Photographed whilst filtering

**Griff** · 19th June 2007, 16:58

I was filtering last night up the Motorway towards Oteha Valley when I saw a single, very bright blue-ish flash from one of the cars in the fast lane (to my right). Has anyone else experienced this? Ta.

**Jantar** · 19th June 2007, 17:05

You will probably find your picture on Snapt http://www.snapt.co.nz/news.php in the near future.

**Griff** · 19th June 2007, 17:10

Excellent!
Photgraphed whilst nicely filtering?
Or photographed for having a Bike and not sitting in a queue?
.... Same thing really....

**onearmedbandit** · 19th June 2007, 17:17

You're not telling the full story are you? I reckon you were on the back wheel at the time.

**Griff** · 19th June 2007, 17:20

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

You're not telling the full story are you? I reckon you were on the back wheel at the time.

No, I guess it was because I was filtering whilst drinking coffee and using my mobile phone.....

**Jantar** · 19th June 2007, 17:20

There has been a quite long discussion in the Snapt forum on motorcycle lane splitting. Many of the cage drivers have now come around to accepting that it is a safer practice for most motorcyclists than sitting in the queue. There are still some diehards though.

If your photo does show up in the gallery I'll renew my registration to the site and re-open the splitting thread.

**imdying** · 19th June 2007, 17:27

Ironic that these dogooders should probably concentrate on the road, not sitting ready to pounce with a camera.

**bugjuice** · 19th June 2007, 17:49

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

You're not telling the full story are you? I reckon you were on the back wheel at the time.

its ok if you do that, the number plate points to the ground, so you're in the clear

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 19th June 2007, 17:58

Originally Posted by imdying

Ironic that these dogooders should probably concentrate on the road, not sitting ready to pounce with a camera.

there are some like that but I was browsing them just before and there was a comment one one that was similar... the reply from the poster was...

I wasn't driving, I was in the passenager seat...

**Sanx** · 19th June 2007, 17:59

Another possibility is that the car behind you simply turned on his headlights. More expensive modern cars often have high-intensity discharge headlamps fitted, and these do produce a bright blue-white flash when initially turned on.

**imdying** · 19th June 2007, 18:02

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

I wasn't driving, I was in the passenager seat...

Then I wonder if the driver (or other surrounding drivers) find that distracting? Wouldn't be surprised if their self righteous heads are so far up their own butts that the 'thrill of the chase' (yeah, they don't live for this... whatever) distracts them from what's important, making these dogooders a risk on the roads anyway.

**Sanx** · 19th June 2007, 18:29

There are a shed-load of pics posted up by one sad pathetic excuse for a human (probably an accountant) who works under the name SnapTaj. It's blatantly clear that the person taking the photos is the driver ... and that he or she drives around the whole time with a camera in hand snapping off photos of anything he doesn't like - which he then posts up whether or not what the other driver is illegal.

If someone finds them, please remember to give them a good kicking from me.