Lane splitting letter to DomPost 27 Dec 2013

[WilDun]

wrong thrice in one post...
But lacking entirely in ironing.

Good on you mate! - 9 out of 10 for keeping your cool, 10 out of 10 for moderating your speech! - I would trust you to fix my Honda Gyro anytime!
By the way, what is 'Ironing' ?

[Nausea]

I don't know what the law says but a few years ago I was pulled over by an (awesome) cop on the Auckland motorway for an unrelated matter. He told me that provided the traffic was going less than 30kmh & we did not lane split at more than 20kph over the traffic speed (or in a dangerous way), the Police would leave us alone.

[Akzle]

Good on you mate! - 9 out of 10 for keeping your cool, 10 out of 10 for moderating your speech! - I would trust you to fix my Honda Gyro anytime!
By the way, what is 'Ironing' ?

that's nice, i wouldn't touch your honda anytime!

[pzkpfw]

There's another letter about splitting today.

[rastuscat]

I don't know what the law says but a few years ago I was pulled over by an (awesome) cop on the Auckland motorway for an unrelated matter. He told me that provided the traffic was going less than 30kmh & we did not lane split at more than 20kph over the traffic speed (or in a dangerous way), the Police would leave us alone.

Cool. Where is that written?

[Berries]

I think you will find it in post #62.

[Phleep]

I don't know what the law says but a few years ago I was pulled over by an (awesome) cop on the Auckland motorway for an unrelated matter. He told me that provided the traffic was going less than 30kmh & we did not lane split at more than 20kph over the traffic speed (or in a dangerous way), the Police would leave us alone.

That'd be about right. I have joined a "conga line" of bikes lane-splitting down the Ngauranga Gorge behind a police bike following the <20kph advice.

Never had police stop me but have seen police bikes on the shoulder stopping bikes going down the left.

I am always worried about a car not stopping in time so I lane-split even when going the same speed as traffic.

I just wish they'd get rid of the bumps and paint on the motorcycle lane.

[swbarnett]

I lane-split even when going the same speed as traffic.

This is just asking for trouble. The only thing that makes lane-splitting safe is the speed differential.

[Phleep]

This is just asking for trouble. The only thing that makes lane-splitting safe is the speed differential.

I am merely meaning offset to the right of the right tire of the car in front. It makes it easier to duck around them if they erratically slam their brakes on or similar. I do observe stopping distances but don't trust the following cars and would rather not be sandwiched.

[Kendoll]

what the fuck kind of jew auckland motherfucker are you?
have you heard of trolling?
i'm pro.

Yes, you are keep it up man, you make these threads interesting

[swbarnett]

I am merely meaning offset to the right of the right tire of the car in front. It makes it easier to duck around them if they erratically slam their brakes on or similar. I do observe stopping distances but don't trust the following cars and would rather not be sandwiched.

Ah, that makes more sense. What you actually mean then is that you keep a good excape route handy. Eminently sensible.

[MIXONE]

That'd be about right. I have joined a "conga line" of bikes lane-splitting down the Ngauranga Gorge behind a police bike following the <20kph advice.


I just wish they'd get rid of the bumps and paint on the motorcycle lane.

If that was some time back I was "Tail End Charlie" that morning.Was cool 6 or 7 bikes splitting without causing hardly a ripple amongst the poor buggers trapped in their tintops.

[Phleep]

If that was some time back I was "Tail End Charlie" that morning.Was cool 6 or 7 bikes splitting without causing hardly a ripple amongst the poor buggers trapped in their tintops.

Yes, it would have been more than three years ago now. I have been working out in Porirua since then until very recently.

Haven't got a bike on the road at the moment so having to suffer the buses.

[imac]

A few years in London I was waiting patiently in traffic on my shiney new bike when a bike Popo stopped beside me and to me to follow him and off we went splitting away. Twas awesome

[veldthui]

Last monday I was happily splitting the nearly stationary traffic on the Auckland motorway at 20-25km/h and stopping at times when the gap got narrow.
Then some dick in yellow leathers screamed up behind me reving the guts out of his machine, beeping his horn trying to get me to move outta the way or go faster.

Dicks like this give lane splitting a bad name and I was pee'd off with him so can image most of the cagers were even more so.