Originally Posted by
nerrrd
Good luck with that, try turning left at any uncontrolled T intersection in suburban Auckland at the same time as someone is turning right into the same road, they’ll be on your side of the road (and expecting you to slow down to wait for them to complete their turn through your lane). Those that stick to their side of the road are the exception.
Yeah it was thinking about this sort of sloppy inconsiderate driving that seems to be everywhere these days that set me off with this thread. I ride the Paekakariki Hill a fair bit and it is shit scary for lazy corner cutters. Luckily you quickly learn which corners will be cut- ALL OF THEM. Funny 90% of them coming at me on my side of the road are in SUVs or Utes or white van man. Those vehicle types must have useless steering designs.
Those of us with decades of riding under our belts have the advantage of a more developed six sense to be alert, scan the road and corners ahead, look at the surface condition, spot tell tale signs of a side road or driveway ahead and so on. It was for most of us the school of hard knocks but we survived (so far anyway). But I worry about young riders learning the skills to ride while sharing the road with this generation of selfish inconsiderate and lazy drivers.
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