When and where do you overtake

**Blakamin** · 31st January 2005, 16:35

Originally Posted by Deano

Fully agree with the first two, but yellow lines on a clear straight road with no oncoming vehicles ?????

Im no tosser and I don't have a death wish, but if it seems safe to me I'll do it. Prefer when the vehicle moves slightly to the left to avoid crossing the lines, but if not and its safe enough, too bad.

You may just have been generalising, but each case on its own merits.

Totally agree here... exactly what I do... and around here where cages do 70 in a 100 zone, they're lucky I dont kick their mirrors off as I go passed (joking)
between Pi-cock and mckays crossing I'll pass people if there's enough room... I'm not gunna sit and do 70 coz I don't wear a hat and drive a friggin camry...

**Coyote** · 31st January 2005, 16:45

Originally Posted by Blakamin

I'm not gunna sit and do 70 coz I don't wear a hat and drive a friggin camry...

Aka. My Dad

**Sensei** · 31st January 2005, 17:15

If the Cage is not playing the Game then it get's the " Fly By " Nothing to loose thou have my Bike to think about.
" Safe & quickly"
SENSEI

**loosebruce** · 31st January 2005, 17:23

If i can pass without crossing the centre line, pretty much anywhere, you know if the cage has seen you and is expecting you to go by, most cages i come across do move to the left and i'm sure to always give em a wave or the thumbs up to say thanks/good on ya. How many peeps on here do that?
Yellow lines, meh well in know my limit and how fast i can get by, if the fuzz is about yeah sure im reserved to following but if not well it's all fair game, i'm not out on a death wish thats for sure.

NC · 31st January 2005, 17:25

I have a death wish...

**merv** · 31st January 2005, 17:31

Happily pass wherever I can see I have enough room. By law we are meant to have 100m left at the end of the maneouvre, now for those that don't know that is usually one marker post gap on straight roads and 2 marker post gaps on most curves. The general cage driver feels uncomfortable with 100m and will start flashing their lights at about 400m out. I think bugger them that's the law and its safe and I will pass in my car like that too. Basically the average joe seems to have no proper idea of distances and they panic easily. Best thing about the bike is you are not out there for very long so it isn't hard to have the 100m left after your pass. I reckon you can use judgement too in that if you pass a truck creeping up a hill at 15km/hr or something you don't need to leave much room at all as you can pass so quickly so you hardly need much more than the 100m in total.

I posted a thread on here ages ago about the creeping yellow and that really stems from my average joe comment and with so many getting it wrong out comes the paint and we are all penalised because a few feel uncomfortable. Examples are Manawatu Gorge, Glenside Road, Haywards hill - the number of actual head on crashes has been few, yet we have yellow lines the whole way, hence Deano's comment - he gets pissed off waiting for the 10km lines to end. Bugger this control freak life we live in these days.

**Skunk** · 31st January 2005, 17:39

Originally Posted by NC30_chick

I have a death wish...

Upon whom?

NC · 31st January 2005, 17:42

Originally Posted by Skunk

Upon whom?

Oh I'm not that bad, shheeesh!

Take the time to get to know me before you judge me

**RiderInBlack** · 31st January 2005, 17:43

It's all relative to the conditions and whether the driver/rider is fu*king me off. As a rule, I don't pass on blind corners or corners with on coming traffic. In say that, if I come up fast on a vehicle that brakes suddenly, I will pass as the risk of hitting the on coming vehicle (I feel) is lower than smashing into the vehicle that brakes in front of me. I will undertake on the motorway, because it is multi-lane and the dick-heads here do not get the idea of pulling left when there is a quicker vehicle coming up on them (I think they think mirriors are for make-up, must be lots of Metosexauls in AK). Have been taught not to undertake other bikes when riding in a big group, and try to put left if I see a quicker bike coming up. If I do undertake a bike on a ride (sometimes I am unable to get on the right of them due to other bikes), I do so at a much slower pace (giving that rider as much time as I can to see what I am doing), and only if there is a clear space that is not being filled directly in front of me.

**Blakamin** · 31st January 2005, 17:50

Originally Posted by merv

I posted a thread on here ages ago about the creeping yellow and that really stems from my average joe comment and with so many getting it wrong out comes the paint and we are all penalised because a few feel uncomfortable. Examples are Manawatu Gorge, Glenside Road, Haywards hill - the number of actual head on crashes has been few, yet we have yellow lines the whole way, hence Deano's comment - he gets pissed off waiting for the 10km lines to end. Bugger this control freak life we live in these days.

Like the fact Pie-Cock has yellow on about 3 corners... like WTF??? 2 of them are the easiest corners on the road!!! (well not quite)(told me a million times to stop exagerating)

NC · 31st January 2005, 17:53

Originally Posted by Blakamin

(well not quite)(told me a million times to stop exagerating)

LMAO

**MSTRS:Me** · 31st January 2005, 18:01

Any passing manouvre that doesn't kill you must be all good (PT)

**Skyryder** · 31st January 2005, 18:14

If you think it's safe one day it won't be

I have one simple rule for all occasions. "If I don't know, I don't go. That's it, passing included.

Skyryder

**RiderInBlack** · 31st January 2005, 18:44

"If I don't know, I don't go."
Skyrider, does that enclude going to the tolet?

PS: good rule (but needs to be "If I don't know, I do go" for the tolet)

**riffer** · 31st January 2005, 18:45

Originally Posted by Skyryder

If you think it's safe one day it won't be

I have one simple rule for all occasions. "If I don't know, I don't go. That's it, passing included.

Skyryder

It's a good rule. One I follow too.