Speeding

[Digitdion]

just like a tui ad, Yeah Right!

[Dan Mapp]

So where did all of you who think they are good drivers and riders get your training? Um let me guess you just went out there and did it till you thought you better than all the other drivers and riders out their, who where all thinking they had bin doing long enough to be better than you. We learn by doing, the younger we learn the better we are at somthing I have seen 7 year olds who are better drivers than most. Cheers Dan

[paddy]

So where did all of you who think they are good drivers and riders get your training? Um let me guess you just went out there and did it till you thought you better than all the other drivers and riders out their, who where all thinking they had bin doing long enough to be better than you. We learn by doing, the younger we learn the better we are at somthing I have seen 7 year olds who are better drivers than most. Cheers Dan

Skid pan course, Emergency Vehicles unit standards.....how about you? Having said that, I'm not arrogant enough to claim I am a better driver than everyone else. (Okay, I'm probably arrogant enough - but I'm CHOOSING not too.) ;-)

Edit: I am keen to get some riding training under my belt in the near future though.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

So where did all of you who think they are good drivers and riders get your training? Um let me guess you just went out there and did it till you thought you better than all the other drivers and riders out their, who where all thinking they had bin doing long enough to be better than you. We learn by doing, the younger we learn the better we are at somthing I have seen 7 year olds who are better drivers than most. Cheers Dan

wheatbix packet

I'm not arrogant enough to claim I am a better driver than everyone else. (Okay, I'm probably arrogant enough - but I'm CHOOSING not too.) ;-)

ditto

[Dan Mapp]

Skid pan course, Emergency Vehicles unit standards.....how about you? Having said that, I'm not arrogant enough to claim I am a better driver than everyone else. (Okay, I'm probably arrogant enough - but I'm CHOOSING not too.) ;-)

Edit: I am keen to get some riding training under my belt in the near future though.

25 years of motorsport. But a lot on here have claimed to be.

[LBD]

[QUOTE=slimjim;1129430297]

Well my Dad, never speed, gee's even to this day, he still drives at 83,always legal speed always

Sounds a lot like my Dad same age and driving style and bikeing background, But I do remember the time I had him passenger in a car alone....on a very quiet straight country road I new well. I hit big numbers and then put it in top...It took weeks for the grin to dissappear.

Speeding?

Ride to the conditions...
Ride safe...
Ride considerate of other road users...
And if you can do this at 125km then your only real concern is getting caught.

[wisefxx]

The faster you go, relatively, the slower everyone else is around you. At 200kph, everyone else is virtually stopped. Like flies avoiding a swot.

sorry but this is COMPLETLY wrong. if your going the same speed as everyone else relative to you there is no difference. giving you more time to react. if you go .. say 200 while everyone is doing 100 they are comming at you at 100kph. making them harder to avoid.

[Morcs]

P.dath, I look forward to giving you the learn.

When you understand my point let me know. Its not something that can be backed up a mathmatical equation or by statistics, but some of us can grasp ideas, concepts without the need for statistics right in front of our face - you are obviously one of those people.

There has never been sufficient evidence for any speeding ticket ive recieved in my eyes, doesnt mean i wasnt speeding.

Like I said before, please go back to your Wiki to write articles telling us how to ride.

[Pixie]

[QUOTE=LBD;1129432105]

And if you can do this at 125km then your only real concern is getting caught.

You seem to be unaware that exceeding 100 km/hr
is a 100% ironclad,without a doubt guaranteed death sentence.

I saw it on a tv ad

[Pixie]

There are two reasons why people may condemn "speeding".

One is simply that "speeding" is "against the rules". And some people are very rule determined. Simply, the fact that it is against the rules is why you shouldn't do it. if the gubbermint brought out a rule that everyone must put their left shoe on before the right, such people would always comply, even though there was no possible mechanism for enforcement.

If you are one of those people then the "why speed" argument is meaningless. You don't speed, because it's against the rules. End of story. What DOES puzzle me is why so many of those people buy very large bikes (usually crusiers) , capable of breaking the speed limit by a many fold factor. When their personal ethos says they won't ever do it. Why not a nice 250 or 400?

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My Dear Ix
By your very definition,those people are repressed,and repressed people often have inferiority complexes which leads them to buy big bikes,big cars, big houses,get penis extensions etc.

[Pixie]

I have on occasions hit 200kph plus....but they are in far away places where the elves....

And pixies

[Pixie]

At the end of the day, the deaths from being "bored shitless" are very low

I die a little every time you post

[Patrick]

In all seriousness though SD do you really think that speed is the main factor...."Mum's the word"

Nah. The faster you go, the bigger the mess IS... FACT.......!!!!

I'm so glad we've got a male Prime Minister again.

SHIPLEY's been gone a while. What you talkin about...????

283 on the clock runnie, well leaving the cops behind with a back pack and hung over at 9am after passing out at a mates 21st

So... you were probably still pissed, doing a 283 runner.... I guess there will be one of THOSE threads before long then...

Oh that tired old drum. I'm being targeted because the Government wants to make more revenue - as opposed to the simple explanation that I'm just breaking the law that was put in place to protect the safety of all road users. The fine is simply a deterrent - to deter you from doing it.

Sooo old, aint it....

YOU choose to speed, so YOU get a ticket.

YOU choose not to speed, YOU don't get a ticket.

YOU don't want a ticket, ummmm, eerrrrrrrrr.... ah feck it.... Bitch and moan about it on KB! That'll sort it!!!!

Bloody rocket science... Who would have thought.....

[Ixion]

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YOU choose to speed, so YOU get a ticket.

YOU choose not to speed, YOU don't get a ticket.

YOU don't want a ticket, ummmm, eerrrrrrrrr.... ah feck it.... Bitch and moan about it on KB! That'll sort it!!!!

Bloody rocket science... Who would have thought.....

Doesn't work. Plenty of examples on here , and in the wider world , of people NOT speeding who have still got a ticket.

"You wuz doing 121kph"
"No I wasn't. I'm certain of that"
"Yes you wuz. You can see it on the radar Same speed as the other 20 drivers I've ticketed this morning." (Or , "Yes you wuz. It was either you or that Falcon, and you're on a motorbike so you're automatically guilty")
"But, but, but"
"Tell it to the judge. Your word against mine. I know who he's going to believe"

[yachtie10]

Thanks patrick for stating the obvious
Are you trying to wind us up or do you believe that 100%

Mr Dath

I was replying to your expectation of evidence from morcs
I have found some evidence that explains it with statistics (and some open minded thinking)
http://www.safespeed.org.uk/inattention.html