Operation Mataki - SH75 to Akaroa

[rastuscat]

You're quite the little optimist aren't you

I'm also convinced that world peace and free access to donuts are just around the corner.

[Padmei]

I got a silly question.
A while ago I got fined for speeding over the Lewis - fair cop guv!
i think it was around 120 in a car. I had earlier stopped at Springs junction where they were fundraising for a sat phone, defib or something for SAR etc.
What would have happened if i had asked the nice cop if instead of paying whatever the fine was ($150?) if I gave a donation of half that amount to the fundraiser would he have let me go?

I just thought the money would actually be going towards something tangible that could help others?

While I'm raving here, I have had a few tickets over the years however the amount of the fines imposed doesn't really deter me that much. It's the actual humiliation of being pulled over that deters me. I feel like a naughty kid going to the circle of shame in the playground.
So RC & Scumdog sometimes a warning or quiet word does more good for PR and slows some of us down.


BTW are you my neighbour RC?

[FJRider]

I'm also convinced that world peace and free access to donuts are just around the corner.

You've been waiting around a corner all weekend ... did you get a glimpse ... ???

[Brian d marge]

I had a campaign a while back to help towards the cost , of those had bought doughnut vouchers, the one with most doughnut vouchers got reembursed

was a serious offer , no one took up

oh well

Stephen
174, kilometers per hour , in the old days it was MILES per hour .......

[gammaguy]

The white SV6 belongs to the Highway Patrol group responsible for enforcement on SH75. Trust me when I say this, they have significantly less sympathy for bikers than I do. Our presence each weekend is in addition to what the HP is doing.

That's why I started the Op Mataki stuff on KB. I'd rather chat to KBers over donuts at the Little River coffee shops than have their pockets emptied by them being caught doing silly things.

Basically if everyone cools down a bit on SH75 there'll be less of us falling off the road, which happens every bloody summer.

By posting here I'm hoping as ,any people as possible avoid donating to the consolidated fund. I'm not going soft though (Mrs Rastus can vouch for that!) The death ray is getting a workout each weekend. I have discretion, but I'm not a soft touch.

As long as there are riders who behave like the two wheeled equivalent of boy racers on that road, you will never be unemployed.

We both know you won't be signing on to the dole queue anytime soon

[Akzle]

And who asked YOU for your tuppence worth?

Fuck off back to greenland where you belong..

i am in greenland. i never left. i just keep smoking the furniture...
but who asked YOU ?

OOne of several reasons I ride like a nana...

is because you are a loud-mouth yankee-doodle blouse. end of.

...I have had a few tickets over the years however the amount of the fines imposed doesn't really deter me that much. It's the actual humiliation of being pulled over that deters me. I feel like a naughty kid going to the circle of shame in the playground.

hahah. you need to change your view. i LOVE dealing with cops. they're hilarious fun. probably over 10k of "court enforcement" fines (~about 3-4K actually handed out by PO...) and i still do exactly what the fuck i want. when i want. where i want. (and aint hurt nobody in the doing so) and i'm making them pay their own fines off. good fucking deal (thanks NZ tax payers, for propping up this game)

I'm also convinced that world peace and free access to donuts are just around the corner.

and you're helping that one along, i'm sure...

[vae]

I am aware that people get SMIDSY'd. But I can't help but wonder why the fuck it happens to the some people lots. I can't remember the last time it happened to me. I have a vague recollection of someone changing lanes on top of me, but I think I was in the van at the time.

Is it possible that some people blow out of proportion, people taking a smallish gap in front of them?

Is it possible also, that people who have crashed into cars failing to give way are victims of plain old misjudgement? Like the driver says. "Sorry mate, I didn't see you". But reality is they are only trying to make themselves feel better after a monumental fuck up on their part?

Why are bikers such fuckin pussies for the most part? Waa, the cops are out to get me. Waa, the cars are trying to kill me. Harden the fuck up!

Rant over, as you were.

I ride peak times to work and back most days (even when raining). Never at night, never past 5.20pm.
Car only gets used maybe 3 or 4 times per month even through winter.
Since I've been sick, no riding to work last 3 weeks though.
I guess if I have a near miss (or hit) every 5000 kms riding that's only a few months to me.
Had a hit and run at a red light 3 months ago. My Alpinestar jacket must have invisible properties

[vae]

The white SV6 belongs to the Highway Patrol group responsible for enforcement on SH75. Trust me when I say this, they have significantly less sympathy for bikers than I do. Our presence each weekend is in addition to what the HP is doing.

That's why I started the Op Mataki stuff on KB. I'd rather chat to KBers over donuts at the Little River coffee shops than have their pockets emptied by them being caught doing silly things.

Basically if everyone cools down a bit on SH75 there'll be less of us falling off the road, which happens every bloody summer.

By posting here I'm hoping as ,any people as possible avoid donating to the consolidated fund. I'm not going soft though (Mrs Rastus can vouch for that!) The death ray is getting a workout each weekend. I have discretion, but I'm not a soft touch.

I thought the cop cars were only the el cheapo models.
The SV6 looked great. Actually slowed down to have a closer look and nearly fell off my bike (again) when I saw who was inside.

[rastuscat]

Actually slowed down to have a closer look and nearly fell off my bike (again) when I saw who was inside.

Dude (ette). If a parked car can almost make you fall off, take a look in the mirror at what the problem is.

Sorry, but if it's that hazardous on the road, maybe a new mode of transport is called for. Ever considered a Hummer?

[vae]

Dude (ette). If a parked car can almost make you fall off, take a look in the mirror at what the problem is.

Sorry, but if it's that hazardous on the road, maybe a new mode of transport is called for. Ever considered a Hummer?

Now that's more like it.

A cop once told me that Motorcyclists deserve everything they get...

You'll be pleased to hear I didn't waste any Police time in reporting the hit and run, having looked in the mirror and all.

[Drew]

I ride peak times to work and back most days (even when raining). Never at night, never past 5.20pm.
Car only gets used maybe 3 or 4 times per month even through winter.
Since I've been sick, no riding to work last 3 weeks though.
I guess if I have a near miss (or hit) every 5000 kms riding that's only a few months to me.
Had a hit and run at a red light 3 months ago. My Alpinestar jacket must have invisible properties

I commuted on a bike for years with no other form of transport, and except for times when I was being stupid I don't recall anyone nearly taking me out.

The one time that stands out, a woman did pull out in front of me. Shattered tib/fib in my right leg as it got sandwiched between her car and my bike, before I got thrown over the top of the car. But she admitted seeing me, but getting my speed and the gap all wrong pulled out anyway.

There are undoubtedly times I've had to hit the brakes, that statement feels right, I just can't think of when is all. The way it gets pointed out on here you'd think a nen sign comes on in the rear window of cars saying, "I'MA GET ME THIS HERE FUCKIN BIKER"!

Oh yeah, why would a shit box SV6 commonwhore (the standard model now by the way, not an upspec), be so interesting as to make you slow down and peer inside?

And, why would you not report being crashed into?

[rastuscat]

Now that's more like it.

A cop once told me that Motorcyclists deserve everything they get...

Which is why I get so many donuts.........

[HenryDorsetCase]

this thread is full of win.

[Madness]

Oh yeah, why would a shit box SV6 commonwhore (the standard model now by the way, not an upspec), be so interesting as to make you slow down and peer inside?

SV6 isn't the base model - that's the Omega.

[Akzle]

Oh yeah, why would a shit box SV6 commonwhore (the standard model now by the way, not an upspec), be so interesting as to make you slow down and peer inside?

O. I C. you're one of those ford fags.

not that i would.
especially if it was a UC. i spot that shit a mile away. (usually in the rear view mirror, trying to catch up )