Blind idiots in cages

[What?]

Seems that a whole heap of this thread is repeated from a previous one (a likely event also previously identified) so I will join in and repeat myself...

Alot of car drivers are looking for other CARS when at intersections, or planning U-turns etc. Because they are looking for cars, they do not see bikes, kids, 40 tonne trucks, planes or anything else. No cars = clear road. I have lost count of how many fatals I have seen where someone has turned in front of a B-train in perfect driving conditions. It happens, it is not going to change, so be aware of it and adapt to survive it.

And another thing - a few people talk of making eye contact with car drivers. Forget it. You might honestly believe that you have made eye contact with another road user, but that won't help you one little bit when he turns in front of you. In fact, if yu think you are staring into each others eyes, he probably has NOT consciously seen you...

There endeth my sermon.

[Jackrat]

Yeah well,Some of these clowns live through the expereince and then claim they didn't see a train coming.Then theres a big stink about railway crossings.
That kind'a sums it up for me.

[Firefight]

Yeah well,Some of these clowns live through the expereince and then claim they didn't see a train coming.Then theres a big stink about railway crossings.
That kind'a sums it up for me.

Good point Jack, been to a few nasty ones over the years, two things that I could never understand.

1) Why they happen

2) Why transrail have the big witch hunt after the event, & add to the trauma & stress of the train driver, you couldn't pay me enough money to do their job, opps here I go, off topic again, and whats worse I can't find the smiley thing that says off topic!, I better get out on the road and out to clevedon to meet the boys and girls.

firefight.

[Coldkiwi]

Still, if they don't like it. Buy a bike.
Lou

never a truer word spoken! Give the man a beer!

[Hitcher]

Carry a few nuts and bolts, old spark plugs or similar. Next time in a cage annoys, drop one or two bits of shrapnel - at 50 ks or better the shrap can make quite a mess of what ever it hits. And of course there's no proving exactly where that bit of "road debris" came from...

And if they don't take out the cager they can lie on the road to throw off an unsuspecting biker. Better still, do this in your favourite set of esses so that when Joe Biker comes round the corner all nice and leaned over, the spark plug can throw his front wheel off its line and test his ability to keep his arse off the road. Bloody brilliant suggestion...

[mangell6]

The other day as I was travelling home I watched a car driver indicate and move into the lane in front of me. The interesting thing was that the people in the car next to them, and in front of me, were not impressed at all. Big swerving by all concerned.

[Hitcher]

The other day as I was travelling home I watched a car driver indicate and move into the lane in front of me. The interesting thing was that the people in the car next to them, and in front of me, were not impressed at all. Big swerving by all concerned.

The things you see when you're out without your death-ray gun... I'm sure Helen Keller has a NZ driver's licence...

[Ms Piggy]

Just yesterday I had just come round the Basin Reserve onto Cambridge Terc and a cage pulled out in front of me, so that I had to slow down. They then proceeded to drive really slowly w/o indicating, obviously looking for a park, they then stopped and finally indicated! Obviously b/c I could assume nothing I was stuck behind them trying to figure our what the f*ck they were doing.

I gave them a blast with my horn (which is quite loud & sharp) but I wished I'd been able to give them a blast with a ray gun!

[Hitcher]

Just yesterday I had just come round the Basin Reserve onto Cambridge Terc and a cage pulled out in front of me, so that I had to slow down. They then proceeded to drive really slowly w/o indicating, obviously looking for a park, they then stopped and finally indicated! Obviously b/c I could assume nothing I was stuck behind them trying to figure our what the f*ck they were doing.

I gave them a blast with my horn (which is quite loud & sharp) but I wished I'd been able to give them a blast with a ray gun!

The Basin Reserve is the "circumference of death" for bikers at the best of times, but try it at 8:30am-9:00am on a school day when the St Marks mums are dropping of their spawn. Even better in the wet. Reminds me of somebody's comment earlier this week about "cows in Pajeros".

[wkid_one]

The Basin Reserve is the "circumference of death" for bikers at the best of times, but try it at 8:30am-9:00am on a school day when the St Marks mums are dropping of their spawn. Even better in the wet. Reminds me of somebody's comment earlier this week about "cows in Pajeros".

It is the Wellington Champs Ellyses......crap peice of roading engineering whether in a car, bike, truck or moped.

It isn't limited to motorcyclists being caught out there - what you are talking about is just a generally bad intersection regardless of what you are driving.

The fact of the matter is - WE ALL KNOW IT IS BAD - so if you ride/drive like a nutter around there, you are asking to be knocked off/smacked in to.

As they say 49% of all accidents happen at intersections.

I did my civic duty on Thursday nite - as whilst coming back from UHutt and coming under the Petone underpass in the fast lane. This nutter promptly came hooning up the slow lane (as was doing 110kph thru the pass), cut me off, nearly went up the back of the car in front of me, then cut across 3 lanes to go to the Esplanade Lane merger, then back across three lanes to be back in the fast lane before taking off at 140kph. So I *555'ed his arse!

Followed him in to town whilst talking to the Police, gave them his Rego and proceeded to keep following him, he ended up behind me, then passed me on the footpath and tore thru town. He stopped at an intersection and hurled abuse at me as he had figured out what I was doing....

[Hitcher]

It is the Wellington Champs Ellyses......crap peice of roading engineering whether in a car, bike, truck or moped.

It isn't limited to motorcyclists being caught out there - what you are talking about is just a generally bad intersection regardless of what you are driving.

The fact of the matter is - WE ALL KNOW IT IS BAD - so if you ride/drive like a nutter around there, you are asking to be knocked off/smacked in to.

As they say 49% of all accidents happen at intersections.

I did my civic duty on Thursday nite - as whilst coming back from UHutt and coming under the Petone underpass in the fast lane. This nutter promptly came hooning up the slow lane (as was doing 110kph thru the pass), cut me off, nearly went up the back of the car in front of me, then cut across 3 lanes to go to the Esplanade Lane merger, then back across three lanes to be back in the fast lane before taking off at 140kph. So I *555'ed his arse!

Followed him in to town whilst talking to the Police, gave them his Rego and proceeded to keep following him, he ended up behind me, then passed me on the footpath and tore thru town. He stopped at an intersection and hurled abuse at me as he had figured out what I was doing....

Very public spirited! I hope you have a hands-free kit for your cellphone...

[Jackrat]

Hey Wkid, seeing how you rode like a fool yourself,with seeming disconcern
for other road users,ain't that a bit off.
Hell that's a side I didn't exspect.

[Zed]

I did my civic duty on Thursday nite - as whilst coming back from UHutt and coming under the Petone underpass in the fast lane. This nutter promptly came hooning up the slow lane (as was doing 110kph thru the pass), cut me off, nearly went up the back of the car in front of me, then cut across 3 lanes to go to the Esplanade Lane merger, then back across three lanes to be back in the fast lane before taking off at 140kph. So I *555'ed his arse!

Followed him in to town whilst talking to the Police, gave them his Rego and proceeded to keep following him, he ended up behind me, then passed me on the footpath and tore thru town. He stopped at an intersection and hurled abuse at me as he had figured out what I was doing....

Ha ha, good on you!

Too many "drive" carelessly
Many drive dangerously
Those who drive recklessly should get narked on like you did to this guy!


Now those who "ride" are another story altogether...


Zed

[wkid_one]

Hey Wkid, seeing how you rode like a fool yourself,with seeming disconcern
for other road users,ain't that a bit off.
Hell that's a side I didn't exspect.

Nope - tried to only act a fool on the bike when there was NO other traffic around - this guy was a loon in plenty of traffic....