Near death experience

[malfunconz]

to my shame we never stopped to move it . pretty slack really .

[1vanvan1]

to my shame we never stopped to move it . pretty slack really .

Yeah, You always regret those things.

I have moved a few things of the road in my short time out here. One was a rather large wooden toy car/truck that was broken. Was on a blind corner so It would of caught someone out.

[Mom]

I never got the plate of the guy cause i wasn't thinking straight as i just avoided a near death experience. Pretty sure he got off at green lane and I think it was a newer Honda Accord (silver) towing a red caged trailer. The ones you rent from the servo. Is there anything I can do to report this? And is there anyway they can get his plate somehow? Like those traffic cams on the offramps.

Also did any one else witness this?

You showed some really mature skills there avoiding the flying matress of doom! Well done for not panicking and using good avoidance skills. I would have to check with Ixion, but I am fairly certain there is some sort of sacrifice required to the biker Gods as a result mind. Hope it does not involve too many virgins for your sake

Um, just one small thing, can you please use the word off, when you mean off, and of when you mean of, reading your post I know you can do it

[Ixion]

I had a similar experience years ago when a sheet of plywood (or some such building material) lofted itself from the stack on the trailer and headed for me. Likewise, a swerve got me clear. Very disconcerting though.

Yes, a sacrifice to Helmut von Hornihumper is required. One virgin. May be hard to find, you can't take their word for it of course, just tell the tale and explain that you need to keep testing until you find one. Even if you don't find one you'll have much fun.

(I had to dodge around a two seater couch sitting in the middle lane of the northwestern about a year ago. Didn't see it come off though. )

[Finn]

Ivan, you broke bikers rule number 47.

Never follow a vehicle with a suspect load. Never. Now you may blame the driver with the trailer here, but you made the same mistake as he did. You had confidence in his load. Don't do it.

[Sharry]

So glad you followed your instincts and servived that one

I would call the police if I were you. If they want to find the bloke they can suss out the motorway webcams.

[1vanvan1]

Um, just one small thing, can you please use the word off, when you mean off, and of when you mean of, reading your post I know you can do it

FIXED!

Ivan, you broke bikers rule number 47.

Never follow a vehicle with a suspect load. Never. Now you may blame the driver with the trailer here, but you made the same mistake as he did. You had confidence in his load. Don't do it.

I wasn't following him. I was in the middle. He was in the fast.

[Danae]

Good job dodging that! Glad to see you're okay. On with the sacrifices then?

[discotex]

Reminds me of the time I'd just changed lanes and a metal spade came flying out from under the car I was following

Even with the 2sec rule I doubt I'd have been able to avoid it.

Scary shit huh!

[pete376403]

Upside down wheelbarrows on the back of utes/trucks are guaranteed to go airborne if not tied down - something to do with the shape or airspace underneath. I try too avoid staying anywhere near those things.
Also it appeared that someone on a small bike (GN250 or similar) in Welly was taken out by either a large lounge chair laying on the road, or a car avoiding said chair, last Thursday day evening. Rider appeared to be OK, authorities were in attendance so I didn't stop.

[Insanity_rules]

Good skills mate, well done.

[DarkLord]

On the way out to Napier on Sunday I saw one of those wooden pallets in the middle of the road... that was scary enough.

Well done for making it out of there in one piece.

[Weta]

good riding, glad you missed that one, the viaducts a liability at the best of times without random bits of bedding flying at you

[MIXONE]

I was at a Pink Floyd concert once and the same thing happened!
A fucking bed came flying out of the sky!