Bus Lane RIding on Motorway......Opps

[DJ DOOWOP]

Grey Area indeed, but I guess as long as you merge back into the right lane they can't bust you, this morn however, I just couldn't be arsed and wanted to try my luck....Actually I reackon they should legalize bikers on buslanes on the motorway it's safer

[Test Pilot]

i got pulled over for the same thing back in july by a cop in a cage, i told him we were allowed to use it,(even though i knew we wernt) and he wasnt sure so he let me off. I ride down that lane everyday too work and my trick is pull into the right lane at the offramp where the sign that indicates a bus lane. then wait till you can see round the corner then if its clear blitz it down the left lane, it only takes a minute or two longer and it saves $500. Plus you can make up the time by splittin at the appropriate place. Another thing i do to avoid alot of splitting is to move on to clear on ramps on the motorway and ride down those. there always clear cause the idiots who drive dont seam to b able to follow the simple rule of drive to the end and merge like a zip. Its amazing how much time this saves and how much safer it is.

[DJ DOOWOP]

Cheers bro I'll use that "I thought we were allow to use bus lanes"..haaa....and if it's a rookie cop he'd let me off eh!..There's all kinds of tricks you can pull on the road I suppose but the end of the day we all want to return home alive eh...Lane Splitting from Trsitram to Takapuna on the motorway always give me chills though and looking at the congested car lanes I gotta feel sorry for the dudes been waiting for 30 mins to get on to the on ramp.... I used to be one, that Northcote road is nasty!

[Swoop]

Mebbe he should've sat somehwere else, so he could've pulled up the lanesplitter that trundled past me on the bridge. The traffic was moving OK at the time (~60 km/h), but he was splitting anyway. The thing that got me though was his 'non-splitproof' riding gear: thin slacks, shoes and socks, lightweight jacket, etc. I've made contact with a vehicle or two while filtering or splitting, and was very glad for my armoured boots, and heavyweight trousers with Knox CE knee armour (added after several years riding in them, and crash-tested more than a few times...) Maybe I should add kneesliders? The armour is good for getting a "knee out" (as opposed to down), but a plastic or ceramic slider would be even better for sliding along the flanks of cars....

Careful making comments like that, the crabs that pop up and object to people objecting will be after you...
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=21644 supplies a good example! :eyepoke: