Interesting article

[Taxythingy]

Where I get a giggle is when folks spout about standards being low. The common theme is they want someone else to improve, just not themselves...

Hard to improve when you're fuckin' brilliant. Better off getting the low hanging fruit, since there are bigger gains to be made. Or something.

[caspernz]

Hard to improve when you're fuckin' brilliant. Better off getting the low hanging fruit, since there are bigger gains to be made. Or something.

We're all learning, all the time. The problem comes about when folks think they're brilliant (when they're not) and don't want to learn anything. As heard from several Rideforever coaches...

[pritch]

We're all learning, all the time.

Some are, but sadly most are not. I had to drive across town today and, not unexpectedly, there were people pulling out into the stream of traffic into non-existent gaps, and other people trying to cross multiple lanes. Sheer idiocy. These fuckwits no doubt secure in the beief that they are "good" drivers when in fact they shouldn't even be on the road.

I made it home and I'm going nowhere in the car now until the madness ends.

[WALRUS]

Sounds like steering wheels are frikking dangerous thing!

Oh they are, mate. They sometimes let you turn left when you should turn right.. And they have little bombs in them!!

[onearmedbandit]

Another thing is that the power steering in modern cars is far too light as I am looking at updating my car after 15 years and while light powersteering might be a plus putting around town its dangerous in my opinion on the open road. I own 2 bikes with one having heavier steering than the other and the one with the heavier steering does feel better on the open road unless i am doing a windy hilly road. On some vehicles I have read it is possible to select heavier steering on the open road but I dont think you can do that with any vehicle costing under $70k.

Heard of speed sensitive power steering? Been fitted to cars under $70k since ages ago.

[Woodman]

Heard of speed sensitive power steering? Been fitted to cars under $70k since ages ago.

Don't start it on the power steering again please. Last time it posted up a link to prove it was right but the article actually proved it wrong. Made no difference to the morons opinion though.

[onearmedbandit]

Don't start it on the power steering again please. Last time it posted up a link to prove it was right but the article actually proved it wrong. Made no difference to the morons opinion though.

Damn I missed that.

[Murray]

Another 2 trucks rolled today - one in Dunedin, one in Hanmer - lucky no one coming the other way. How and why to trucks keep flipping??? Truck killed a pedestrian on a crossing in Hamilton yesterday.

Have a look, a truck is crashing virtually everyday somewhere in New Zealand.

Doesnt anyone notice these things??

[FJRider]

Another 2 trucks rolled today - one in Dunedin, one in Hanmer - lucky no one coming the other way. How and why to trucks keep flipping??? Truck killed a pedestrian on a crossing in Hamilton yesterday.

Have a look, a truck is crashing virtually everyday somewhere in New Zealand.

Doesnt anyone notice these things??

People step onto pedestrian crossings because the law says you have to give way to them ... logging trucks need a little notice to stop in time.

Most truck accidents are the result of the truckies trying to avoid motorists that overtake them into small gaps ahead of them ... then braking hard to not hit the vehicle in front of them.

Everybody wants to be in front ... especially in front of trucks.

[Murray]

People step onto pedestrian crossings because the law says you have to give way to them ... logging trucks need a little notice to stop in time.

Most truck accidents are the result of the truckies trying to avoid motorists that overtake them into small gaps ahead of them ... then braking hard to not hit the vehicle in front of them.

Everybody wants to be in front ... especially in front of trucks.

But it was controlled by lights! Not just the standard zebra crossing

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cri...zabeth-stewart

Interesting and unfortunate one

And the 2 trucks that rolled today were caused by cars cutting in front?

[Berries]

Another 2 trucks rolled today - one in Dunedin

Two words. Kilmog.

It used to be a regular occurrence having trucks come off the Kilmog hill then find they had no brakes when they hit Dunedin. Brakes are better these days but it still happens. Lucky so far that none of them have bowled a pedestrian. They tend to overheat their brakes coming down a big hill in to town, get a little respite on an uphill then hit another nadgery downhill bit when they get to town which has a sharp corner at the bottom. You can't get round that corner with no brakes.

Made a bit of a mess.

[eldog]

People step onto pedestrian crossings because the law says you have to give way to them ... logging trucks need a little notice to stop in time.

Everybody wants to be in front ... especially in front of trucks.

Logging trucks, they be different to other trucks?

Notice usually triplicate?

[Berries]

Logging trucks, they be different to other trucks?

I wooden think so.

[eldog]

Some are, but sadly most are not. I had to drive across town today and, not unexpectedly, there were people pulling out into the stream of traffic into non-existent gaps, and other people trying to cross multiple lanes. Sheer idiocy. These fuckwits no doubt secure in the beief that they are "good" drivers when in fact they shouldn't even be on the road.

I made it home and I'm going nowhere in the car now until the madness ends.

Frustation, often leads to taking chances.
and things happening at a faster rate as people get desparate. Sometimes you can’t see the next lane as you cross it as a gap appears......
and the std attitude, ‘I am better than you’

[FJRider]

But it was controlled by lights! Not just the standard zebra crossing

And the 2 trucks that rolled today were caused by cars cutting in front?

Were the lights green when the truck entered the crossing .. ?? A slow walker might not make it in time.

No mention of charges laid.