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    Talk about flogging a dead horse you lot.Why not fuck off for a ride and accept that when your numbers up its up,no amount of tapping a keyboard will change a thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    I'll see your 50 and raise you 25.

    http://www.transport.govt.nz/assets/...-Factsheet.pdf

    75% of fatal motorcycle accidents are the primary fault of the motorcyclist.

    (Bearing in mind it's the fatal accidents that feature predominantly in the eyes of the general public).
    So, I take it from your post you read the part of my post and stopped there? Because it sure as hell seems like it! Maybe instead of repeating myself you could go back and read my entire post, it really wasn't that long.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WilDun View Post
    Those things to me (from the point of view of a car driver) are ok. - except the first one, lane splitting, - that is a highly dangerous practice(having done it many times myself).
    Depends how it's done....
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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    the greater public has always thought of motorcyclists as 2 percenters,nothing changed there.
    I actually thought that Goff presented us IN A GOOD LIGHT,and more than once the 50 percent stat was aired.It may lead to some publicity for us and for other road users.That surely must be a good thing for eveyone.
    I predict some sort of tv "education "time is coming
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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Yes,interesting post and it does seem to be left to the rider's discretion.

    When acting sensibly from experience and having the ability to judge the width of the gap and going at a sensible speed I guess it's ok.

    However,if you raise the ire of a lunatic car driver (and there are quite a few "irate" car drivers,) especially if they see you making progress when they can't! - that could be a recipe for disaster one day.

    By the way, the biker guy I mentioned earlier on the Pakuranga bridge was a complete lunatic pratt and deserves his arse kicked! - not a good advert for bikers,..... and witnessed by probably 200 car drivers on a daily basis!

    Maybe we're getting a little off the subject here!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigG View Post
    Only reason oldies die on their bikes is cos of heart attacks or other senior things, to much adrenalin rush when they go over 100 not used to it with the modern bikes dont have to twust the throttle much to be doing over a 100 klicks ( I'm talking mph )
    so you must be a young fart smeller
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    Quote Originally Posted by _Shrek_ View Post
    so you must be a young fart smeller
    so what kills young fellas on their bikes , to busy lookin at themselves in the mirror or riding with one hand and stroking themselves

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkH View Post
    Clearly educating car drivers would be of a huge benefit, since 50% of motorcycle accidents are caused by car drivers. Many of those don't kill the rider, which is worse for ACC because an injured rider costs them more than a dead one.

    Clearly educating motorcycle riders would be of huge benefit, since 50% of motorcycle accidents are caused by the rider.

    How much education you can provide and how much good it does is what it really comes down to, but if all motorists were better educated and skilled then many accidents could be avoided.
    Who the fuck is Troll and why is he giving me red rep for this post?
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    I realised that having 105kg of man sliding into my rear was a tad uncomfortable
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    Quote Originally Posted by tribsanor View Post
    so what kills young fellas on their bikes , to busy lookin at themselves in the mirror or riding with one hand and stroking themselves
    you talking about yamahar64life?

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