Situational awareness

[Mom]

Alex in chock-a-block too... New World car park is full. Had to park on the street. 40 meters to the door... life is tough...
Its only 27 deg. here might go for a "follow the campervans"...

We live in a lovely small town here. We also have some very nice beaches close by. Almost the entire population of Auckland (well half of them anyway) head this way in summer. Drives us nuts. You are taking your life in your own hands even driving down the main street.

Talk about lack of situational awareness today, car pulls left in the main street and stops blocking the driveway to Mitre 10. Car in front of me swings wide to get past the stopped vehicle just as it deceides to pull bak out into the traffic. Friggen mayhem! Wish I had gone to Auckland with Maha...

[Forest]

I got a hell of a fright on a rally a few years ago.

I came up behind a cage on a two lane country road and decided to overtake it. I took a quick look and the mirrors and didn't see anything so I began pulling out to pass.

Right at that second another bike came flying past my right side at what must have been 180+km/h.

I know I checked my mirrors and I know that I didn't see the other rider coming up to me. I'm very lucky that I didn't get wiped out (it was only a question of 2-3 seconds).

So now whenever I overtake, I always doubly check my mirrors to see if anything is coming up behind me. I also assume that the vehicles I'm overtaking haven't seen me and might pull out at any time.

[fireball]

Alex in chock-a-block too... New World car park is full. Had to park on the street. 40 meters to the door... life is tough...
Its only 27 deg. here might go for a "follow the campervans"...

not parking on the street lol
although i am still waiting for someone to bring up the traffic light idea again for tarbert st to centennial ave last time the pitch forks and outrage was awesome!

[FJRider]

Talk about lack of situational awareness today, car pulls left in the main street and stops blocking the driveway to Mitre 10. Car in front of me swings wide to get past the stopped vehicle just as it deceides to pull bak out into the traffic. Friggen mayhem! Wish I had gone to Auckland with Maha...

Same goings on down here... might sell tickets. All done by responsible (???) adults...

Just watched a guy in a 4WD, try to ANGLE park... with a boat on the trailer... realised he still had the boat hooked on... then jack-knifed trying to get back on the street...