He will not die painfully, I hope!

[old git]

Yep,
Yesterday i had to drive the cage (600 kilos of tools to shift from site), and i came back in the traffic past CHCH airport, following a early 20's ? rider on his GN250. He had "sensible boots and a high viz jacket" and a small backpack.......so quite well equiped for a learner with L plates.

Thats where the sense stopped..........following a kiddie car subaru at about 2metres from its rear bumper dead center of the car doing 75-85 k's!!!

He nearly got taken out by a cager on the exit from a roundabout which when it goes from 2 lanes down to one, he without looking pulled out to get past Mr Kiddie car and nearly got wiped out by a 4x4 cage flying up the outside to overtake them both.
NEVER ONCE did he use the mirrors in about 5k's............until i got behind him at the traffic lights and blasted the horn at him..........then gave him some real verbal out the window about getting some proper training......or going out with an old fool like me for an hour to learn a bit of sensible survival techniques........................................ .......

So now i'm off to meet him at 12 today on the old XS1100 to perhaps help another young biker become an old one..............So why don't ALL OF US OLD BASTARDS help out a newbie, as it will help keep the insurance premiums down.

Thats my MR SENSIBLE rant over.........Time for a Blat

[Dooly]

Well done sir.

[Maha]

Old git for Mentor!!!!!

[Highlander]

Well done sir.

Ditto.

Hope he is smart enough to accept the guidance as someone telling him how do do it right rather than telling him what he is doing wrong (the difference can be quite subtle).

[Insanity_rules]

Agreed. The road is a dangerous place and wisdom is a good teacher.

[Bren]

let us know how it pans out

[martybabe]

Onya mate, I thought this was gonna be another( I saw this coont thread). Good to see ya back it up, so much more productive than flipping the bird and driving off.

Hope it goes well, sounds like it's got a good chance, given that the youngster was prepared to listen to and meet up with ya. Hopefully that'll be someones son that's a little safer on the roads.



Good luck.

[McJim]

I would do the same. When I sold Crazy Frog I took the new rider to a deserted piece of road in an industrial estate and made him do figures of eight and emergency stops until I was satisfied.

Just shouting abuse at people doesn't make them learn, you need to apply some positive reinforcement to make the lesson stick in my experience.

There are people that seem to think pointing out only the negatives and being negative is going to educate people and make them safer....but then he is currently languinshing on my ignore list

[Conquiztador]

I applaud you!

I spen the morning on the beach with my youngest teaching him some basic skills re riding a dirt bike. After 2 hours we are home and he realises that the loose sand makes life tricky and perhaps he needs more training before he is ready for his first motox race...

[Katman]

but then he is currently languinshing on my ignore list

I'm heart broken.

[Dino]

Top marks there old Git for taking the time to help him out, hope it all goes well.
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[Highlander]

I'm heart broken.

But if you are on his ignore list he won't see your post (but he will now that I have quoted you

[Pussy]

Yep,
Yesterday i had to drive the cage (600 kilos of tools to shift from site), and i came back in the traffic past CHCH airport, following a early 20's ? rider on his GN250. He had "sensible boots and a high viz jacket" and a small backpack.......so quite well equiped for a learner with L plates.

Thats where the sense stopped..........following a kiddie car subaru at about 2metres from its rear bumper dead center of the car doing 75-85 k's!!!

He nearly got taken out by a cager on the exit from a roundabout which when it goes from 2 lanes down to one, he without looking pulled out to get past Mr Kiddie car and nearly got wiped out by a 4x4 cage flying up the outside to overtake them both.
NEVER ONCE did he use the mirrors in about 5k's............until i got behind him at the traffic lights and blasted the horn at him..........then gave him some real verbal out the window about getting some proper training......or going out with an old fool like me for an hour to learn a bit of sensible survival techniques........................................ .......

So now i'm off to meet him at 12 today on the old XS1100 to perhaps help another young biker become an old one..............So why don't ALL OF US OLD BASTARDS help out a newbie, as it will help keep the insurance premiums down.

Thats my MR SENSIBLE rant over.........Time for a Blat

Good on you, old git! Well done!

[Katman]

When I sold Crazy Frog I took the new rider to a deserted piece of road in an industrial estate and made him do figures of eight and emergency stops until I was satisfied.

And what's that if it's not ramming it down someone's throat?

[jrandom]

And what's that if it's not ramming it down someone's throat?

Nothing wrong with ramming things down throats when it's fully consensual.