Bizarre manouvers by drivers ahead of you?

[howdamnhard]

Sometimes nothing you do will prevent a prang. Having said that though the more time you have the better your chances, didn't sound like you had much time.You can try buy time by correct following distances, speed, road positioning looking and thinking ahead, practising emergency manouvres, trianing , imagining different scenarios and how to deal with them . Reflex reactions are must faster than trying to think what to do once in a emergency situation, having thought solutions and practiced manouvres saves valueable time.

[Supertwin Don]

At least most of you guys could SEE the other vehicle - many years ago in Invercargill, in seriously thick fog - like can't see the sides of the road from the centreline! - proceeding VERY cautiously at about 5mph just to the left of the centreline looking for the change in road marking which signifies the junction I wanted to turn right into, when a car whistles past me at about 25mph GOING THE OTHER WAY - ON MY LEFT!!!
That was definitely change of underwear time!!!

[sunhuntin]

holy shit! i think i would have been tempted to walk the rest of the way. far out! ive only ridden in decent fog once, and i just flicked my hazards on. worse than riding in rain.

[bogan]

At least most of you guys could SEE the other vehicle - many years ago in Invercargill, in seriously thick fog - like can't see the sides of the road from the centreline! - proceeding VERY cautiously at about 5mph just to the left of the centreline looking for the change in road marking which signifies the junction I wanted to turn right into, when a car whistles past me at about 25mph GOING THE OTHER WAY - ON MY LEFT!!!
That was definitely change of underwear time!!!

fuckin aye, think we have a winner!

[rosie631]

most annoying was being undertaken while stopped at a ped crossing right outside the hospital. bloody cocksucking boy racer.

What is undertaking? Is it passing on the inside?

[ralph4alice]

I'm guessing the bint wanted the Manukau City off ramp, couple of hundred metres further on.

Hmmmm. Guess they can't have been thinking much: the overhead sign would show them another offramp 750m along - so whether they wanted Manukau City, or just to stay on the motorway... they'd see that there was another interchange nearby! Could have just gone onto Gt Sth Rd and cruised along to said interchange and sorted it out from there.

Perhaps they didn't know the area.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...133.93,,0,0.94

[Ixion]

You expect that sort of intelligence from a cager? It's pretty plain you've never been to Auckland.

[Shadows]

What is undertaking? Is it passing on the inside?

Yep
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[ralph4alice]

You expect that sort of intelligence from a cager? It's pretty plain you've never been to Auckland.

Been there a number of times. Can't stand the place. Endless vast expanses of city, with the motorway sort of just sweeping you along in the midst of a huge tide of vehicles... motorcyclists must really have to keep their wits about them.

[Shadows]

Endless vast expanses of city, with the motorway sort of just sweeping you along in the midst of a huge tide of vehicles...

What? Does the traffic actually move sometimes?

[MarkH]

What? Does the traffic actually move sometimes?

He can't have been travelling in Auckland at peak times - only motorcycles exceed 10kph in peak traffic on Auckland motorways. This probably makes peak time the safest time for motorcyclists - the cars are moving slowly and don't have much room to do dumb stuff.

[Mikkel]

There's a new silver Range Rovers out there that doesn't have to give way at the roundabout between Riccarton Ave and Riccarton Road in Chch - DAMHIK.

[PCTC]

U turns were put on this earth so the cadges had some way of scaring the shit out of bikers

[sunhuntin]

What is undertaking? Is it passing on the inside?

yep it, and its damn scary cos its not something you expect. every undertaker ive had has been within city limits. the majority of them were while moving, and gave me a hell of a fright. the ped crossing one was just stupidity as if there had been a kid, they wouldnt have had a hope in hell, despite being outside the hospital.

[Mikkel]

U turns were put on this earth so the cadges had some way of scaring the shit out of bikers

If all they ever did was just scare us I'd be less pissed off with that particular habit.