Night Riding

**The Stranger:Me** · 9th June 2006, 09:05

So it's night time and you are on a country road with no street lights.

How do you know which way the next bend is going go?

You got a choice of left or right so hey there is a 50/50 chance of getting it right.

Most people say look at the small road edge markers. But if that is your answer, what specifically about them do you look for?

Green Bling for the first one to get the correct answer.

The judges (me) decision if final and no correspondence will be entered into. The contest is not open to Boomer or Busa Pete.

**SimJen** · 9th June 2006, 09:09

Isn't it yellow markers one way and white the other?
I just generally use my eyes

**Wasp** · 9th June 2006, 09:10

I tend to look for which way the corner goes as this directly relates to which way the bend is going

**marty** · 9th June 2006, 09:11

i use the power poles - the almost always follow the road.

except for once. when the posts went over a gully,and the road wound around it.

**Finn** · 9th June 2006, 09:12

Have you tried turning on your lights?

**marty** · 9th June 2006, 09:15

white to the left, double yellow to the right.

i remember when the tamahere flyover was opened, and the north-bound off ramp to the airport was fitted with the markers the wrong way around. acouple of trucks and more than a few cars turned the wrong way onto the grass at speed before they swapped them over.

**Blackbird** · 9th June 2006, 09:17

That is exactly what I'll be doing on the coast road to Coromandel tonight. As you know, there are few edge or centre line markings on that road and the penalty for a mistake is going into the sea

. I adjust my speed until I can actually see where the road goes. Mind you, with 100W xenon bulbs, my transit time isn't much different from daylight.

**Fishy** · 9th June 2006, 09:22

I can see fine with my lights on.

**carver** · 9th June 2006, 09:23

the bikes i ride have lights that are pathetic anyway, so if i ride without lights i hug the centre line, and follow the centre lines, if there are no centre lines and no markers...then i Pray.
ps, always look ahead of the end of the light from your headlight

**WickedOne** · 9th June 2006, 09:30

Originally Posted by CaN

So it's night time and you are on a country road with no street lights.

How do you know which way the next bend is going go?

You got a choice of left or right so hey there is a 50/50 chance of getting it right.

Most people say look at the small road edge markers. But if that is your answer, what specifically about them do you look for?

Green Bling for the first one to get the correct answer.

The judges (me) decision if final and no correspondence will be entered into. The contest is not open to Boomer or Busa Pete.

White markers on the left hand side of the road and yellow ones on the right side of the road.

**The Stranger:Me** · 9th June 2006, 09:30

Originally Posted by Fishslayer

I can see fine with my lights on.

So can I, but I can tell far beyond the effective reach of the head light.

**Mrs Busa Pete** · 9th June 2006, 09:32

I can remember this conversation but cant remember what it was but can i have some green bling anyway please please

**Fishy** · 9th June 2006, 09:32

Originally Posted by CaN

So can I, but I can tell far beyond the effective reach of the head light.

You ride with a road map? or GPS

**Ixion** · 9th June 2006, 09:33

Mr Finn has the only correct answer. It is folly to rely on roadside markings or reflective gadgets, many roads do not have them .And even if they do, that amounts to aiming the bike at a distant gleam and ignoring the fact that you cannot see the road itself. What if there is something on the road between the reflecting marker and the end of the visible road ?

Ride within the range of your headlamp. It is no different whatsoever to riding by day. If you cannot see where the road goes - SLOW DOWN. Sorted.