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    Quote Originally Posted by KezzaCFC View Post
    A bit of advise from a north cantab
    I've just started riding to work from Tram Road each day. Traffic on Marshlands Road is bad, can I use the shoulder to cruise passed?
    Legally yes, but only if the traffic is stationary. If its moving at all you can't overtake on the left.

    The shoulder is not considered a separate lane, so can't be used for overtaking on the left.

    Never mind the fact that it's dangerous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    Legally yes, but only if the traffic is stationary. If its moving at all you can't overtake on the left.

    The shoulder is not considered a separate lane, so can't be used for overtaking on the left.

    Never mind the fact that it's dangerous.
    Thanks, yeah was a bit suspect on the safety aspect of it.
    Coming from Auckland, I've noticed a lot of motorcyclists down here like to use the cycle lanes.
    And bus lanes okay down here right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KezzaCFC View Post
    Thanks, yeah was a bit suspect on the safety aspect of it.
    Coming from Auckland, I've noticed a lot of motorcyclists down here like to use the cycle lanes.
    And bus lanes okay down here right?
    Bus lanes are able to be used by buses, motorcycles, mopeds and cyclists. E.g, the one by Smiths Hire, just past the Old Waimak Bridge, on Main North Road, before it turns in Marshlands Road at Chaneys Corner.

    You are also allowed to go when the B traffic light appears, as long as you are legally using the bus lane.

    Just remember that 2 to 3 times each week in Chch a motorcyclist or cyclist gets cleaned up going up the left side of a line of cars, by a vehicle turning through a gap in that line of cars. Whether you are doing it legally or illegally makes no difference. Going up the left puts you in a place where people aren't expecting you to be, so they likely won't see you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    My point was: I filter lots. Seriously, large amounts of filtering and pootle to the head of the queue all the time.
    When I'm driving the car, I have to resist the temptation to "head for the gap" and filter...
    Well, until I get my dream vehicle which is a monster truck snowplough with the > shaped front on it!

    Somehow I missed that point. I blame it on old age.

    I drive a honda Edix... I am quite tempted to use it like a snowplow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    Bus lanes are able to be used by buses, motorcycles, mopeds and cyclists. E.g, the one by Smiths Hire, just past the Old Waimak Bridge, on Main North Road, before it turns in Marshlands Road at Chaneys Corner.

    You are also allowed to go when the B traffic light appears, as long as you are legally using the bus lane.

    Just remember that 2 to 3 times each week in Chch a motorcyclist or cyclist gets cleaned up going up the left side of a line of cars, by a vehicle turning through a gap in that line of cars. Whether you are doing it legally or illegally makes no difference. Going up the left puts you in a place where people aren't expecting you to be, so they likely won't see you.
    Thought as much, cheers for that.
    Bit off topic but, in terms of road conditions, winters coming up. Do roads like Tram Road tend to ice up in the morning? Or they usually pretty good?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KezzaCFC View Post
    Thought as much, cheers for that.
    Bit off topic but, in terms of road conditions, winters coming up. Do roads like Tram Road tend to ice up in the morning? Or they usually pretty good?
    I don't use Tram Road. I use Lineside Road. There's a bit just before the motorway that is the low point of that road, and that's where the winter is coldest. I can leave home and it's zero, and it'll drop 2 degrees before I get to the motorway, then go back to zero.

    Bridges are generally the worst for ice, as they are cold underneath as well as on top.

    Given that we are going out on tangents, I fancy Sandra Bullock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    Given that we are going out on tangents, I fancy Sandra Bullock.
    really?


    i mean. i'd give her one... but as an actress she's pretty shit.

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    Seems to me that pretty much all the advice offered in this thread, is something we should do every time we ride a motorcycle. Basic safety practices.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    ...I fancy Sandra Bullock.
    Do ya just...yeah, I quite like her...hur...er I mean... her too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by KezzaCFC View Post
    Thought as much, cheers for that.
    Bit off topic but, in terms of road conditions, winters coming up. Do roads like Tram Road tend to ice up in the morning? Or they usually pretty good?
    The long straight roads going east-west in canty are very prone to icing up on the North side. Which is your side going in to town...
    Any area with trees shading the road will ice up readily. Look for the long lasting damp patches on your route about now - they'll be ice in winter.
    And be aware if you're out on the plains, water cooled bikes can get damaged if you've not used good antifreeze...Even in a closed garage....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akzle View Post
    really?


    i mean. i'd give her one... but as an actress she's pretty shit.
    Yes, marks out of 10, I'd give her 1.

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    Bullocks......!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    The long straight roads going east-west in canty are very prone to icing up on the North side. Which is your side going in to town...
    Any area with trees shading the road will ice up readily. Look for the long lasting damp patches on your route about now - they'll be ice in winter.
    And be aware if you're out on the plains, water cooled bikes can get damaged if you've not used good antifreeze...Even in a closed garage....
    Thanks for that! Hoping as Tram Road is pretty busy relative to other rural roads that that cars will do a good job of de-icing.

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