South Island police target line crossers!

[cs363]

As I said in my original post... the photo is looking in the direction those vechicles were travelling... (away from my camera)

NO side roads or gateways for another 2 km's. Cliff on one side... river on the other. Nowhere for any hordes of kids to come from.

Yes ... I know there is double yellow lines...

Doh....missed the bleeding obvious (time for another beer! lol)

[Ixion]

Even though the likelihood of that happening on that stretch of road (doesn't appear to be any side roads or parking areas etc, though FJRider could confirm?) I take your point - on the odd occasion that I might cross the centreline I always use the 100m clear visibility rule - or in even simpler terms I try not to ride at speeds or in a situation where I cannot stop in the length of road visible ahead.

For instance just looking at that pic of FJ's, how do you know there isn't a car just taking off from the side of the road obscured by that bluff on the right or perhaps a slow moving tractor or similar.
I find I spend a lot of time on the road thinking about the possibilities of what may lie around the next bend etc.
Something I never did as a youth, those thoughts seem quite alien when you are young and bulletproof!

Uh, I *was* extracting the michael, actually. Though one never knows where those inter-dimensional wormholes will pop up and disgorge farmers and children .

[FJRider]

I just said it wasn't as bad... NOT it was OK...

I never get sick of that road... unless it's raining, or frosty... which occasionally it is.

[cs363]

Uh, I *was* extracting the michael, actually. Though one never knows where those inter-dimensional wormholes will pop up and disgorge farmers and children .

Yeah I know (re pisstake) but my point concurs with your wormhole comment, you really don't know what may be lurking behind that one obscured bit of road, might not be farmers or hordes of kids but in that location could easily be tourists on pushbikes riding two abreast.

fact remains if you can't see the road then you don't know what's on it, or not for that matter!

[cs363]

unless it's raining, or frosty... which occasionally it is.

In the South Island???

[FJRider]

Its paradise down here... just not quite perfect paradise. If it was... the Harley riders would wave.

[ducatilover]

Its paradise down here... just not quite perfect paradise. If it was... the Harley riders would wave.

I must trip down south one day.

[Brian d marge]

3 million savages, far too many for my liking

I'm going back to Rourkes ridge, the mail will be arriving soon


Stephen

[dangerous]

As I said in my original post... the photo is looking in the direction those vechicles were travelling... (away from my camera)

NO side roads or gateways for another 2 km's. Cliff on one side... river on the other. Nowhere for any hordes of kids to come from.

Yes ... I know there is double yellow lines...

Some things are not as bad as some may think... pictured is another view of that very same corner, from a different angle. Looking in the direction those vehicles were travelling.

so farking what???
think about a squid in his tootpast tube knee down booting it towards you as you cut the corner... do you honestly think you would see squidledidly comming, be able to react in time? that aint no desert road man.

[FJRider]

so farking what???
think about a squid in his tootpast tube knee down booting it towards you as you cut the corner... do you honestly think you would see squidledidly comming, be able to react in time? that aint no desert road man.

Refer to post #63.

[scumdog]

Some things are not as bad as some may think... pictured is another view of that very same corner, from a different angle. Looking in the direction those vehicles were travelling.

Nothing like cutting a corner when you 'knew' had nothing coming towards you - only to discover a camper-van just taking off from a stop to take pictures while in the area not visible....

[dangerous]

Nothing like cutting a corner when you 'knew' had nothing coming towards you - only to discover a camper-van just taking off from a stop to take pictures while in the area not visible....

and then... some poor farker like ya self gets to clean the mess up, funny how those that condone crossing the center line / straight lining have a very selfish way of thinking, ie: every action has a reaction, but no they are only worried about them selves.

Refer to post #63.

ummm, tells me nothing.

[FJRider]

so farking what???
think about a squid in his tootpast tube knee down booting it towards you as you cut the corner... do you honestly think you would see squidledidly comming, be able to react in time? that aint no desert road man.

#63 refers to the fact that I did not condone crossing the centre line... double yellow or not. I Stated it (the original photo ) was not as bad as it first seemed. NOT it was ok to do so.

Actually on that particular corner, by the time any advantage is to be gained by cutting that corner, your speed will be about 80 km/hr, and also, anybody on the other side of the road (stopped or approaching), will be very visible.
That is no desert road true. To keep a regular forward speed of 100 km/hr on that road is difficult to maintain for any vehicle. No matter how good the pilot or vehicle is...
That corner is one of the better corners in the Kawarau gorge. There are more on that road a lot worse...

[dangerous]

#63 refers to the fact...

yeah Im with ya, and I do relise that the 2 photos showen that the bike might be passing the cage cos the cage is damn near at a stand still (or the cage could be doing ya 80+ k's) however the van apaires to have no reason what so ever to need to cross the center as it is, that sort of shit like with bikes is what I despise.

[FLYMO]

to all that like the takaka hill for a ride(last great twisty road)
theres 3 places they have been seen setting up a camera in the scrub and theres been a few reports of peeps getting caught too