Comfortably Different
Originally Posted by bomma
todd, everytime i read one of your posts i look at your avatar and think that you are angry!!! this then affects my interpretation of your post as one filled with agression and intent to commit murder.....guess it gives you more credibility......
Who are you calling angry ha ? ha ? ha ?
Oooo be afraid, be very afraid...
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I'm not a cop, but the topic has been done (and re-done) at great length in other threads (best to read them).
Not allowed to use motorway bus lanes. Its complicated, rules aren't being followed by council, but it boils down to the fact that it isn't actually a bus lane, rather a hard shoulder, which "allows" buses at times.
More detail? There are threads
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A STRAIGHT ANSWER:
the signs on the motorway clearly state 'buses ONLY' - often for safety and or special route reasons like the north shore system
ltnz allows us to use all other bus lanes that aren't explicitly buses only
cops on the other hand, will usually execute common sense - i've never been pulled up but if i have to pay the fine i guess that's the price of travelling out of reach of most the cagers. ie it's safer than splitting.
be aware that there is a lot of debris, risking a puncture, and cagers may decide to pull out for some reason and technically you will be both injured and in the wrong, so myself i keep to 80kph.
that's the oneAh yes, there's the difference between "Not supposed to", "Allowed to" and "Get away with."
what gets me is the time i got a puncture on the northwestern, ironically while splitting because the buslane ends at on/offramps, the bus drivers seemed to think i wasn't allowed to use the shoulder to leave my bike while i waited for a pickup, and were all to keen to hurl abuse at me sitting on the rocks by the beach.
if it was a car i would've been on the shoulder as a jack will sink in soft ground and/or topple
and of course the bike stand went straight into the dirt when i tried it.
cop pulled up and said i was perfectly legal pulled up there, but apparently it's a $150 fine if you stop on the motorway for anything other than a mechanical breakdown/emergency.
ie, if you run out of gas, make sure you tell the cops that you've siezed it or something.
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A STRAIGHT ANSWER:
the signs on the motorway clearly state 'buses ONLY' - often for safety and or special route reasons like the north shore system
ltnz allows us to use all other bus lanes that aren't explicitly buses only
cops on the other hand, will usually execute common sense - i've never been pulled up but if i have to pay the fine i guess that's the price of travelling out of reach of most the cagers. ie it's safer than splitting.
be aware that there is a lot of debris, risking a puncture, and cagers may decide to pull out for some reason and technically you will be both injured and in the wrong, so myself i keep to 80kph.
that's the one
what gets me is the time i got a puncture on the northwestern, ironically while splitting because the buslane ends at on/offramps, the bus drivers seemed to think i wasn't allowed to use the shoulder to leave my bike while i waited for a pickup, and were all to keen to hurl abuse at me sitting on the rocks by the beach.
if it was a car i would've been on the shoulder as a jack will sink in soft ground and/or topple
and of course the bike stand went straight into the dirt when i tried it.
cop pulled up and said i was perfectly legal pulled up there, but apparently it's a $150 fine if you stop on the motorway for anything other than a mechanical breakdown/emergency.
ie, if you run out of gas, make sure you tell the cops that you've siezed it or something.
I also only do 70 - 80km max, its way safer and quicker, and yes ive had a puncture from splitting also funny that haha bloody sucks eh.
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