Latest anti-speed ad

[Grahameeboy]

Dead right Mr V.man, New Zealand drivers are pathetic when it comes to their ability (inability?), mostly it's all about 'me' and feck the rest of youz.

Very true...I have lights on high beam, LED running lights plus I ride a red bike with a red jacket...the number of times a car either looks at me / or doesn't and just waltzes out is a worry.

Number of red light runners is crazy...had one yesterday who went through when my lights went green.

Had a geezer on a scooter this am..raining...he was wearing shorts, tee-shirt and no gloves...he was in the wrong lane and wanted to cut me up...tooted my horn...he got the message...later he passes me to go off elsewhere, toot's his horn and shows me 2 fingers....

So much for easy gong Kiwi's who have the patience of a 100 metre sprinter....

Attitude is the issue...when I get a ticket I doo care, I am nice to said Officer..it's a bugger.

I do think speed is enforced too much when there are more serious road issues but it's hard to Police...speed does not kill...I have 4 speeding in last few years (had none in UK 1979 - 2005) but no accidents and still alive and kicking...

[Grahameeboy]

I hate the ones that imply that if you're travelling in excess of 100kmh then you're a killer.

Too right...you can get a licence to own a gun and you are not a killer...

[Max Preload]

Very true...I have lights on high beam, LED running lights plus I ride a red bike with a red jacket...the number of times a car either looks at me / or doesn't and just waltzes out is a worry.

Ummmmm that's just dumb. Riding around with your headlight on high beam makes it very difficult for other road users to judge your approach speed and distance. Chances are you're the victim of your own actions in this case.

[Okey Dokey]

Great to see how taxpayers' money is spent on useless drivel such as this ad...

[Grahameeboy]

Ummmmm that's just dumb. Driving around with your headlight on high beam makes it very difficult for other road users to judge your approach speed and distance. Chances are you're the victim of your own actions in this case.

That's just an excuse...how about judging speed by rate of passing objects..or hey it's a bike, I had better be more cautious.

I actually found high beam safer plus having the LED running lights is a help as it gives drivers a focal point....assuming they even look or care or course

Plus no accidents...you have to accept hazards riding a bike

[Dave Lobster]

Ummmmm that's just dumb. Riding around with your headlight on high beam makes it very difficult for other road users to judge your approach speed and distance..

I used to think this. HOWEVER, I now run with my main beam on while I'm filtering, or whenever I'm somewhere with a high proportion of asian people driving.
With main beam on, my bike's built in cloaking device is slightly less effective. Without main beam on, I'm completely invisible to asians.

[Edbear]

...There's money in speeding.

There is? Maybe I should speed more...

Hells-bells, in that case I'm lucky to be alive!!

But Scummy, you don't speed... do you...?

It's never about speed up here, never has been much. I passed a girl yesterday going in to work, doing the legal limit, but had an A4 document out on her steering wheel, reading it while talking to someone on her cellphone...

Most crashes are nose-to-tail in gridlock at 10km/h as many are texting, reading the paper talking on the phone, putting on makeup, asleep, or just about anything else but driving...

Invariably, if I see a vehicle weaving or driving erratically it is due to texting or talking on their mobile, otherwise it is your steriotypical Asian who is afraid to do more than 85km/h and has to be in the right-hand lane as they feel safer there...

[Beemer]

Speed is bad, m'kay! Heroine on the other hand...

I suppose that would go well with NighthawkNZ being "bold" in the carpark - maybe someone was trying to bowl a maiden over!

But seriously, speed is just one factor. So many times aggression is a factor too. We were driving along the other day when a guy pulled out right in front of us. We tooted the horn and got the fingers, then he pulled over, jumped out of his van and ran towards our car! Thankfully we were able to drive straight down a side street and he didn't follow us, but what would have happened if he had? He was totally in the wrong and I certainly don't think tooting at him was over the top behaviour on our part.

I get fed up with people who sit on your bumper and refuse to pass even when you slow right down to about 80. I hate people who cross the centre line on corners - and on straight stretches of road - because they aren't paying attention to the task at hand, which is driving, not texting, or lighting a cigarette.

And as for all you riders who think it is a good idea to ride with your headlights on full at all times, you piss me off the most. It may make you more visible, but you irritate the living shit out of every other road user - other motorcyclists included. I don't know which is worse - having one behind you in the distance, which is really distracting, or having one approach you and dazzle you.

Dave, can I please ask how the HELL you know you are somewhere with a high proportion of Asian drivers? Are you constantly looking in each car or do you 'just know'? I'd be more worried about every other driver thinking "why does that tosser have his lights on full?" and not paying full attention to the road because of that!

And Graemeeboy - why do you want to have your bike made a focal point? Isn't target fixation a bad thing? "Ooh, looky, a bright shiny bike - whoops, just ran it over!"

I bet Hitcher hates personalised plates because he can't come up with a good one himself! Sure, some are pretty wanky, but some are very clever too.

[dipshit]

Very true...I have lights on high beam,

Which kind of proves scumdog's point...
"New Zealand drivers are pathetic when it comes to their ability (inability?), mostly it's all about 'me' and feck the rest of youz."

It's funny how it's always "everybody else out there is stupid" in these threads.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

It's funny how it's always "everybody else out there is stupid".

Stupid does... stupid do...

I suppose that would go well with NighthawkNZ being "bold" in the carpark - maybe someone was trying to bowl a maiden over!

meh what ever... who gives a fuck about my spelling... but BTW, I was speaking Dangerees Language know...

[Hitcher]

I nearly got bold over in the Warehouse carpark the other day..i

Better than being italicised. (Shudders...)

[scumdog]

Better than being italicised. (Shudders...)

Like "Whatsa amatta you, hey, why you looka so sad...." sort of italicised???

[Dave Lobster]

Dave, can I please ask how the HELL you know you are somewhere with a high proportion of Asian drivers? Are you constantly looking in each car or do you 'just know'? I'd be more worried about every other driver thinking "why does that tosser have his lights on full?" and not paying full attention to the road because of that!

I live in Auckland. Far more asians per head of population than say.. Orewa - Where there's only a handful.

I don't have my main beam on ALL the time. Just when I'm in the city, and when filtering. There's no need to have it on all the time. But if the difference between my headlight catching someone's eye in their mirror and not, I'll take the chance of them seeing me.
I don't ride like a cock, tailgating people with my main beam on, or forcing them out of the way. FFS, most family saloon cars are far faster than my bike - it's not as if I've got a speed advantage over them or anything like that.

[Edbear]

Like "Whatsa amatta you, hey, why you looka so sad...." sort of italicised???

Nah, that's speechmarked. "Bold" in Hitcher's post was both bold AND italicised, and to top it all of, was in RED!!!!

So never put yourself in a position to be emboldened, italicised and red! You'll never live it down...

[Grahameeboy]

Which kind of proves scumdog's point...
"New Zealand drivers are pathetic when it comes to their ability (inability?), mostly it's all about 'me' and feck the rest of youz."

It's funny how it's always "everybody else out there is stupid".

Not stupid....there is however a no responsibility attitude here....ACC being one example...

Land Transport have a lot to answer by inadequate education in the past and ineffective adverts...classic eg.."Indicate for 3 secs before moving" is not much time and there is no where saying that you must not cause someone to serve, stop etc...they just expect the other person to get out of the way...

Number of times a driver has forced themselves into my lane knowing I am there....attitude...