Me vs Car!

[Sparky Bills]

Im going to report it as soon as i get away from work.
Which is easier said than done!

[_intense_]

faaaaark, yeah i just sdiscovered riding te piecoq a couple of weeks ago, its amazing but deadly, had a scare, but not a near miss or hit, a van swinging wide, if id been riding hard it would have ben different..

glad to hear all is well though, should go for a blat to see the corner some time sparky?

[Sparky Bills]

Well, body is feeling much better.
Mirror has been replaced.
Police report filed.

All is back to normal.

Thanx for everyones concerns.
Might have to go for a blat up there sometime today

[Meekey_Mouse]

WOAH! I haven't read this before just now... Glad to hear you're OK Marty

[RT527]

Crikey! Crazy drivers in Wellington - think I'll stick to the Coro Loop...never happens there...

Glad yer ok!

Shit...don't mean to burst you're bubble , but nearly every time I travel up to Whitianga from work(Kopu) I always have some arsehole on the tairua hill cross the centre line into my path, I am in a 8 wheeler tractor unit with a 4 axle semi behind me , all up Im 19 meters long, and I struggle to keep the unit on my side of the road I usually do too , with the exception of 1 or 2 corners.....what i struggle to comprehend is that most people are in a car which is probably no longer than 4 meters at most and they cant keep on there side of the road, so please forgive me if you come round a corner one day and find me going real slow and trying to keep my trailer on the road( i have to cross the center line to do this on only 2 corners and both on the Tairua hill) I usually come to an almost stop and look through the corner, as its early in the morning and still dark its easy to spot vehicles coming down the hill and if I see lights I come to a stop.
coming back from Whitianga is easier and usually don't have to cross the center line.

Cheers and Glad you're ok Sparky Sorry to here that youve struck a moron, probably if she hadnt closed her eyes and moved away from you she would have missed you.

[MD]

Good to hear you're Ok Martin. Could be a much worse story on here.
Now you people stop picking on the woman driver. She was probably texting as part of her training to become a Kiwi Experience bus driver. Cell phones in cars must be safe and never cause accidents. Otherwise our beloved politicians would have made it illegal.
The more I ride that road and the more I hear of near misses with cars drifting across the centreline, the more I want to see Cops with cameras on corners. Except I don't want to see cops on corners because then they will click bikes leaning too far. Double standards I know but I like it that way. One rule for me and one for the others.
On topic, sort off - who read the moaner in Saturday's Dompost who got a $150 fine for cutting a corner. Even worse the driver was using the right lane with no other vehicles in the left lane [double lane section for passing]. The paper showed the Cop's picture of his Mini a couple of inches across the centreline on the sth side of the Takas. Cop spokesperson made a good comment in response "with his very small car it looks as though he had plenty of room within his lane, and it therefore begs the question as to why he was unable to drive within it"