Speed? Not necessarily dangerous!

[Rashika]

Yeah hearing ya mate... you can ride behind me OK? ;-)

HA! You think I would be able to keep up with ya anyway??

[buellbabe]

Hey you know me chick, I will adjust my speed for whoever I am riding with... Going fast isn't the be-all-and-end-all!

[scumdog]

Just look at the Autobahn if you want proof. Speed is very safe in the right conditions.

Yep, get NZ up to Germanys population and we too could have autobahns.

Or drop it down to the Northern Territorys level of people per hectare and we could do without speed limits.

[Lou Girardin]

I was really tempted to pass a truck on double yellows out of Tauranga. There was plenty of clear road, no reason not to do it. Except that if a cop comes around the corner you're toast. 40 or 50 demerits, and a fine. And there's no way I'd consider running with a pillion on.

[scumdog]

I was really tempted to pass a truck on double yellows out of Tauranga. There was plenty of clear road, no reason not to do it. Except that if a cop comes around the corner you're toast. 40 or 50 demerits, and a fine. And there's no way I'd consider running with a pillion on.

Good.

But if you had not had a pillion you would have - and maybe put somebody elses pillion at risk??????????

[miSTa]

Yes indeed, yellow lines are there for a reason - I can wait few the few seconds it takes to get passed them.

[Rashika]

Yes indeed, yellow lines are there for a reason - I can wait few the few seconds it takes to get passed them.

hmmmm.... tucking that wee bit of info away for the future

[nadroj]

When there are double yellow lines there is no centreline (a white line as described in the roadcode) so how can you cross a non existant line? (pt)

[scumdog]

When there are double yellow lines there is no centreline (a white line as described in the roadcode) so how can you cross a non existant line? (pt)

Well duh! It's the BLACK line between the two yellow ones dopey!!

[miSTa]

hmmmm.... tucking that wee bit of info away for the future

What's to keep? I know you - you're just trying to get your post count up so you can become a whore (994 posts at time of writing) Well I'm sorry it's going to work.

[Ixion]

Yes indeed, yellow lines are there for a reason - I can wait few the few seconds it takes to get passed them.

Hurumph. Not on SH2 they're not. Unless the reason was to let some plonker get off on his monthly power trip.

[Rashika]

What's to keep? I know you - you're just trying to get your post count up so you can become a whore (994 posts at time of writing) Well I'm sorry it's going to work.

SHIT!! I hadn't even noticed....HONEST I REALLY HADN'T
Amazing how time flies eh?

[miSTa]

SHIT!!

Great expession - of course you hadn't noticed

[Lou Girardin]

Yes indeed, yellow lines are there for a reason - I can wait few the few seconds it takes to get passed them.

Try riding from Tauranga to just before Katikati. Quite a few seconds, hundreds in fact.

[mstriumph]

Agree ---- speed isn't the danger
........ drivers who aren't alert, drivers who don't ride to the road, weather & traffic conditions - those are the danger;
drivers who overestimate either their own capacity or that of their vehicle - those are the danger .....

and 'the powers that be' . whose over-restrictive legislation and idiotic road layouts treat road users like morons and inhibit the freeflow of traffic - those are the danger.


Here in west aus they have a sign they are fond of putting up on stretches of new road ...........
the sign says "NO WHITE LINES - DO NOT OVERTAKE UNLESS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO"

i have to overcome the urge to break into a quick chorus of 'alice's restaraunt every time i see that notice