spotting mufti coppa's

[Lou Girardin]

And C.B. thinks my moustache is pretty macho so there!!

But then women always say what we want to hear.

[scumdog]

But then women always say what we want to hear.

And they ALWAYS tell the truth!!

[Velox]

(Cheers for the greeny SD!) But the prob with speeding being the only enforceable thing vs careless driving and maybe being an unskilled driver/rider in general, is that it still is targeting something that is not wrong in itself. In a way (although this is slightly extreme) it's like fining people for getting in a vehicle at all - they have the potential to kill/injure people but it doesn't mean that'll necessarily happen unless they mis-use the vehicle. Personally, I think speeding's the same - if judgement is used properly then there's no prob with it. Same applies to driving/riding in general.

But I get what you mean about the fact that you need to be able to police something to stop people being loonies and wiping out themselves and others. I dunno, and obviously the cops don't either, but your everyday "speeders"/general public shouldn't have to be a scapegoat. Hmmm.

[Lou Girardin]

And they ALWAYS tell the truth!!

Mine does. (ooh baby, I can't take all of that.)

[Beemer]

Mine does. (ooh baby, I can't take all of that.)

You missed a few words off the end, Lou. "ooh baby, I can't take all of that crap you keep spouting!"

[RiderInBlack]

But then women always say what we want to hear.

Not the one I was silly enough to Marry. If I find one that does I might just think about giving marrage ago again, but I an't in no hurry to go there again.

[Biff]

Hmmm, from what I hear it's not the ONLY thing that'll stop you!!

Has somebody told you I have real talent then? Maybe I'm too good looking? Apparently I already have an ego big enough for the job though. Bitch.

[Dafe]

Saw one sitting there on Sat in a white car (sorry - don't know cars, only bikes) right beside where all these other cars were parked up at the side of the road. Tricksy eh.


Dafe - I totally agree. I've (somehow) managed to avoid getting snapped by doing pretty much the exact same thing (well we'll leave it at that for now anyway). I didn't know that 4WDs were that dodgey though - I know they ocassionally use them.


"Speed kills" is the biggest promotional bollocks out there. So do cars and bikes! So do steering wheels! So do twisty roads! Or just roads for that matter! It's how you use them!!! What an ignorant statment to use as a hobby horse campaign. What pisses me off is that the 'general public' are starting to believe that if you "speed" that means you are "bad". Argh - make me sick.

The four wheel drives are real hard to spot because you're not expecting them. Infact I had one following me today in my workcar. Lucky for me I recognised the Police overalls they wore when I was passing them on the motorway.
They were in a white Toyota Hilux. There is a couple of mufti 4x4's driving the hutt motorway.

The burgendy car that was patrolling Himitangi was a Nissan 200SX, not what you'd expect to see a cop in either.

I'm driving the himitangi plains in the morning, I'll be keeping an eye out.

[skidMark]

They're all mini fans!?

Dunno, but it might be the false impression that small cars/bikes SEEM to be going faster than they really are.

Maybe it's to fuel your paranoia

they fuel my paranoia alright lol but it would be funny as they can do me for nothing but i did get pulled once forgot to put my headlights on just after getting my bike within the 1st couple of weeks


i don't see why they jump on the brakes though and every damn time they keep going i reckon they just want to check it has rego lol

also how does the law go regarding going through traffic to get to fron't of lights from further back going up the middle of lanes etc.?

[Biff]

also how does the law go regarding going through traffic to get to fron't of lights from further back going up the middle of lanes etc.?

Known locally, and not so locally, as "splitting" or "filtering". Try a search from here on either of these words and you'll find loads of useful legal info, and general bollox.

[skidMark]

and im meant to know hu knows what they are talking about and who is not how ?....love the avatar biff got a happy tree friends feel to it

[skidMark]

do you see what i mean happy tree friends and biffs avatar you can see how i can relate them somehow

[Biff]

and im meant to know hu knows what they are talking about and who is not how ?....love the avatar biff got a happy tree friends feel to it

Thanks dude.

Here's a good a place as any to start I guess: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=lanesplitting

At the top of most (all?) pages you'll see a search button - click it and type in key words for the topic you want to search for.

Enjoy.

[skidMark]

theres like a million and one links to different threads i could spend my whole life just not doing it and it would cut the time of reading all that to find out

[Biff]

theres like a million and one links to different threads i could spend my whole life just not doing it and it would cut the time of reading all that to find out

Ok - to the best of my knowledge, although I may be talking out of my arse, it is illegal to lanesplit. But do it safely & slowly and the mufty you drive past may decide that you know what you're doing, don't pose a danger, and let you go without ruining your day. Unless he's in a bad mood because a random biker just got his daughter pregnant.

But I stand to be corrected. Because like you - I cant be arsed to check out all those search results.

This question has been thrashed to death here (not blaming you Mark), why don't we get a definitive guide to splitting guide posted somewhere here in the form of a sticky? Written by someone more knowledgeable than me (easy). Or is there one already? Spank? Mods?