
Originally Posted by
davebullet
I can't be bothered reading the mud-slinging above...
MBB,
Out of interest, did the cops estimate how fast the 250 bandit rider was traveling? Was it wet up there today? I don't know Auckland, but outside UoA - is it deemed a school? (30Km/h limit applying - can't recall when - it was 17 years ago I got my learners....). Sure the car did a u-turn and might be 100% wrong - but did the rider do everything 100% safe?
The ultimate protection is defensive riding that tries to avoid the accident.
Cheers,
Dave.
Symonds St and Parnell road are both 50kph, both share numpty pedestrians that walk out without looking. Unless I can see a fair distance with a good safety margin, I slow down.
To answer your question - Symonds isn't designated as a school zone. I watched the rider before and as it happened. Answer, about 55kph, which was too fast given the conditions and the number of peds and cars... Rider was placed in the right lane, good road position, but too much going on to identify the risk presented by that one car doing a uturn. I spotted the cager as I drove past, and I knew about 5 seconds before what was going to happen - but I'm an old cynical bastard expecting dumb shit to happen. Young rider, not enough experience, too much going on.
It’s diametrically opposed to the sanitised existence of the Lemmings around me in the Dilbert Cartoon hell I live in; it’s life at full volume, perfect colour with high resolution and 10,000 watts of amplification.
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