Ohhhhh Fuck off here mate.....
So if theres a tree in the middle of a bare paddock and 5 riders on bikes ride towards it and 4 riders see the said tree and avoid it via good luck or management the last one does not and hits it....
WTF is this?.........
That's right numb nuts the last riders fault for not seeing the hazard!!!....or tree in this case.
Fuck off and google common sense will you..
Now I get it....
RGVforme is just out to ruffle anybodys feathers.....
I mean nobody can be this thick and obnoxious
Only cassina
And her brother
Opinions are like arseholes: Everybody has got one, but that doesn't mean you got to air it in public all the time....
Lets put aside the bitching on who's a safer rider blah blah. This point above gets me. Why the hell are trucks running around with fuel caps that are not fuel caps? I'm no truckie, so excuse my ignorance but every car I have owned takes 2 or 3 twists on a cap and hey presto - it's water tight! So it's not a lack of technology to blame.
Sure truck fuel tanks are external but that is a cosmetic difference no more relevant than what colour is the vehicle to whether it will spill fuel or not. Car tanks are similar shape with similar 45 degree rising spouts ..with a cap on the opening. A cap that actually works.
I'm stunned that WOF/COF checks on trucks & vans don't inspect the whole safety aspect of the explosive fuel containment. Sort of an obvious risk factor.
I bet if I pulled into a VTNZ spilling petrol all over their feet, as I jump out of the car lighting a fag they would scream blue murder at me and fail the car. So how can trucks/vans get away with it?
And to the Poster who said don't corner with lean that might cause a crash. Really! That's the whole point of being on a bike on a hilly road. It gives the rider a feeling often described by words like; happy happy joy joy, fun, enjoyable, exciting, exhilarating, friggin awesome...
Happiness is a means of travel, not a destination
There's a few standards car tank caps are mnufactured to comply with, most of them incorporate pressure/vacuum break systems, all of them fit for purpose. So as long as you're not running around with a rag stuffed in the hole chances are you'll be sealed up pretty good.
I don't know about standards truck tank caps might be built to, but in my experience anything over 10 years old is likely to leak any time diesel laps up to the cap.
I don't actually know what the COF rules say about fuel caps, (anyone?) But like I said tested compliance to a standard that actually ensures a seal is the only way you'll ever see any improvement.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
IIRC there is a section of the law that says it's an offence to drop stuff on the road. Stock trucks are specifically excluded. The exclusion does not relate to diesel.
Where are SD and Rastus when you need them?
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt....ms/fuel-system
Relevant fail items are:
8. The fuel filler cap or capless fuel filler seal is missing, insecure or likely to allow fuel spillage when the vehicle is in normal use.
9. The fuel tank is fitted with a ‘temporary use’ fuel filler cap.
Of course how the hell you test whether a cap is 'likely to allow fuel spillage in normal use' is a fine question, especially if the truckie turns up for the COF with a near empty tank.
This isn't 'perfect world' stuff, we're not talking about a drip here and there.
I wonder if the 5-0's are briefed at all about periodically checking trucks/campervans/etc for fuel spillage. Something as simple as, is the bodywork (or neck) under the filler wet with diesel.
"It's hard to keep an open mind, when so many people are trying to put things in it"
I could easily make a ring that fits over the neck of the fill pipe that changes colour if exposed to diesel. Get pulled over with the wrong colour showing = Green sticker.
There are fixes for the problem, it's just that none of the entities required to implement a fix give a fuck.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
What can be done ?.....
Make sure... health, bike / car, life, house & mortgage repayment Insurances up to scratch in case you come a cropper from the shit these careless mother funkers dump on the road
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