poll: have you ever found yourself overtaking a line of cars doing >150k on your thou

**_intense_** · 4th March 2007, 23:38

just curious.

remember a really quick trip to chch on my MC22 one day..

**Jantar** · 5th March 2007, 00:25

Yes, that is my normal method of overtaking a line of vehicles. Plenty of throttle and stay on the wrong side of the road for the shortest possible time. I then come back to normal cruise speed as soon as I pass the front vehicle.

**Gremlin** · 5th March 2007, 01:01

Originally Posted by Jantar

Plenty of throttle and stay on the wrong side of the road for the shortest possible time.

I wish the cops saw it this way too...

You don't need a thou to do that when passing. And if you did have a thou, well, I don't think you would be doing any less than that.

I think I have passed cars at over 200...

**hurricane_r** · 5th March 2007, 01:06

meh, straight line riding is boring,

**bluninja** · 5th March 2007, 03:11

Originally Posted by Jantar

Yes, that is my normal method of overtaking a line of vehicles. Plenty of throttle and stay on the wrong side of the road for the shortest possible time. I then come back to normal cruise speed as soon as I pass the front vehicle.

Agree it's not good to be on the wrong side of the road for long....but the trade off is the speed diferential between you and the cars you're overtaking. Some prat decides to overtake/turn right/swerve round a duck/ turn onto the road and you have the thinking time and braking distances associated with 150+ it's not the simple 150+ - 100 makes it 50 kmh to scrub off. If you overtake slower relative to the traffic then you can choose an 'insert' point in front of each car you pass should you need to return to your side of the road and a gentle slide in is available to by just rolling off the throttle.

**Jantar** · 5th March 2007, 03:29

Originally Posted by bluninja

...Some prat decides to overtake/turn right/swerve round a duck/ turn onto the road and you have the thinking time and braking distances associated with 150+ ....

True. However I also don't take risks. I will only overtake a whole line of vehicles when: There is no likelyhood of any of the vehicles in front also trying to overtake; There are no side roads; there are no approaching vehicles. The duck one I can't account for, but is just as likely to happen when you don't have time to take evasive action, so its still safer to spend as little time as possible in the overtaking manouver.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 5th March 2007, 06:13

Though legally you are still not suppose to go over a 100kph while over taking, I do shoot past a line and then button off to my cruising speed once the manover is complete.

Its the prats that don't keep a constant speed that is annoy, as soon as the realise they are about to be over taken they speed up...

**denill** · 5th March 2007, 06:28

Originally Posted by Jantar

Yes, that is my normal method of overtaking a line of vehicles. Plenty of throttle and stay on the wrong side of the road for the shortest possible time. I then come back to normal cruise speed as soon as I pass the front vehicle.

With you on that one.

The law is an ass - 'They' can not or will not accept that being on the wrong side of the road for the shortest time is the safe option??

**kickingzebra** · 5th March 2007, 06:34

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

Its the prats that don't keep a constant speed that is annoy, as soon as the realise they are about to be over taken they speed up...

Word... They get the wheelies.

**trumpy** · 5th March 2007, 06:46

Originally Posted by Jantar

Yes, that is my normal method of overtaking a line of vehicles. Plenty of throttle and stay on the wrong side of the road for the shortest possible time. I then come back to normal cruise speed as soon as I pass the front vehicle.

With you on this one. The constabulary can see it as they wish but I'd rather be paying a fine or even walking for a month or two than never walking again or, even worse, being permanently out of circulation. I drive around 70,000ks a year plus a good 20,000ks on my bike, the experience of which has shown me that, while not guaranteed, my best options for survival lie on my side of the road.

**kiwifruit** · 5th March 2007, 06:49

never........
once saw 128 when passing a set of cars, that was scarey enough for me

**RC1** · 5th March 2007, 07:07

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

never........
once saw 128 when passing a set of cars, that was scarey enough for me

tui ad ,was that 128 on one wheel?

**kiwifruit** · 5th March 2007, 07:10

goodness no! thats fast enough on 2 wheels, can't imagine how insane it would be on one....

**RC1** · 5th March 2007, 07:15

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

goodness no! thats fast enough on 2 wheels, can't imagine how insane it would be on one....

would never go over 100kph on the road thats just wrong

**KoroJ** · 5th March 2007, 07:21

I find it doesn't take much to get to 140 (maybe 2 or 3 cars) but 150 would be rare, maybe once or twice if ever.

I usually take cars 1 at time and just slide up the line and with more and more cars pulling to the left I find a lot of my passing is done at about 110 without even crossing the line