Target Fixation

[Pixie]

It might explain how this old fart managed to hit a 4" post surrounding the old Parua Bay , Whangarei, boat club in 1978 after having a blowout on his old TS Yamie 185 trail bike at 90kpm, nearly being thrown off, crossing the road , hitting the dirt upright for 50 metres before jumping the ditch, staying on still at this stage and yet hitting that darn post and thrashing the bloody forks and been off work for weeks afterwards. I was still hanging onto the bars though my knee ended wrapped around the fence chain and caused a blood clot injury. I did see it coming but man... couldn't do much about it at the time. Funny about how the cagers stopped and looked as I was slowly 'dying 'on the ground but not one came and checked me out......
My riding mate on his Honda250XL? finally came back and got me sorted and trailer arrived etc but I was transfixed on that pole at the time. Of course I was was just a 18 year old bunny of course....

There's something to be said for shutting your eyes and screaming like a girl then

[Pixie]

Maybe the change from ox-cart to car was too much for him to handle??

But seriously:

Driving on a Learner licence and breaching the conditions of it?

You're screwed and it's going to cost you $400 and 25 demerits.

No mercy.

They never let the village idiots loose on the ox carts,either.

[Lord Derosso]

There's something to be said for shutting your eyes and screaming like a girl then

And what is that suppose to mean ??? Last thing you do to close your eyes let alone open your mouth and catch the awaiting blowflies.

Not a sound out of this boy and funny how things really DO seem to slow down as you realise what is about to happen. Then again, I have been thrown off one bike at 90 kph and didn't have a chance to think or react until I hit the farm fence which may have saved my life that time.