Red Lights

[mdb]

So what gives with people's attitude to red lights? I was heading home tonight and a light goes red and I stop (even tho the guy in front goes through). No big deal but a car in the lane beside me comes from behind and goes through. Now I'm stopped at the red light when a guy on a Harley nearly side swipes me as he runs this light! Am I missing the point of traffic lights?

[Maha]

Nah... its cos we Yammy riders apparently have a higher braincell count than others..........

[kickingzebra]

I suppose if you know the light is a bike hater, and is one of those damned annoying ones that turns red when no cars are coming in the opposite direction, maybe they are venting their rage. Last time I did that cost me $160.00 The road was clear, but I wait now.... Dammit.
All cops reading will think it actually taught me, the lesson was more financial pain than actual ascension. I still think it is stupid to have timed lights like that. Just put the bloody sensors further back as well...

[Finn]

So what gives with people's attitude to red lights? I was heading home tonight and a light goes red and I stop (even tho the guy in front goes through). No big deal but a car in the lane beside me comes from behind and goes through. Now I'm stopped at the red light when a guy on a Harley nearly side swipes me as he runs this light! Am I missing the point of traffic lights?

Check your oil.

Edit: That's not really funny is it. I've had a few, sorry.

[Karma]

Nah... its cos we Yammy riders apparently have a higher braincell count that others..........

Well at least Kawasaki riders can spell irony

[Cookie]

Yeah I get that a bit.

I'm bit old fashioned and still think that red actually means "stop". :slap:

I worry someone is going to take me out doing that one day.

[metric]

Check your oil

haha.............

[Sniper]

Its Hardleys, they think they be tough.

[Cookie]

To clarify - no bikes in my case - just carazy car and van drivers so far. First time for everything though.

[dangerous]

So what gives with people's attitude to red lights? I was heading home tonight and a light goes red and I stop (even tho the guy in front goes through). No big deal but a car in the lane beside me comes from behind and goes through. Now I'm stopped at the red light when a guy on a Harley nearly side swipes me as he runs this light! Am I missing the point of traffic lights?

Well I'm glad to hear its not just a Chch thing.
I have noticed this suituation getting worse by the day, I dont like riding through town theses days due to this happening.
What I want to know were the hell are and what the hell are the cops doing about it... nothing, not nuff coin in it for them.

It seems to be an accepted thing, unfortunatly I doubt you will get any sympathy from riders here as I have brought this topic up before and them lot north of you tend to think that its safer to run a red so as the car following them dosn't run em over go figger

[DemonWolf]

Exactly the reason I very much dislike riding up in Auckland.. its bad in the car, but i know I have more of a chance of surviving someone hitting me when they run a red light. Its a very scary thought.. especially with the conjestion up there. ...that and the TL seems to not like idling for too long anyhow... would rather bypass auckland if I could help it.. just because it gives me the willies (I've followed some aucklanders on bikes and am quite amased at the skill generally showed in avoiding foreign objects.. i.e. cars, trucks, crazy van drivers).

/rantover =)

[Squeak the Rat]

(I've followed some aucklanders on bikes and am quite amased at the skill generally showed in avoiding foreign objects.. i.e. car drivers).

Half the problem!


ooops...

[madboy]

Good example I saw of impatience as I was walking from the train to work last week. Had to walk thru a construction zone, so the footpath was enclosed as a little walkway. Roof, solid wall down one side, and solid wall with tiny gaps between big concrete bollards over a metre high down other side. We get to pedestrian crossing, against the traffic so queue begins to form behind the front five or so people spread across the lights waiting for the green. I'm about sixr or more rows back (3-4 people wide). People are pushing past me so they can push past the people in front of me, and the people in front of them, so they can squeeze thru a tiny gap to get out onto the road so they can walk the two metres to the front of the queue (now spread ten wide) and then had to wait for the lights before every crosses and then has to squeeze into the 3-4 wide footpath on the other side of the road. They beat me across the crossing by maybe five seconds.

So if this is what the leemings do when walking, do you think this doesn't flow through to the car?

[Maha]

Well at least Kawasaki riders can spell irony

Typo corrected (did i spell that write?... ) irony all straightened out...

[skidMark]

Good example I saw of impatience as I was walking from the train to work last week. Had to walk thru a construction zone, so the footpath was enclosed as a little walkway. Roof, solid wall down one side, and solid wall with tiny gaps between big concrete bollards over a metre high down other side. We get to pedestrian crossing, against the traffic so queue begins to form behind the front five or so people spread across the lights waiting for the green. I'm about sixr or more rows back (3-4 people wide). People are pushing past me so they can push past the people in front of me, and the people in front of them, so they can squeeze thru a tiny gap to get out onto the road so they can walk the two metres to the front of the queue (now spread ten wide) and then had to wait for the lights before every crosses and then has to squeeze into the 3-4 wide footpath on the other side of the road. They beat me across the crossing by maybe five seconds.

So if this is what the leemings do when walking, do you think this doesn't flow through to the car?

so you wait till somebody pushes past you and go so your in a real hurry aye why not just cross now here ill give you a nudge... never mind that truck coming through on it's green