What a fucking idiot!

[Mom]

3. has looked in their rear vision mirror... I was nearly bowled over by a car on my Yammy because I did not look behind me..

Oh, and just for the record, what is happening behind you is as important as what is in front of you. I scan mirrors ALL the time. Never move out until you have checked nothing is coming up behind you.

Situational awareness.

[Bikemad]

whip it......sounds like you almost got whupped good and proper..........thankfully you can relate said incident without the aid of an interpretor???..........yeah i know.....spelling grammer etc

[FJRider]

I've found if you multiply the risk factor in overtaking, by the number of vehicles you can see within 100 metres (with no median barrier) ... and listen to the voices ...

[FJRider]

Oh, and just for the record, what is happening behind you is as important as what is in front of you. I scan mirrors ALL the time. Never move out until you have checked nothing is coming up behind you.

Situational awareness.

And just for the record ... most of us with any real experience on the open road, will have done similar ... just may not be keen to admit it ...

The pucker effect does work ... and bikers have nine lives ... well the one's that ride like pussies ...

[p.dath]

Eek. That is a bit terrifying.

The maturity (which we all know you have!) to reflect back on what you could have done better is what separates good and bad riders.

[DMNTD:Me]

Best I put my hand up for an appalling decision I made yesterday too
100% my fault, zero questions about it and had something to reflect on during the rest of the ride.

[Edbear]

Epic brain fart from someone that has been riding for a long time...

If I can do that sort of shit anyone can.

I hope others read this and learn from my dumb mistake. No speed involved here, just poor choices.

We all do it at times, probably more often than we care to admit. One thing that sobers me in analyzing what went wrong is to emphasise to myself the unarguable fact that despite all the "why's" and "wherefore's", it DID HAPPEN!

We are human, not machines and we make errors of judgement, that is a fact of life. All we can do is try to minimize the risks we knowingly take. That's also why we take out insurance and drive/ride the best we can afford, because we know that despite our best efforts, bad things happen, yes, even preventable things.

Here is the lesson learnt by me.. overtaking can be faultless if the car can 1. hear you. 2. see you 3. has looked in their rear vision mirror... I was nearly bowled over by a car on my Yammy because I did not look behind me.. IN SAYING THAT... I am not sure who pulled out to overtake first... so where is the rule here.

Mom glad you came up ok... and yes I have learnt something!

Gidday, love! Nice to see you posting again!

[Mom]

Best I put my hand up for an appalling decision I made yesterday too
100% my fault, zero questions about it and had something to reflect on during the rest of the ride.

Care to share? I posted this as an example of how the most nana rider can make an appalling choice. I almost did not get away with it. You are no nana, so what did you do?

[DMNTD:Me]

Care to share? I posted this as an example of how the most nana rider can make an appalling choice. I almost did not get away with it. You are no nana, so what did you do?

I had a ?? SMIDSY (is that right?) moment riding into Tairua whilst overtaking a car.
Dark car, shadow covered road with flecks of sun popping through.
As I said...100% at fault. I know better and the 5% negative chance did pop up. I'm just happy it didn't happen to someone newer to riding

[Mom]

I had a ?? SMIDSY (is that right?) moment riding into Tairua whilst overtaking a car.
Dark car, shadow covered road with flecks of sun popping through.
As I said...100% at fault. I know better and the 5% negative chance did pop up. I'm just happy it didn't happen to someone newer to riding

Yepper, scarey thought indeedy.

[thehovel]

It's an eye opener, I've had a few brain farts, they have all resulted in splattering

Question???? Do you only learn by impact. I admit splat gets you attention but near misses must be learnt as well. Good post Mom Regards Richard

[Maha]

What is good about threads/post such as this (and there have been a couple posted over the last while) is that, it shows that the finger can not always be pointed in an outward direction. There are (at times) other factors involved in a major/minor slip up sure, but that being said, the onus can often be found without looking to hard elsewhere for the blame.

[ducatilover]

Question???? Do you only learn by impact. I admit splat gets you attention but near misses must be learnt as well.

I'm a quick learner, splat or near miss. Splat is very effective.

[Spearfish]

What is good about threads/post such as this (and there have been a couple posted over the last while) is that, it shows that the finger can not always be pointed in an outward direction. There are (at times) other factors involved in a major/minor slip up sure, but that being said, the onus can often be found without looking to hard elsewhere for the blame.

The other side is that because MOM makes more good decisions than bad there was that little bit of room for this not so good one, anyway after the way she has been talking about this one she is only getting better.


I'd still lend her a bike...... if i had one worth borrowing. lol

[Mom]

Question???? Good post Mom Regards Richard

Scared the "you know(FUCKEN SHIT) what" out of me to be honest. Too, too, too close really. Thanks Richard. All to often we dont share the dumb, idiot, moments.

I'm a quick learner, splat or near miss. Splat is very effective.

Splat is over rated, any one can do that. I was not going to be splat, I was not going to be splat for anything!

The other side is that because MOM makes more good decisions than bad there was that little bit of room for this not so good one, anyway after the way she has been talking about this one she is only getting better.


I'd still lend her a bike...... if i had one worth borrowing. lol

Have to be really cool to unseat me off Millie Or a Night Rod...