Stories of motorway lunacy

**surfchick** · 20th April 2005, 14:29

Just thought I'd start a thread for people to write stories after they see something mad on our lovely NZ motorway systems (or roads in general). Stick the date and location in the post along w. yo must hear story. I reckon I had a surreal moment last thursday when:

I was driving between the St lukes and titirangi exits on the Northern Western leaving town, and two giant double bed matresses lifted off the car in the lane to the left side (me in the middle following a silver sedan). The top one tumbled and rolled and came to a rest in my lane as me and the car in front were cramming on the anchors and the base landed just off the my left. I couldn't believe it. Using the stealthly narraow profile of my SRV I nipped between the matress and the base and drove home with my heart having repositioned itself in my eyeballs...

actually i think I'm cursed with surreal driving moments lately- as just the prev. week a rock climing wall made its way out in front of me on the southern M-way. Yes folks a two story rock climing wall... cooool

**jazbug5** · 20th April 2005, 15:09

Have you done something to piss off Him Upstairs...?

**gamgee** · 20th April 2005, 15:16

first time i ever went on the motorway, hit a hill as you do, dropped it into 4th to get up it (being an sr250) then near the top of hill without thinking went to change back into 5th pressed down, changed into 3rd and to cut a long story short, locked up the back wheel, and managed to not fall off!

**Sparky Bills** · 20th April 2005, 16:07

I did a wheelie once down the highway, then a gust of wind hit me and i fell off!

OPPSSS!!!
Thats wasnt me! (sorry WT HAHA)

Just the usual stuff,
People pulling into my lane, brocken mirrors, etc
In this world you have to be SOO carefull!

**Riff Raff** · 20th April 2005, 16:21

Originally Posted by Sparky Bills

I did a wheelie once down the highway, then a gust of wind hit me and i fell off!

OPPSSS!!!
Thats wasnt me! (sorry WT HAHA)

Yes but I do recall you doing a wheelie in central Wellington and a gust of wind blowing you into the pavement!

**Sparky Bills** · 20th April 2005, 16:22

Originally Posted by Riff Raff

Yes but I do recall you doing a wheelie in central Wellington and a gust of wind blowing you into the pavement!

It was a traffic island thankyou!

**Jeremy** · 20th April 2005, 16:28

Well coming back from Uni one day there was this massive piece of metal in the middle of the left hand lane. I've also seen chairs fall off the back of lorries onto my lane, which caused a bit of a problem. Also I managed to lock up my rear wheel brakeing when a drunk person decided that they would just step out from the pavement at the Symonds street onramp (heading south), that was fun at least I didn't fall off.

**Paul in NZ** · 20th April 2005, 16:46

Originally Posted by jazbug5

Have you done something to piss off Him Upstairs...?

Him? You are slipping Jaz...

**White trash** · 20th April 2005, 17:10

Originally Posted by Sparky Bills

I did a wheelie once down the highway, then a gust of wind hit me and i fell off!

OPPSSS!!!
Thats wasnt me! (sorry WT HAHA)

It blew me off you fucker

I didn't fall off!

I'm removing my toys from this pram, and I'm going home. Fuck ya's...

**flyin** · 20th April 2005, 17:16

I locked up the front doin a hundy mile an hour last week........... stupid van turned across the motorway in front of me after i'd see-ya-later-bye'd a boyracer...... was just after i got the spacers in my forks and new rubber and in the shade/damp so felt completely different... till the front began to fall away.......

**surfchick** · 20th April 2005, 17:24

Originally Posted by Sparky Bills

I did a wheelie once down the highway, then a gust of wind hit me and i fell off!

OPPSSS!!!
Thats wasnt me! (sorry WT HAHA)

l!

bro- that's a class moses moment. i thought the rock climing wall was funny

**surfchick** · 20th April 2005, 17:27

Originally Posted by jazbug5

Have you done something to piss off Him Upstairs...?

i think He just likes to keep me confused and bewildered- but it definitely might be better for everyone if i ride by myself!!

**DEATH_INC.** · 20th April 2005, 17:36

I won't go into full details,Ive done a few,prolly the best (stupidest...)was coming home from the drags one night pulled a wheelie down the ramarama straights on the ZX12 for a bit then dropped the front down in time to light up the rear of a patrol car...DOH!!! Took 'evasive' action and got home unscathed.....

**jazbug5** · 20th April 2005, 18:06

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

Him? You are slipping Jaz...

Peh. I thought everyone knew that 'It' was masculine when in 'Vengeful' or 'Incomprehensible' mode; 'It' becomes feminine when Granting Miracles or being Wonderful In Her Ways. See?

**Waylander** · 20th April 2005, 18:16

Originally Posted by jazbug5

Peh. I thought everyone knew that 'It' was masculine when in 'Vengeful' or 'Incomprehensible' mode; 'It' becomes feminine when Granting Miracles or being Wonderful In Her Ways. See?

and for those of us with more than one?