Operation Mataki - SH75 to Akaroa

[rastuscat]

Emotive bollocks. I doubt very much that Mr 178 was going to travel at that speed all the way home and would encounter the pothole that would cause all that calamity. More likely he felt he was on a quiet road, little traffic, nice weather and gave it a squirt,..........

Interesting. I can't reveal too much about the individual circumstances of the rider, as it might identify him.

He wasn't as you mentioned. He was overtaking a line of 4 cars. Luckily he didn't try the "I went that fast to get back on my own side of the road more quickly".

I was standing on the Motukarara straight, at the turnoff to the Moutukarara race course. In plain view. High viz, riding a troll bike that was also in plain view, parked side on to traffic, well clear of the lane. I heard the acceleration, turned and saw the headlight coming up the side of a line of cars coming toward me from the Gebbies Pass direction. The Blue Duck.

Now, I'm all for being proactive at overtaking, but 178? Sorry, can't condone that.

In the same spot, as I was talking to Mr 178, I flagged another couple of bikes down and asked them to slow down, coz they were flying out of the same corner he had just come around.

Also stopped a lady on a new Yamaha and discussed the merits of having her headlight on full beam. Back on the 80s I could understand it, but the full beam was bright enough to light up Mars, and was in the dazzle-the-oncoming-motorists category.

Wrote the three tickets I mentioned. Engaged with a lot more road users.

Happy, AZKLE? Somehow I doubt it.

See you all out the today. Not hard to guess where I'll be.

[Akzle]

Possibly the family whose car that 172kph biker may have ploughed into 5 minutes later ...

here's my problem with your assertion. the word MAY.
i submit that anyone who has the nuts to pilot an iron horse at that speed is probably not the kind who drives into things while not paying attention. and that the woman driving the family car would probably have been to blame in that crash.

...a reply to your question as I see it...

Me thinks he helped the young couple out for a drive with the children from having a bike hit them at 172kph after he failed to negotiate the pothole, lost control, crossed the center line and hit them head on, punching the engine into the fire wall as he traveled in trough the windscreen, taking the mother out from the shoulders up, snapping the back of the seat that crushed the child ...

wow. that's a really EMO story
yes. crashes are horrible.
unfortunately for your argument, there is absolutely nothing to suggest that pilot would have been involved in a crash.

You can never depend on someone else 100% but that scenario is pretty rare when you consider the type of crashes bikes have. You don't have to be doing stupid speeds to swing wide and have a head on. Most times people manage to do that while traveling under the speed limit.

80% of people (who crash...), in fact, manage to fatally inure themselves and others. UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT.
the thing about being on/near a road i that you have to account for the 100% of other people that you CANNOT rely on, to not kill you through their own fuckups.

Stopped a couple of riders who were at the tolerance, just to remind them that the limit is 100 and that relying on a Popo to exercise his discretion is a risky business.

Also dealt with a variety of cage drivers. Including a bunch of "car enthusiasts" who we're on an Old School Toyota Crooz. Knobs.

Spread the love, don't worry.

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In the same spot, as I was talking to Mr 178, I flagged another couple of bikes down and asked them to slow down, coz they were flying out of the same corner he had just come around.

Also stopped a lady on a new Yamaha and discussed the merits of having her headlight on full beam. Back on the 80s I could understand it, but the full beam was bright enough to light up Mars, and was in the dazzle-the-oncoming-motorists category.

Wrote the three tickets I mentioned. Engaged with a lot more road users.

Happy, AZKLE? Somehow I doubt it..

i am happy today, actually. and most days. on account of: i'm alive and that suits me well right now.
asides from telling the daft woman to not cruise on high beam, could you please point out who you helped... i'm trying to read between the lines of your posts but i just don't see it....

[rastuscat]

i am happy today, actually. and most days. on account of: i'm alive and that suits me well right now.
asides from telling the daft woman to not cruise on high beam, could you please point out who you helped... i'm trying to read between the lines of your posts but i just don't see it....

Fair question. I clearly haven't be clear enough. Is that clear?

I helped a number of people to avoid prosecution by advising them that they were damn near getting ticketed, and that we're going to spend lots opf time on SH75 at weekends. Its called prevention.

I stopped a bloke towing a boat, with 3 cars behind him, in a windy bit. Windy? Yeah, a bit with no straights, not with excessive gusts of breeze. The cars drove on, helping them to avoid overtaking in a subsequent bad area, and allowing them to go about their business without being held up by the bloke towing the boat.

Does that qualify as help in Azkle World?

[AllanB]

Also dealt with a variety of cage drivers. Including a bunch of "car enthusiasts" who we're on an Old School Toyota Crooz. Knobs.

Classic. I was fortunate to not be stopped by you, I was on the naughty side of legal when the gun was pointed my way, maybe the reading was off due to the road and cars in front. Maybe my speedo is out! It was a sneeky spot you were tucked into!

A few kms down the road I saw the above mentioned 'enthusiasts' bouncing down the road on their lowered 1980's Toyotas. Figured they would cover any quota expetations you had!


Question - if a chap on a bike stopped and asked you to check his indicated speedo speed with your gun would you be happy to verify? The net forums tell me my bike reads 7% or so high but just my luck it may be the one accurate bike they built!

Interesting post, probably a good public awarenesss tool. I'll certainly be more aware on my frequent spins over the hill.

[rastuscat]

Question - if a chap on a bike stopped and asked you to check his indicated speedo speed with your gun would you be happy to verify? The net forums tell me my bike reads 7% or so high but just my luck it may be the one accurate bike they built!

Stop and chat. I'm happy to run the Popo troll bike at 100, and have you follow me to see what your speedo says.

I'm the brand mit den 3 stripes (sorry Adidas). If you're talking to a motorcycle Popo with 1 stripe, it's not me.

Interesting post, probably a good public awarenesss tool. I'll certainly be more aware on my frequent spins over the hill.

Dude, that's why I post it here. If I write a ticket it has an effect on the rider. If I tell a hundred people I wrote a ticket, it has an effect on lots more.

[Flip]

Got your quota and its off to the donut shop.

Good on ya.

[ellipsis]

...if you see a ginga on a silver mountainbike speeding past on the rail trail its probably me and I will be speeding...

[imdying]

Possibly the family whose car that 172kph biker may have ploughed into 5 minutes later ...

What is this Minority Report or something

[Drew]

178! Fucked if I'd have stopped!

Can't believe you stepped out in front of him, I have a good mind to report you to the department of labour. Your safety is the most important part of your job, how do you get away with stepping in front of certain death, when you get a warning for going in public without your stab proof vest.

[rastuscat]

178! Fucked if I'd have stopped!

Can't believe you stepped out in front of him, I have a good mind to report you to the department of labour. Your safety is the most important part of your job, how do you get away with stepping in front of certain death, when you get a warning for going in public without your stab proof vest.

I'll take the warning. Thanks Drew.

Don't worry, I had a bail-out-route sorted.

Someone asked at what speed someone should not stop. Around the Snake Pit (my office) the first thing people say is that they can't believe he stopped.

Hey, is this thread keeping me off the road? Drew, are you simply trying to keep me off SH75?

I've rumbled you Drew, see ya, I'm off to Motukarara.

[Akzle]

I helped a number of people to avoid prosecution by advising them that they were damn near getting ticketed, and that we're going to spend lots opf time on SH75 at weekends. Its called prevention.
Does that qualify as help in Azkle World?

it a twisted sort of way. yes.
but if it weren't for crown rule, they wouldn't be getting persecuted, sorry, prosecuted, anyway.

I stopped a bloke towing a boat, with 3 cars behind him, in a windy bit. Windy? Yeah, a bit with no straights, not with excessive gusts of breeze. The cars drove on, helping them to avoid overtaking in a subsequent bad area, and allowing them to go about their business without being held up by the bloke towing the boat.
Does that qualify as help in Azkle World?

A-K-Z-L-E. are you dislexsycism? there's many a post with misplaced apostrophes, letters, words, etc. maybe your radar gun was actually reading 187 ><
yeah.. but really. if the boat tower was a responsible thinking denizen he'd've got his own ass out the way.... did you give him an infringement notice for impeding traffic? you should have. i hate inconsiderate cunts.

[rastuscat]

i hate inconsiderate cunts.

Don't be so hard on yourself

[Akzle]

Don't be so hard on yourself

now see, if i was an inconsiderate cunt. that would be good zing. but i'm not., just a regular garden-variety cunt.

i'll take it then, that you did not give mr boat an infringement notice.
poor form.

[FJRider]

178! Fucked if I'd have stopped!

Can't believe you stepped out in front of him, I have a good mind to report you to the department of labour. Your safety is the most important part of your job, how do you get away with stepping in front of certain death, when you get a warning for going in public without your stab proof vest.

Hitting a cop at 178 km's will be as bad as hitting a dog at that speed.

Those things are thick skinned. Especially if they're wearing a stab-proof vest ...

[FJRider]

.. just a regular garden-variety cunt.

You must have a dam good garden then ... 'cause it's full of shit ...