a big bright orange pack liner on my pack rack

[arcane12]

In regards to riding as far left as possible

I ride and always have ridden/been taught to ride in the centre of your lane and have found whenever I stick to the left I have people come up my ass and then try and pass me by pushing me over further

Also riding to the far left there is always a lot of crap on the road :s

Am I in the wrong I mean I stick to the speed limit or about 5km over depending on the flow of traffic

I am happy to pull over where safe to let people pass if there is a queue behind me

Example 1

I rode Paekoriki hill the other weekend and had one bike pass me ( I was doing 60km on my speedo ( have since discovered my speedo is 5km out) and tbh I slowed down for every corner I also pulled over for a guy in a bmw who gave me space but I knew wanted to pass me and go faster

I just get pissed off when Im doing the speed limit or slightly over and other people think they own the road

Example 2

Riding in this morning in heavy rain I was behind a car that had no rear view mirror visablity (his whole rear windscreen was covered as he had filled his station wagon up) I rode to the right near the centre of the road (there was a median strip next to me) so that he could see me clearly in my side mirror

I rode in this position as a. Im not confident enough to lane split down the left hand side and also there was a large amount of water pooling and I thought it would be dangerous to do so.

b. as the car was driving to the left I had space that had I needed to stop quickly could have gone into as the guy behind me was pretty close I had left a good distance infront of me as well consider we where doing 5-50km but im alittle paranoid

Was I in the wrong for doing this ??

In my personal opinion if you are doing the SPEED LIMIT (or a little over) other road users have no recourse to complain. Maybe you might be a little slow on corners, but it sounds like you are considerate enough to make allowances where possible.

The recommended lane position is in line with the right hand wheels of where a car would be. This is for better visibility - yours and theirs.

I personally would ride somewhere nearish the middle, if there is no traffic on my side of the road, the right when there is, and obviously right or left depending on how I plan on taking a corner. If I see someone behind me looking to overtake I might give him room. If it's a straight and it's a bike I will pull over to the left If it's a car I don't like to go more than the middle - as you say a car will not always give you the space you need, so you have to make allowances.

The most important thing to remember is to do what ever is best to keep yourself safe. Sometimes this could be to pull over and let an aggressive car pass - not my first reaction when a turd like that turns up, but we all want to go home at the end of the day, and smallest guy loses.

[Dragon]

In my personal opinion if you are doing the SPEED LIMIT (or a little over) other road users have no recourse to complain. Maybe you might be a little slow on corners, but it sounds like you are considerate enough to make allowances where possible.

The recommended lane position is in line with the right hand wheels of where a car would be. This is for better visibility - yours and theirs.

I personally would ride somewhere nearish the middle, if there is no traffic on my side of the road, the right when there is, and obviously right or left depending on how I plan on taking a corner. If I see someone behind me looking to overtake I might give him room. If it's a straight and it's a bike I will pull over to the left If it's a car I don't like to go more than the middle - as you say a car will not always give you the space you need, so you have to make allowances.

The most important thing to remember is to do what ever is best to keep yourself safe. Sometimes this could be to pull over and let an aggressive car pass - not my first reaction when a turd like that turns up, but we all want to go home at the end of the day, and smallest guy loses.

Its good to see I am on the right track then its been ages since Ive been out riding so just wanted some clarification

As much as I want to slow down to 45 to teach the fker a leason I know what its like to be fustrated by slow drivers and if its safe for me to pull over I will and I always get a toot of thanks

Another pet peeve of mine is people tooting at me when im stopping for a stop sign or give way espically when they cant see what I can or realize that ill go when im bloody well ready and if I dont think its safe to go I wont because if a car hits me my chances of dying are higher then the guy in his car tooting at me even if it is alittle daunting

I do change my position on the road to match the best line for the corner (staying on my side of the road) if I go over the center line its because Ive fked up and not gotten the bike over enough hence why I tend to be alittle slow as I tend to reduce speed instead of using the whole road

However if I can see 100m ahead and know the road I have used both lanes but I havent done this on the bike as Im way to paranoid about being hit

[Zedder]

Cheers for that I thought I was in the right but I had honsetly forgotten about what you pointed out

its good to be reminded

In regards to the visiblity thing I always assume im invisiable even with the fact im on a bright blue bike and this morning I had a big bright orange pack liner on my pack rack

No problem, saved me a bit of writing. Yep, revision is always good.

[scumdog]

However if I can see 100m ahead and know the road I have used both lanes but I havent done this on the bike as Im way to paranoid about being hit

Don't do it at all, in a car or a bike.

You might be OK all the time - but there's a good chance one day a car will pop up well within that 100m that you 'could see was clear'.

And it might not go well at that point...

[steve_t]

I guess I'm just a puppet to the system but when I see yellows, there's no crossing them regardless of visibility (which is generally poor and the reason they're there anyway). Luckily, most of the time, the bike can squeeze up without crossing the yellows if there is good visibility