Awesome car drivers

[nadroj]

Don't you just love it when a real hard core prick on a Harley lane splits up to the front of the cue on a 2 laner at a set of lights, and is between you and another cage, and the lights go green? But most of all when he fluffs his jump on you at the lights and is stranded between 2 lanes of moving traffic.

[Winter]

I cant be bothered with that rubbishso if they ride like a dick through traffic I wontlet them past,

So why are you the sole gate keeper of the roads deciding who can and can't get past you? Sounds like a bloody troll to me.

Swerving out of your lane to block a bike is petty and downright dangerous.
One day you'll misjudge how far behind you and then you'll really have a neecap in your window.

[Usarka]

If a cager knows that its dangerous enough to warn you about having your stand down then id suggest he has a bike in his garage at home......

[Toaster]

You don't drive a car then?

Of course I do but I don't feel the need to celebrate them "in general".

The authour of the thread grizzled about the grizzly KBers having a go at poor Auckland drivers.... well, they have plenty to grizzle about. The average skill and attention level of drivers in the Auckland metro area is quite poor and certainly a real and ever present danger to motorcyclists.

Some people are too busy trying to get where they want to go in higher traffic volumes so they do stupid things and rush about.... "looking for bikes" often and I do mean often goes out the window.

[megageoff76]

Shouldn't the side stand switch have stopped the engine when your stand was down though?

[idb]

Of course I do but I don't feel the need to celebrate them "in general".

The authour of the thread grizzled about the grizzly KBers having a go at poor Auckland drivers.... well, they have plenty to grizzle about. The average skill and attention level of drivers in the Auckland metro area is quite poor and certainly a real and ever present danger to motorcyclists.

Some people are too busy trying to get where they want to go in higher traffic volumes so they do stupid things and rush about.... "looking for bikes" often and I do mean often goes out the window.

So how's the average skill and attention level of bike riders in the Auckland metro area?
You should ride to the conditions and if that means that you're likely to encounter hordes of drivers swerving all over the road, texting, pulling out of side streets or whatever then you take that into account when you're riding.

An inattentive biker is more likely to come off second best than an inattentive car driver, the only difference between them is the vehicle they are operating.

And how many times do you come across these plonkers during a journey, compared to the number of cars that you shared the road with that didn't cause you a problem?

[Usarka]

So how's the average skill and attention level of bike riders in the Auckland metro area?

An inattentive biker is more likely to come off second best than an inattentive car driver, the only difference between them is the vehicle they are operating.

I can't see that innatentive bikers would survive in Auckland. Most days I need to deal with some one who's trying to kill or maim me.

It's not just poor drivers, there are plenty of drivers in Auckland who will openly admit to acts such as swerving to block overtaking motorcyclists etc.

[mitchilin]

I had a guy in a ute waving at me out the window, basically telling me not to pass.So I hung back and just around the next bend was a van speed camera.He saved me a couple of hundred,so I reckon they're not all bad.My bike spat the chain down the north western once and some guy in a stationwagon stopped and we chucked the bike and he took me home.But they were probably bikers anyway.

[Toaster]

So how's the average skill and attention level of bike riders in the Auckland metro area?
You should ride to the conditions and if that means that you're likely to encounter hordes of drivers swerving all over the road, texting, pulling out of side streets or whatever then you take that into account when you're riding.

An inattentive biker is more likely to come off second best than an inattentive car driver, the only difference between them is the vehicle they are operating.

And how many times do you come across these plonkers during a journey, compared to the number of cars that you shared the road with that didn't cause you a problem?

Of course there are plonkers on bikes - without a doubt! Look at the idiots that bin their bikes and then think its a worthy thread to gain rep from as if its some kind of game. The number of cars and other non-bike vehicles on the road well outnumber the bikes and pose a greater risk to bikes if a collision occurs, we all know that and need to ride safely to survive.

Of course bikers need to be very attentive because of the risks. However, bikers are perfectly entitled to grumble about poor car drivers if they wish. Its a biker thread for goodness sake and ranting is part of this website as much as jokes, bike information and mechanical tips. If you don't like it, bugger off.

[Dave-]

celebrate? I'm not asking for a fuckin public holiday here (although there are too few at this time of year...)

I wonder though, your average car driver is just a car driver, they dont enjoy t they dont hate it, a motorcyclist would (i hope) enjoy motorcycling, and what you enjoy you want to do well at.

I wonder if they go on about "fucking motorcyclists" in the boy racer forums, or are we too much of a minority, or are they actually too stupid?

[Fatjim]

I just want to say thank you to the blind bitch that almost sideswiped me on the interchange the other day and the retard who blocked the Terrace off ramp because he wanted to be in the middle lane but somehow for reasons unknown was in the right hand lane. We all didn't mind waiting for him.

[fireliv]

THere are good cages, there are bad cages

Just like there are good motorcyclist, and then there are the assholes.

Basicly you cant sterotype, just take each as it comes

[Fatjim]

You don't need to stereotype to get sideswiped by some dumb bitch who doesn't look.

[Dave-]

I also think we tend to exagurate, perhaps even the truth, definetly our own actions, but mostly the sheer number of stupid drivers.

I'm gonna say there's more motorcyclists than there are bad car drivers.

[Neon]

I wonder though, your average car driver is just a car driver, they dont enjoy t they dont hate it, a motorcyclist would (i hope) enjoy motorcycling, and what you enjoy you want to do well at.

I think there is a lot of truth in this. People mostly drive cages out of necessity, whereas bikers seem to make a concious decision to take to the streets on two wheels.

It just follows that there are a lot of people driving cages who would rather be somewhere else, and probably are at least in a mental capacity.