Exceeding the recommended corner speed...

[Posh Tourer :P]

This from the herald today....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydispl...reportID=57539

A man has died on a tour run by a guy I used to work with/for. However, perhaps the most interesting part is at the end:

Coroner David Crerar ruled Mr Prescott died as the result of a ruptured spleen after falling from the bike when he exceeded the recommended speed limit on the corner.

Exceeding the recommended speed limit on the corner was an important factor in his death? Come on! Perhaps riding too fast for the conditions, but exceeding the recommended speed limit? I thought they were guidelines anyway, and going a little faster than that was not immediately dangerous, but only perhaps uncomfortable, even according to law. Could there be a large campaign in the pipeline featuring a person driving faster than the recommended speed limit round a corner, and a slo-mo of all the people he/she is prepared to kill?

Interesting that the article is headlined that state of the road caused the tragedy, while the coroners report states otherwise? And that it wasnt "another motorcyclist speeding" type headline. Probably quite a positive outcome of this all really...

On the rest of the article, a reminder to stay within your limits!!! And dont go trying to prove yourself, cos you might end up like this poor guy...

[Jackrat]

Shit I thought that was half the speed you were supposed to go.
Pity about another biker dieing but yeah,,,com'on huh.

[marty]

i always thought those corner speeds were in MPH

[k14]

I interpret them as being the max speed a 18 wheeler with a full load of lead should take the corner. They are a good indication as to what angle the bend is, but I doubt I have ever actually travelled at the posted speed. Normally it is double it and add a few kms.

[Kickaha]

I did the Inland road about 5 weeks ago from the Kaikoura end and there was a lot of loose gravel,the guy I was riding with had a minor front end loose and we were taking it fairly easy.

[Sensei]

Yea I think MPH the figure & then alittle more .As long as the surface is up to it & your ability

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Normally it is double it and add a few kms.

Yep I think the same however when up the east coast of the North Island I found corners posted at 15 km/h and you could not double them and add some on. the only place I have found that fits in to this category.

[Busted]

Yep I think the same however when up the east coast of the North Island I found corners posted at 15 km/h and you could not double them and add some on. the only place I have found that fits in to this category.

Been there ... found those corners ... doubling is not a sane option

[shandawg]

I really love those corners that are signposted with a "95" sign

What a waste of taxpayers' money

[Motu]

I find I can take the corners at 5kph above the posted speed - on full knobs in the wet....

[bluninja]

I really love those corners that are signposted with a "95" sign

What a waste of taxpayers' money

Especially when you are in a 70 kmh zone

[Lou Girardin]

You gotta love coroners. This one ignored the gravel and inexperience as the main factors and blamed speed, the LTSA will love him. Then the Nelson coroner said that because a dead driver had a few tokes the night before his accident, that is the reason to not legalise dope. The fact that his blood alcohol was more than double the limit didn't seem as important to him.

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Been there ... found those corners ... doubling is not a sane option

No good having a GSX-R if you can not find a good set of corners for it to play on. Hence I live on the Napier Wairoa road. You can stick at 100 kmh and be working the bike hard. No flat middles on our tyres over here. When you get a warrant it is the side of the tyre the gage goes for. Got to love this bike country. Been to Auckland a few times on the gixxer and the motorway is fun but she plays up in town. Over heats and runs like shit. Get back on the motorway and she wants to go home.

[White trash]

What about the one on the Pais Pa Rd between Tauranga and Rotorua?

Gotta be the slowest posted corner in NZ I reckon. What is it, 5kph?

[FROSTY:Me]

I just reread that article. Really the guy was outriding his ability all day. An accident waiting to happen is how I read it. The posted speed was accademic -He was well outside his comfort zone on roads he diddn't know.