Road toll - Police stupid obsession blaming speed

[riffer]

im trying to get to the Auckland event if I can and will say hello.

It will be good to see you mate. If you can, catch Kevin Williams talk on "The Science of Being Seen". It's a real eye opener.

[Murray]

There was a media story from a riding school last week where the instructor claimed he could teach you to sense when someone else is about to screw up before they actually do. So he in effect was saying he could teach you to sense a car coming around a bend on the wrong side of the road before it comes into your view which is absolute bullshit.

Provide the link or stop quoting I heard, I read or I saw

[Murray]

I hate to disappoint you but I actually have more fans on here than you think

Katman doesn't count

Um only for the entertainment value.

Yep

[Woodman]

But I have had actual "no fault" crash experience which puts me above all the riding school "theorists" on here including you fuckwit.

What about riders that have been to training and have had no "no fault" crash experience? Wouldn't that be better than your "ride around blindly hoping luck will work" method of rider improvement.

Oh, and go away........

[george formby]

Okay, I know that a few of you drive heavy vehicles for a living - petrol tankers, cement trucks and so on. So this question is for you, in light of the repeated comment that your vehicles have blind spots.

If you are parked at the side of the road in your heavy vehicle - such as a bus would be at a bus stop - and I am approaching your vehicle from the rear and I can see your mirror[s] on the right hand side, would you see me provided you did more than a quick glance in your mirror?

In the main, I've found HG drivers to be good buggers. Give them some room, stay in the mirrors and they do what they can to let you get past safely and let traffic flow.

[Moi]

In the main, I've found HG drivers to be good buggers. Give them some room, stay in the mirrors and they do what they can to let you get past safely and let traffic flow.

That has also been my general experience when on the bike.

[Akzle]

The riders who have been to riding school will no doubt strike problems should they find themselves in a situation not taught to them in riding school. Such situations will be when someone else is at fault as no riding school can teach for that senario although some on here think they can but experience will prove the riding school is not correct in their belief there.

you're a fuckwit

[AllanB]

The riders who have been to riding school will no doubt strike problems should they find themselves in a situation not taught to them in riding school. Such situations will be when someone else is at fault as no riding school can teach for that senario although some on here think they can but experience will prove the riding school is not correct in their belief there.

Easy solution to the posts.

A wee KB whip-the-hat-around for Cassina to do a CHCH riding school. Nothing to lose other than time off work (can't be bad when you are riding) and I'm sure there is a weekend one.

Learn something to take on the road with you and it's money well spent. If you hand on heart believe you have not learnt one thing that should make you safer I'd be surprised.

Rastus posts occasionally awareness tips for riding - must say a couple lately re following distances and braking have reminded me to take better stock of my own behavior. And that was free

[neels]

The riders who have been to riding school will no doubt strike problems should they find themselves in a situation not taught to them in riding school. Such situations will be when someone else is at fault as no riding school can teach for that senario although some on here think they can but experience will prove the riding school is not correct in their belief there.

I think you have fundamentally misunderstood the point of rider training. It's not to teach you what to do, rather where to be and what to look for so you can make a sensible decision about what to do, such as noticing a dog on the roadside early and therefore having enough time to stop rather than accelerate into it.

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[Woodman]

The riders who have been to riding school will no doubt strike problems should they find themselves in a situation not taught to them in riding school. Such situations will be when someone else is at fault as no riding school can teach for that senario although some on here think they can but experience will prove the riding school is not correct in their belief there.

But what if they don't strike problems and have the same amount of riding experience as yourself. Is it because of rider training or just plain luck that they haven't had any no fault crashes?

[Woodman]

I think you have fundamentally misunderstood the point of rider training. It's not to teach you what to do, rather where to be and what to look for so you can make a sensible decision about what to do, such as noticing a dog on the roadside early and therefore having enough time to stop rather than accelerate into it.

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Or not accelerating towards a bus that may or may not be pulling out?

[husaberg]

That was not the dog crash situation I was in as it was the dog that accelerated into my parth and not the other way around. What does your ridng school teach you about how to handle a situation where a dog could run into your parth?

Observation, have you ever heard of defensive driving skills.

[Graystone]

That was not the dog crash situation I was in as it was the dog that accelerated into my parth and not the other way around. What does your ridng school teach you about how to handle a situation where a dog could run into your parth?

bark brake?

[husaberg]

Ever heard of shit happening before you have the time to do anything? I bet not and I bet your riding school would never believe shit could happen so fast too.

I take that as a no then.
Every notice how people who are prepared have all the time in the world.
Or how a gifted sports player has time to consider options before passing kicking or running, yet a mediocre one just panics does something stupid or just gets smashed. Deer in the headlights.

[Woodman]

Its just luck. Some others have comented on here that going to riding school will not make you bullet proof against the screwups of others and in such an instance its bad luck or would you say they went to the wrong school or did not pay attention in class?

Does accelerating towards a bus that may or may not pull out increase or decrease your luck?