Bike down and car just drives by..(WTF)..?

[Beemer]

id be more concerned about the halfwitt mate running into the back of your bike due to lack of attention , that sorta stuff pisses me off and is one of the reasons i enjoy riding alone

Have to second that! There's a guy in our club I avoid riding anywhere near as he has a bit of a problem stopping and staying upright.

Maybe those oldies had an experience like my dad - he was waved down by this pregnant woman standing beside what appeared to be a broken down car with its bonnet up. As he got out, her boyfriend ran out from behind some trees with their backpacks - they were hitching! Dad said he couldn't give them a lift (he had a car full already) and that he only stopped because he thought they needed assistance and he got a right earful for being such a wanker.

I stopped once after seeing a guy come off his bike going around a roundabout and got abused for my trouble. Told me to "fuck off" - obviously he was okay and a bit embarrassed, but it's situations like this that make people think twice about stopping to help.

[Lou Girardin]

No they weren't. They are required to stop.

No, they're not. So there.

[Macktheknife]

Good to hear you are ok, sorry about your mate but he took his mind off the job huh.... bet he wont do that again in a hurry. Hope he heals up well and you guys can get back to it.

[Kickaha]

No they weren't. They are required to stop.

No they aren't

but I think them unfair in this situation as it could of happened to anyone else under the same circumstances.

Not if they're paying attention

[John Banks]

Also, for everyone that's lambasting the guy for running into the back of terbang, not everyone's perfect and all it takes is half a second of inattention for it to happen. (Since he hit the bike in front without enough force to knock them over, half a second of braking is all it takes).

[WINJA]

Also, for everyone that's lambasting the guy for running into the back of terbang, not everyone's perfect and all it takes is half a second of inattention for it to happen. (Since he hit the bike in front without enough force to knock them over, half a second of braking is all it takes).

WHATEVER, I DONT TAKE EXCUSES WHEN IT COMES TO BEING REAR ENDED , IF YOUR GONNA THROW IT DOWN THE ROAD DONT THROW IT IN YOUR MATES DIRECTION , IVE DONE 1000'S OF KM AT VERY HIGH SPEED AND IN THE RAIN AND ON GRAVEL AND IVE NEVER RAN INTO THE BACK OF ANYONE

[Finn]

WHATEVER, I DONT TAKE EXCUSES WHEN IT COMES TO BEING REAR ENDED

Will you take flowers?

[sunhuntin]

Have to second that! There's a guy in our club I avoid riding anywhere near as he has a bit of a problem stopping and staying upright.

Maybe those oldies had an experience like my dad - he was waved down by this pregnant woman standing beside what appeared to be a broken down car with its bonnet up. As he got out, her boyfriend ran out from behind some trees with their backpacks - they were hitching! Dad said he couldn't give them a lift (he had a car full already) and that he only stopped because he thought they needed assistance and he got a right earful for being such a wanker.

I stopped once after seeing a guy come off his bike going around a roundabout and got abused for my trouble. Told me to "fuck off" - obviously he was okay and a bit embarrassed, but it's situations like this that make people think twice about stopping to help.

i havent ridden enough with the main group i will ride with to know whos good and whos not in groups....when riding, i make sure i ride within my ability, and try not to hinder anyone else whos around me. if i think im going too slow for the people behind, i pull off and let them go.
when group riding, i know a second is all it takes to ruin a ride, so i make sure it wont be me that ruins it.
i watch the wheel in front of me to the left, and also the wheel in front of him to his right. i depend on those behind me to watch my wheel.

ive seen a couple of bikes pulled off the side of the road, and have always slowed down til i saw a wave that all was ok.
i got passed by a guy the other day...had enough power to be able to ride with him....he pulled over on the open road, i overtook and waited up the road [too much traffic to u-turn and a dangerous corner.] didnt move till he went by waving.

[terbang]

meh, The rider was being attended to (by you) and you didn't wave em down, they were perfectly in the right.
Next time tell your riding buddies to ride in a staggered pattern, There is no need for the next bike behind to be following in your footstep.

Umm I did try to wave them down



And here we have another armchair rider expert..:

I wonder if this car was one that you guys had just blasted by? following each other far to close?

May have overtaken them but no close following.

Something goes wrong, and every one looks for someone else to blaim, you all go on about bloody (cages) Try being just a cage driver, and then a bike blasts past you from no where with another 2 or so following really close! Bet you would shit yourself as well.

Not blaming anybody just pissed they didnt offer assistance. You must be speaking for yourself there.

If you were not a bike rider, this kind of riding that some riders think is a ok really is -ucked riding skills, bike riders are not that well liked in the first place, and you guys go out riding in big groups thinking the road rules do not apply to us because we are bike riders.

2 Bikes a big group..?

[Shadows]

I stopped once after seeing a guy come off his bike going around a roundabout and got abused for my trouble. Told me to "fuck off" - obviously he was okay and a bit embarrassed, but it's situations like this that make people think twice about stopping to help.

LOL I hope that wasn't at Paremata about 15 years ago!

[Shadows]

No.. just realised you are a female. This dude was a bloke and wouldn't leave me alone. I think he was a wannabe cop.

[Shadows]

At this stage a station wagon comes down the hill and all 4 rubbernecking ocupants (oldies) are treated to a bright red bike lying on its side with a growing pool below it, bits of assorted glass littering the road and a fully clad rider still lying on the road with his mate tending to him. I had the Hazard warnings on my Busa going and they just drove around the SV and kept on going..! Fucking unbelievable, I just don't understand the mentality and where is NZ society heading..?

You mean to say that all of them actually saw you! Fuck, thats a first! And they still didn't stop for you!!!!
I bet if they were asked why they left the scene of an accident they would say "What accident? I didn't see them, honest!"

[rok-the-boat]

When younger I fell off many times but no one, except bikers, ever stopped to help. You had better be prepared to crawl ... basically. On the contrary, I always stop and help, whether it is a bike, car or whatever etc.

[FROSTY:Me]

sorry guys I'm with shaun and winja on this one.
I'm really sorry your mate got hurt but half a seconds innatention isnt gonna put him IN your bike--if he was following correctly.

[Beemer]

No.. just realised you are a female. This dude was a bloke and wouldn't leave me alone. I think he was a wannabe cop.

Nope, it was about seven or eight years ago and it wasn't Paremata - but not too far away! The roundabout outside the northern end of Waterloo railway station in Lower Hutt. All I said was "are you okay, do you need any help?" and got a torrent of abuse!