Cages underpassing trend?

[Kjell]

Okay so not quite a trend yeah, only happened twice, but both this week.

Riding on urban roads (50-60k speed recommendation/posted limit) usually pumping along the right cage wheel groove, travelling at or very slighty above the posted limit, and have a car pass you on the left.

Firstly I check my indicators to be sure I am not indcating a right turn. Check my speed to make sure I am doing the limit. Trying to find a reason why they would think it would be safe and why they would need to pass me.

First incident was an older male (either that or he had flour in his hair) that passed me, and then literally sped off ~90k.
Second was a mid-20 female that passed me, doing about 65~70k and then 300m down the road, indicates (I was surprised at this) and turns right.

So the questions are : Am I paranoid? Do I have a Pass Left bumper sticker? Is this Auckland Drivers? A new Trend? Should I sit at home in the fetal position sucking my thumb and eat bon-bons to feel better?

[bugjuice]

passing you in the same lane? or were you in the right lane?
can't believe someone would do that!
I hate cars trying to pressure me as I ride.. they get close, or don't let you into a gap as you filter.. fuckers

[Grahameeboy]

Yep, happens to me all the time...Lake Road being a popular place.

Maybe because I stick closer to center line, they think I am turning right without indicating but when I am doing 50k and have traffic in front of me I am not sure.....what are they thinking off??? Where are they trying to get to if there is a car in front of me.....even if I accelerate away they still try again...no idea what is going through their minds...if they have one!!

I was in my car one day..Lake Road again.....this 4WD mounted the kerb to undertake.....didn't make it but what can you say about that!!!!

[MOTOXXX]

i think its just Auckland drivers yo

[Fishy]

After work yesterday I had some prick in a shity old falcon towing a boat that wouldn't let me pass down that narrow road from Maraetai to Duders Beach. Everytime I pulled out to pass he would move right over on purpose then swerve around the place to make sure I had no chance. Past the prick coming out of Duders heading to Clevedon with the one finger salute

[F5 Dave]

They (ak drvrs) always scare the crap out of me & my BIL told me there is an unwritten law that anywhere there is room for 1 & ½ cars it is two lanes. Ahh!



Having said that I was coming into Carterton & there was this guy on a ZXR who decided to pass a truck on the left exiting town. What a brain surgeon!

Apart from acting like a krunt, what he hadn’t seen was the hitchhiker on the side of the road he was now zooming through. Didn’t hit him but it must have been close.

[Finn]

Yep, happens to me all the time...Lake Road being a popular place.

Maybe because I stick closer to center line, they think I am turning right without indicating but when I am doing 50k and have traffic in front of me I am not sure.....what are they thinking off??? Where are they trying to get to if there is a car in front of me.....even if I accelerate away they still try again...no idea what is going through their minds...if they have one!!

I was in my car one day..Lake Road again.....this 4WD mounted the kerb to undertake.....didn't make it but what can you say about that!!!!

It's pays to dominate the road a bit in Auckland. Have some confidence in doing so and keep an eye out.

[Aaron]

Riding on urban roads (50-60k speed recommendation/posted limit) usually pumping along the right cage wheel groove, travelling at or very slighty above the posted limit, and have a car pass you on the left.

Yes, had this occur when I was still learning, (Papanui Road in Christchurch). I thought the same as you, maybe I'm indicating right or something, maybe I'm too far right and they think I'm turning, (like Grahameeboy), couldn't find fault with my riding so assume it's a result of riding in the right wheel track and being on a wide'ish road.

Gramps thought he would pass on the inside, put the shits up me I tell you!!

When he was along side me I upped the revs to match his speed Kept that up till he ran out of available road due to parked cars approaching on his front left, with me boxing him in he had to brake or turn into me. Punished him by sticking to the speed limit till we got into town, he was one unhappy pensioner.

Had the L plate on at the time which in my brief stint found does nothing but attract trouble.

From this I have learned to 'hog' the road when it gets wide so to stop others trying the same thing.

[Devil]

I stopped being undertaken as soon as I was finished with the L plate.

Happened two or three times.

[Pwalo]

Just ride in the line of the outside tyre tracks. Hopefully they may realise that you are actually in the same lane. Bloody annoying though!!

[Grahameeboy]

It's pays to dominate the road a bit in Auckland. Have some confidence in doing so and keep an eye out.

I don't have a problem with that having ridden in UK but I don't let them pass, I am always checking my mirror's so just pull in a bit but subtle like or speed up but still bloody annoying.....it happned to me a few times back in UK but more frequent here and for me it only seems to be Lake Road......

Nind u a few nutter signs at helmet soon makes them back off.......

[WildBoarMouse]

If you've got an L plate on (which I'm guessing you don't? 350cc?) that tends to bring it on... other than that I've found that the best way to avoid it is just to hog the lane! If it's 1.5 lanes wide, stick right in the middle... and if you're in the right track and see someone checking out the left side of you, move over to the middle..... and then weave from left to right a bit to make them nervous... haha they tend to back off a little bit after that. If you stick exactly to the limit, people will think you're going slow. Unfortunately if you're in Auckers and you're doing less than 5kmh above the posted limit, then you're going "too slow" and people get frustrated. What amazes me is sitting in the slow lane on the motorway doing 110kmh and people are wizzing by me!!! have fun

[Karma]

Someone passed me in the same lane in Mission Bay.

All the traffic was backed up for the lights, and some bird was trying to cross the road further down by the car park, so I slowed down to let her cross, and some dick undertakes me, nearly taking her out at the same time.

[Aaron]

LOL, just after reading this thread I heard the drowing drone of a scooter being pushed to it's limits, look up and see two scooters going for it down Sir William Pickering Drive.

The noise was coming from the rider who was PASSING ON THE INSIDE!!!

(whole maneouver took about 3 seconds )

[Monsterbishi]

In all my years of riding, I've only had it happen to me twice, both last year, both on the YZF750R, both times I kindly adjusted their mirrors and smacked into their RF guards, sure, my barend is a bit scuffed, but I can guarantee they won't do it again.

Ridiculous thing was that they both happened in traffic on single-lane roads with not a single side-street to be had for quite some time.

And not seeing me isin't an excuse, there's plenty of HiVis piping on my jacket, and the bike is twice the volume, size and colour of my old grey cbr250.