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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    Funny. Here's my take on the speed limits in NZ.

    You can go as fast as you want as long as you don't go faster than the number on the sign. Simple.

    And you can go as slow as you want as long as you don't hold people up. Equally simple.

    Donuts.
    In that case, because it's all arbitrary including the chosen limit, you could be considered to be holding me up at 99kms, yet you're speeding at 101, and good luck staying at 100 exactly even if your speedo is 100% correct (or at least as exactly wrong as mine).

    The system is flawed and not simple. Simple.

    Yes that could be considered being a little pedantic, but if you're going to have all these rules and enforce them so strictly on people, sometimes at the cost of their job, then maybe they should be more relaxed to reflect the lack of accuracy? I dunno, it seems simple to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dog View Post
    On the rt you probably get a bit of additional space from those who can't tell you from a part troll bike.

    Try gn250. Riding add normally add you can manage.
    Try again pretending to be a noob.
    Chuck an L on and repeat.

    I'd be keen to hear your results. Here are mine.

    Did that on my wife's bike because I was curious about the claims of some newer riders.

    With an L in auckland on a gn250: I got more patience when I made obvious mistakes but tailgated way more. More importantly people took bigger risks to get past, even where they where not being held up and were only going to hold me up once past.

    Tried the same on the Hayabusa and the DR. Made no difference... except for a licence check at a gas station.

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    A good point...Very much like slow truck syndrome just got to get past cause you look slow....Most tailgating must be up to the mindset of the person doing the 'Gating' and the type of vehicle you are in....Used to be a two car family one Toyota corolla one Hilux surf with front and rear aftermarket steel nudge bars scary looking things they were....Used to notice id get tailgated far more in the corolla than the surf and a bit of brake check in the surf had a more instant result...Seemed the sobering thought of slamming into the rear bars and coming off second best if I did turn out to be a road rager and jammed on the picks was enough to sway most Idiots.

    L plate on a bike the size of a DR650 does seem to put a few off but mostly no.....Scooter noobs who even ride in the drivers side wheel track at 50kms in town don't stand a snowballs here.Most just get left and stay there the mad bastards.

    What a good thread OP.....

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    ..if we had a decent rail system I wouldn't ride anywhere...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    ..if we had a decent rail system I wouldn't ride anywhere...
    Dem carriages tailgate like all buggery eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    ..if we had a decent rail system I wouldn't ride anywhere...
    You have a rail trail out to your place, you could use that
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    You have a rail trail out to your place, you could use that
    ...my wife and I do a ten k pedal down to Catons Bay and back pretty regularly when the fair weather pedalers have hung their bikes up for the winter...too much traffic on it over summer...fukn tailgaters...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Madness View Post
    If only cunts would keep left unless overtaking
    Spot on!

    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    Instead of saying "intimidate", say "bully" - because that is what they are doing, they are bullying you...
    Yup. I happily "bully" twats who cannot comprehend the "keep left unless passing" rule.

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    Ah the good ole 2sec rule, saved my arse many times.

    Taranaki, Out n about in the car tonite, was crusin up Burgess hill over taking lanes, that has a left and right turns immediately at the top, at the end of the overtaking section, just outright shithouse roading design.

    Every fecker is goin like the clappers cos of a camper and a van up front. I back off the gas making a large space in front an watchin these turds battle it out believing someone is gonna collide with something.

    The lanes start to converge, still five or so cars still attempting to over take. Nec minut, van on the brakes indicating left and the camper indicating to go right, and wha la, massive cluster fuck ensues with all tinnies on the brakes in a panic.

    Fuck me, if some half wit on one of those little 300 yamie road bikes complete with L plate flies past and inserts himself directly in the centre of it all! Sheer panic now, cars swerving, braking, tooting and a liddle bike in the middle weaving through the mayhem. How the fuck he didn't get side swiped, rear ended or end up under something beggars belief!!! Just sheer dumb luck as there weren't no skill in what he done, fuckin halfwit!

    That said, it seems to be the naki way. The two second rule is a joke in the naki. Seems the only thing peoples abide by is the 'do as i fuckin want to' rule.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    Spot on!



    Fuck, I miss my bullbars.
    Yep ditto.

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    Fucking cagers.

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    Saw this Facebook today about braking, hopefully the link works


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    Saw that on FB a couple of weeks ago. Must be doing the rounds.

    Salient points. Every day I see riders tucked in behind vehicles. Lots of reasons not to, nil reasons to, but it happens anyway.

    I reckon following distance is the thing that could make the biggest difference to our collective safety.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    I reckon following distance is the thing that could make the biggest difference to our collective safety.
    It simply gives you more time to react. So if you're not paying attention, or looking far enough forward, you have more time to realise, to brake, or get yourself out of the situation.

    It's also smoother, as you can soak up small variations in speed, rather than braking, which makes the vehicle behind you brake, then the others brake, and so on.
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    who the fuck uses brakes.... that shit just slows you down

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    Quote Originally Posted by ruaphu View Post
    Fuck me, if some half wit on one of those little 300 yamie road bikes complete with L plate flies past and inserts himself directly in the centre of it all! Sheer panic now, cars swerving, braking, tooting and a liddle bike in the middle weaving through the mayhem. How the fuck he didn't get side swiped, rear ended or end up under something beggars belief!!! Just sheer dumb luck as there weren't no skill in what he done, fuckin halfwit!
    You paint a vivid picture: glad I wasn't there.

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