Biker/car crash, Remuera Rd 26/11

[Fatt Max]

Hey, good on you!

Remuera scares me shitless. You think you've seen bad driving in Parnell -- they like to do 20kph in 50kph zones, and driving on the wrong side of the road to avoid parked cars. South Auckland is worrying, but the Bongo wagons are so slow-moving that they're easy enough to avoid. But the sheer obstinacy of drivers in Remuera (the main shops are the worst) is worrying. Soccer mums. I once had to tootle the horn trumpet melodiously at first; soccer mum looked surprised and wound down the window to look aggrieved and shout `why were you beeping at me and pulling hand signals?!' Didn't believe me when I told her she was deciding to make her own lane by putting half her car in her original lane and half her car in my lane. Red lights apparently don't have much meaning here either.

Mate, I had a posh slapper in a 4WD pull out in front of me. When I remonstrated at her, the reply was "Well, like, dont ride a bike then cos they are harder to see"

Must be in the water supply....

[klingon]

Meh....today felt like a Bang-a-bike day.

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I also had a mad day yesterday. Had a car change lanes virtually on top of me on the way to work, then a bus try to crush me against the curb on my way home (bus was changing lanes - I was already alongside it when it started indicating about half a second before it moved in on me).

I used to watch the Invisible Man when I was a kid and wish I was invisible. Now I AM invisible and I've discovered it's not so good after all.

[RnB Fan]

Well done that man. Take a bow.