Why do you wait behind traffic?

**Badcat** · 5th November 2005, 06:36

Originally Posted by heavenly.talker

I sometimes wait in traffic...can't really explain except to say that my inner radar goes off as I am surveying the traffic and the intersection. When I get a funny feeling I stay tucked in *shrugs*
Other times don't get a chance to move up as the traffic is already on its way.

exactly........

**FROSTY:Me** · 5th November 2005, 06:44

um er well yasee um er

**SARGE** · 5th November 2005, 06:47

Originally Posted by FROSTY

um er well yasee um er

Frosty.. i consider myself quite an " assertive" lane splitter...

no way in hell im gonna try to follow you through traffic

**Rashika** · 5th November 2005, 06:48

sometimes I will, sometimes i wont.... I'm in no hurry to die either.
Must admit it is easier on the Buell than the virago, I guess I feel narrower on the buell ...weird

**HDTboy** · 5th November 2005, 06:55

People wait in the que?

**Dafe** · 5th November 2005, 07:09

I don't need to lanesplit everywhere, just like I don't need to do 120-130 everywhere. Motorcycling doesn't have to be full-on everywhere you go.
Motorcycling can be leisurely and relaxed!

**Thumper** · 5th November 2005, 07:20

I ride a cruiser because its about the ride, not the destination. The longer I'm on the road, the better. (actually the Vl1500 is so bloody wide that I sometimes battle when I have the whole lane to myself

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**heavenly.talker** · 5th November 2005, 07:25

Originally Posted by SARGE

Frosty.. i consider myself quite an " assertive" lane splitter...

no way in hell im gonna try to follow you through traffic

I would say assertive is a word that applies to most areas of your life Sarge :spudwave:

**Zed** · 5th November 2005, 07:45

Originally Posted by Drum

Are you sure? A few riders on here have talked about tickets for this very thing.

Check this post out that was written by one of our resident KB coppers. He only speaks for the Northshore but it likely applies in most cities if you are being careful and not riding like a lunatic!

**inlinefour** · 5th November 2005, 08:00

some people have been taken out by idiot cagers in the past and dont want to take the risk?

**Motu** · 5th November 2005, 08:14

I don't commute by bike these days,and seldom ride in the city.If it's easy to get to the front and I can see an advantage I will,but I'm equaly happy to sit in a queue

**MacD** · 5th November 2005, 08:53

Originally Posted by pritch008

If I can get right to the head of the queue while the traffic is stopped I will move to the front. If the way is blocked, or if the traffic is likely to start before I get to the front I will just sit in the queue.

This is just my reaction to past experience, I've had psycho drivers or passengers open doors to stop me filtering, Ive actually had arseholes try to run me off the road more than once. I can be a cantankerous ol' prick too, so rather than feature in some headline making roadrage incident I just take my place in the queue...

Yep, this is pretty much my attitude to it too. Also it doesn't always pay to be out in the front on some roads, heading down Symonds St in Akl for instance. I'm quite happy to use a car as a mobile protection device down there!

**metric** · 5th November 2005, 09:00

yep only been riding about a month now... first couple of weeks no way, but as I'm slowly getting used to the bike and it's dimensions I find myself getting to the front of the traffic all the time... but if it ain't safe, it ain't safe...

**Beemer** · 5th November 2005, 09:04

There are lots of reasons why I don't always pull out and overtake at the earliest opportunity. Sometimes it's because I know I will be turning off soon so can't be arsed wasting the effort, other times it's because the traffic is flowing at a reasonable speed and I'm not in a hurry so again can't be bothered. There have also been instances where I am on my way back from a short ride and saw a cop parked on the side of the road at a certain spot and don't want to risk the chance he's still there on the way back. Or I could have spotted a mufti car in the line of traffic I am sitting behind.

If the traffic is at a complete standstill, I am more likely to filter past it. I'm not THAT confident to do it on a motorway where people are likely to be changing lanes left right and centre. The Beemer has wide bars and the Goose isn't actually as narrow as you'd expect, so where there is a chance I may not be able to safely pass, I won't try it.

On the way to Wellington there are long stretches with double yellow lines and unless a motorist sees you and pulls over to allow you to pass without crossing the centre line, I won't pass. It's not worth getting a ticket just to be one or two seconds ahead in an 80kph zone.