Like crossing yellow lines? Don't in Manawatu Gorge!

[scumdog]

Sigh. I've moved the abusive stuff you know where.

Any more of it appears I'll be breaking out the infractodiddler. Enough already

Here!
That last post of mine wasn't abusive, now I'll NEVER know the truth about passing on yellow lines!

[Ixion]

Harumph. Weren't you supposesd to be in the gargre fitting knobblies? We're still waiting for a report on that .

[scumdog]

Harumph. Weren't you supposesd to be in the gargre fitting knobblies? We're still waiting for a report on that .

They don't come in my size!!!.

Can't afford any for the Sporty either - feel free to buy it and fit them yourself at your leisure!

'Sides, too busy keeping an eye on CB - see the thread 'FRAUD' to see what happens when I DON'T keep a close eye on her.

[Blind spot]

After nearly being knocked of my bike by a c###t drifting across the double yellows i say a fine is not good enough.
shoot the pricks in the back of the head on the spot.
YO all have a good weekend

[dangerous]

Sigh. I've moved the abusive stuff you know where.

Any more of it appears I'll be breaking out the infractodiddler. Enough already

Hey but, the bosses rules here is that there are none... I disagre myself, Id sooner move certain members, lets take a vote on it, reckon I know what the out come would be.

ps: on ya mate

[sAsLEX]

which has double yellow lines from end to end that should not be breached.

How long is the gorge? A long time to be stuck behind someone doing 35!

Can't have one rule for them and one for us.

Why not? Most motorcycles are far smaller than a car or other vehicle weigh less and have higher power to weight ratios and spend far less time passing than other vehicles on average....... I mean the physics behind it changes due to the inherent difference in vehicle types ....

As far as I'm concerned double yellows should be used where road visibility makes it too dangerous to pass safely, not as a device to ensure no one can go faster that the slowest driver.

Blind crests and the like not ALL OF SH2!

I'd like to see failing to indicate, incorrect use of indicators and failing to heed street signs or traffic lights targeted as hard now. There's a crap load of money to be made in that area Ms Clark. Hint, hint.

Well maybe if they applied some common sense to their application then I would obey, laws that defy logic are hard for some people to follow example:

Turning right in to Barry's Point road on the shore heading to devo there is a set of lights.

When you first get the green you also get a red arrow with the green disc, now straight through traffic clears rather rapidly at all NON PEAK times and then you sit at the lights with no oncoming traffic for an extended period of time unable to safely complete your right turn due to the red arrow (note no oncoming traffic). Now a few minutes later the lights further up the road from you release traffic towards you the intends going straight through towards you, which they can as you are on a red arrow and them a green disc, except as the new stream of traffic approach , remember you have been giving way essentially to no one, they get an orange disc and then the red and once they are stopped you get the green, all the while you could of safely and easily gone well in front of the now stopped stream of traffic and they could of gone through behind you but nooooooo.........


And there is fucktins of other examples of poor uses of red arrows and such on the Shore, and I think part of the reason is the councils(?) knowing the average NZ does not really comprehend the road code and are unable to negotiate simple intersections.

What do i drive now,a small japanese stationwagon,slow and so stress free

I drive a 1.3 liter with the aerodynamic efficiency of a tissue box.

[KLOWN]

Wasnt aiming my post at you mate, hell I have been known to pass when there are yellow lines, but I do it legit, by remaining on the left side of the yellow, how ever this does sometimes mean passing close. One advantage bikes often have is we can pass much faster than a cage, well withen the 100m line of visability... all the same its a tad norty aye

In the gorge you are not allowed to overtake even if not crossing the yellow lines (there is a sign that reads no over taking). I have overtaken many cars while in that gorge and that is where i have had my first/only accident. I was a bad boy and overtaking on a right hand bend (I had started overtaking before bend but 4X4 sped up, road clear for a LARGE distance and I could see all the road around the corner) but the merc 4x4 decided to 'cut' the corner while I was overtaking him and he almost smooshed me into the barrier on the right hand side of the road, instead of htting barrier I decided to hold my ground and the car collected me. I don't think there is any reason for the double yellow lines because you are not ment to cross the white line unless overtaking, and these double yellows are ment to stop people cutting the corner, no mention of overtaking being a problem but anyway I think its a good thing that the cops are there because when I do go through the gorge I get sick of cars cutting into my lane especially when they look right at me but do it anyway cause I got plenty of room to move over.

[scumdog]

Why not? Most motorcycles are far smaller than a car or other vehicle weigh less and have higher power to weight ratios and spend far less time passing than other vehicles on average....... I mean the physics behind it changes due to the inherent difference in vehicle types ....

Ah, but unfortunately despite all the above not all riders have a better brain than some car drivers (or if they do they don't know how to use it)...

[sAsLEX]

Ah, but unfortunately despite all the above not all riders have a better brain than some car drivers (or if they do they don't know how to use it)...

From what I have seen of most peoples attempts at passing they should ban it all together.

Dont get me started on the fucks that cruise at 80 and then speed up to 100 to make legal passing not an option for those who try to follow the law as cops sit at the end of passing lanes to get a few$$, opps sorry make the world a safer place

[dangerous]

In the gorge you are not allowed to overtake even if not crossing the yellow lines (there is a sign that reads no over taking).

and these double yellows are ment to stop people cutting the corner,

Interesting, havnt seen that sign before.
yellow lines wont stop the average wank that cuts right handers only a concrete wall or a kenworth will do that.

[sAsLEX]

Interesting, havnt seen that sign before.
yellow lines wont stop the average wank that cuts right handers only a concrete wall or a kenworth will do that.

Careful what you are saying there, soon they will cheese grater the whole lot!

[KLOWN]

Interesting, havnt seen that sign before.
yellow lines wont stop the average wank that cuts right handers only a concrete wall or a kenworth will do that.

I haven't seen the sign either but the cop who came to visit me after the crash told me it was there because i said I was trying to pass without crossing the double yellows.

[boomer]

Hey but, the bosses rules here is that there are none... I disagre myself, Id sooner move certain members, lets take a vote on it, reckon I know what the out come would be.

ps: on ya mate

you cant fukin resist can ya? W**KER! of course you know the outcome, like any woman.. it's all about YOU! set the pole going and remember to put your name up big boy

[rok-the-boat]

Geez, I can't believe some of pro cop-tax-us-to-hell do-goodie attitude that some people have here. Get real - speed cameras are here to raise taxes. I gurantee that if everyone slowed down and they got zero taxes, they'd lower the speed limit to catch some more of us ...

No one is against safety - so put the cameras in front of schools and accident blackspots.

Privately, I have heard from a couple of cops I know (not in NZ) that they do not agree with the present money collecting system.

[Beemer]

Geez, I can't believe some of pro cop-tax-us-to-hell do-goodie attitude that some people have here. Get real - speed cameras are here to raise taxes. I gurantee that if everyone slowed down and they got zero taxes, they'd lower the speed limit to catch some more of us ...

No one is against safety - so put the cameras in front of schools and accident blackspots.

Privately, I have heard from a couple of cops I know (not in NZ) that they do not agree with the present money collecting system.

You're entitled to your opinion, as is everyone here. However, I'd just like to point out that the cameras in the gorge are NOT speed cameras, they have been installed to stop morons crossing the centre-line and getting away with it. I hate speed cameras as much as the next person, but this blitz may actually save someone's life.