Collected some revenue today

[Edbear]

There is a reason for putting double yellow lines on a road...

[Scuba_Steve]

There used to be a reason for putting double yellow lines on a road...

Fixed that for ya Ed Ever since the crazy with the yellow paint got released, yellow lines have lost their absolute.

[Edbear]

Fixed that for ya Ed Ever since the crazy with the yellow paint got released, yellow lines have lost their absolute.

Like many road rules, if it weren't for the incompetent drivers we allow behind the wheel we wouldn't need so many.

The sooner TPTB start making idiots re-sit their licences after being ticketed the sooner we will see an overall improvement in the standard of driving!

[flyingcrocodile46]

Fixed that for ya Ed Ever since the crazy with the yellow paint got released, yellow lines have lost their absolute.

Yeah! After seeing how they have been abused by our traffic managers I can't take them seriously any more.

Ultimately this type of abuse is likely to see the intent rewarded with the exact opposite result.

If they want to make straight flat sections of road no passing (as opposed to genuinely dangerous and/or deceptive sections) then they should use an alternative method.

[Scuba_Steve]

Like many road rules, if it weren't for the incompetent drivers we allow behind the wheel we wouldn't need so many.

The sooner TPTB start making idiots re-sit their licences after being ticketed the sooner we will see an overall improvement in the standard of driving!

dumbing down the roads dumbs down the drivers.
& wrong, sooner TPTB start treating the licence as proof of ability to drive is the sooner we'll see an overall improvement of the standard of driving (& a lovely side-effect of an overall drop in driver numbers)

[flyingcrocodile46]

Like many road rules, if it weren't for the incompetent drivers we allow behind the wheel we wouldn't need so many.

The sooner TPTB start making idiots re-sit their licences after being ticketed the sooner we will see an overall improvement in the standard of driving!

And the more rules/restrictions (many seemingly pointless) the more likely it is that people will not be able to find any logic in their structure that they can link with common sense and then they will reason that there isn't any reliable logic to using common sense when it doesn't equate to the rules/law/regulations etc. Then they start thinking (or not) that as long as there isn't a rule that explicitly says that something shouldn't be done, it must be ok to do it. Then we will need even more rules and pretty soon we won't be able to pick our nose or sratch our arse without a permit.

[FJRider]

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...

By my calculator ... at 100 km/hr ... it takes 2.6666 seconds to travel that 100 metres.

What could go wrong in that space of time ...

[flyingcrocodile46]

By my calculator ... at 100 km/hr ... it takes 2.6666 seconds to travel that 100 metres.

What could go wrong in that space of time ...

You are allowed to exceed the speed limit when overtaking to reduce unnecessary time on the wrong side of the road. Re-calculate at 160kph

[FJRider]

You are allowed to exceed the speed limit when overtaking to reduce unnecessary time on the wrong side of the road. Re-calculate at 160kph

Speed kills ... so you can't survive to reach those speeds.

Unless you are doing the secret KB wave as you pass that vehicle.

[scumdog]

dumbing down the roads dumbs down the drivers.
& wrong, sooner TPTB start treating the licence as proof of ability to drive is the sooner we'll see an overall improvement of the standard of driving (& a lovely side-effect of an overall drop in driver numbers)

That would work Steve - as soon as the drivers test was meaningful.
At the moment you can only treat it as proof that at some time the owner of the licence knew the minimum required to pass said test...

[Zedder]

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

No, I think you're being a safe rider/driver who is proud of keeping to a skill set and laws as opposed to other idiots who think it's ok to endanger themselves and others.

I was utterly gobsmacked to read a post about actually choosing to cross the double yellow lines both on a bike and in a car. Get the fuck off the road if you can't be bothered to do it properly and safely.

[Jantar]

You are allowed to exceed the speed limit when overtaking to reduce unnecessary time on the wrong side of the road. .......

I do wish this was true. it would have saved me $120 last September.

[scumdog]

You are allowed to exceed the speed limit when overtaking to reduce unnecessary time on the wrong side of the road.

And if the cop ain't wearing his hat he can't give you a ticket anyway...

[flyingcrocodile46]

And if the cop ain't wearing his hat he can't give you a ticket anyway...

Heh! Gotta put the seat down first eh

[Gremlin]

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.

Don't ever pass on the left...

There is a reason for putting double yellow lines on a road...

There actually isn't double yellow lines. The yellow line on the other side of the road has absolutely no relevance to you at all. All you can have is a single yellow line. The other side can then also have a single yellow line for them...