Police say had the rider been wearing...

[R-Soul]

and of course a hi - vis vest will make a lot of difference to them...

Having worn a hi vis vest daily in auckland traffic, I can assure you it makes no difference at all.
Geoff

The thing about hi-viz vests is that if they have been working, you will never know....

And they are so purdy...

[FJRider]

There should be more threads about what small things to look out for.

For starters ... the assumption that just because we have right-of-way ... does not mean we'll GET it ...

[PrincessBandit]

I wouldnt waste the effort

I think if you had a f2f with him you would be surprised at how smart he is, and many a kb'er who has met him has modified the way they think about him.

The thing is he calls a spade a spade and doesn't humour fools - a lot of folk don't like that.

[Nonbeliever]

I think if you had a f2f with him you would be surprised at how smart he is, and many a kb'er who has met him has modified the way they think about him.

The thing is he calls a spade a spade and doesn't humour fools - a lot of folk don't like that.

bla bla bla
the guy is a cock

[Maha]

Personally I wont wear one unless I am involved with something where I have no choice. I had to wear a pink one last year for a few hours.
And I have worn them where there has been a MAG ride.
Anne may wear one at night (which is where they come into thier own) if she is a pillion. I dont need one at the front.

[Maha]

I think if you had a f2f with him you would be surprised at how smart he is, and many a kb'er who has met him has modified the way they think about him.

The thing is he calls a spade a spade and doesn't humour fools - a lot of folk don't like that.

That is true PB, there are those that cause him halm and when they finally met, they shake hands, have a beer and a smoke instead, crazy .....

[Viscount Montgomery]

The only stupidity in here that I can see is people suggesting that there are absolutely no clues to be had when a vehicle is about to perform a u-turn.

All these fuckers here claiming "U-turns" are some sort of bolt from the blue that happens at speeds you can't avoid are SO full of shit. A U-turning vehicle starts from a stationary position. Or at the very most no more than, say, 10 kph. Especially a fucken truck. Vehicles don't U-turn at 100 kph or even at 30kph. Unless it's some boy-racer shithead fleeing the cops or some shit like that. All the dumb fucks here aren't even thinking about what a U-turn involves.. All this sort of crap should be ringing a bikers alarm bells well ahead of it happening. A slow, crawling, or stationary vehicle on the side of the road is a lethal fucken trap for the clueless and the unwary. So many cunts ride around oblivious to what the fuck is happening right in front of their own dim-witted fucken eyes.

A VEHICLE ABOUT TO U-TURN ACROSS THE FUCKEN ROAD IN FRONT OF YOU IS STICKING OUT LIKE GODDAM DOG BALLS FROM THE MOMENT YOU SLAP EYES ON THE FUCKEN THING.

I'm not blaming no cunt about this accident though, because me and everyone else don't know a fucken thing about what exactly went down. It all seems a fucken mystery to me. Who the fuck says it was a U-turn anyway?

Now, if some arsehole is U-turning around a blind corner, that's another story alltogether. THEN that's a total fucking recipe for disaster and ain't no excuses there. That's plain and simple manslaughter from the cunt doing the U'ey . But yet again if a bikers hooning round a corner blindly expecting everything around the bend to be all A OK then they're lacking awareness in a big big way.

There's so many clueless fuckers on motorbikes it's not funny and that goes for fuckwits on four wheels also. And why the fuck is it that I've been riding the roads thousands of K's per year for 40 fucken years incident free (touch wood) (apart from hitting a cow and a horse) and yet there's all these shitloads and shitloads of bikers coming to grief in traffic on a consistent basis? Like I say, it's all a fucken mystery to me.

[Ocean1]

So I'm looking at importing one of these:

Looks like a well made bit of gear. Not sure I could keep me lunch down if I caught a glimpse of my reflection in a window...

I like my Buffalo Endurance jacket. It's black. It has fluorescent black trim. It does!

[NONONO]

Bad timing' as police cars collide
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Last updated 05:00 07/02/2011
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SMASH: A late model Honda police car involved in a collision with a police vehicle.
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Two police cars were damaged when a police officer drove through a red light and his vehicle hit another patrol car in Christchurch.

Canterbury road policing manager Inspector Al Stewart said a marked police car was driving east along Bealey Ave carrying a woman from a domestic dispute when the accident happened about 6.20am yesterday.

The woman was in the back seat with another officer when she distracted the driver as he approached the traffic lights at the Colombo St intersection.

"Due to being distracted by the offender, the driver of the car has gone through a red light," Stewart said.

The car hit an unmarked police car that was heading south on Colombo St.

The driver of the marked car suffered bruising, but no-one else was hurt.

"The initial indication is that speed isn't an issue and that both were travelling under the speed limit.

"It's difficult at times when you are dealing with someone like that not to get distracted and it's just a matter of bad timing," Stewart said.


Oh my...wonder if that could have been avoided?....and I'm sure they were wearing nice bright hi vis vests...

[Crasherfromwayback]

All these fuckers here claiming "U-turns" are some sort of bolt from the blue that happens at speeds you can't avoid are SO full of shit. A U-turning vehicle starts from a stationary position. Or at the very most no more than, say, 10 kph. Especially a fucken truck. Vehicles don't U-turn at 100 kph or even at 30kph. Unless it's some boy-racer shithead fleeing the cops or some shit like that. All the dumb fucks here aren't even thinking about what a U-turn involves.. All this sort of crap should be ringing a bikers alarm bells well ahead of it happening. A slow, crawling, or stationary vehicle on the side of the road is a lethal fucken trap for the clueless and the unwary. So many cunts ride around oblivious to what the fuck is happening right in front of their own dim-witted fucken eyes.

You're cooler than cool then! Hell....one of the u turners that took me out indicated left, pulled over to the left, and as I went past swung round right into the side of me. So to avoid that...you of course being so fucking shit hot would've stopped in the middle of the fucken road to see what she was going to do next right? And got rear ended. What a fucking load of shit you've spat out. And it's a pity you couldn't be that shit hot when it came to animals on the road then eh...they're called accidents fuckhead. Sometimes they can't be avoided by us...even though we're NOT at fault.

[Elysium]

Lots of angst.

Whoa, chill mate.

[Drew]

All these fuckers here claiming "U-turns" are some sort of bolt from the blue that happens at speeds you can't avoid are SO full of shit. A U-turning vehicle starts from a stationary position. Or at the very most no more than, say, 10 kph. Especially a fucken truck. Vehicles don't U-turn at 100 kph or even at 30kph. Unless it's some boy-racer shithead fleeing the cops or some shit like that. All the dumb fucks here aren't even thinking about what a U-turn involves.. All this sort of crap should be ringing a bikers alarm bells well ahead of it happening. A slow, crawling, or stationary vehicle on the side of the road is a lethal fucken trap for the clueless and the unwary. So many cunts ride around oblivious to what the fuck is happening right in front of their own dim-witted fucken eyes.

A VEHICLE ABOUT TO U-TURN ACROSS THE FUCKEN ROAD IN FRONT OF YOU IS STICKING OUT LIKE GODDAM DOG BALLS FROM THE MOMENT YOU SLAP EYES ON THE FUCKEN THING.

I'm not blaming no cunt about this accident though, because me and everyone else don't know a fucken thing about what exactly went down. It all seems a fucken mystery to me. Who the fuck says it was a U-turn anyway?

Now, if some arsehole is U-turning around a blind corner, that's another story alltogether. THEN that's a total fucking recipe for disaster and ain't no excuses there. That's plain and simple manslaughter from the cunt doing the U'ey . But yet again if a bikers hooning round a corner blindly expecting everything around the bend to be all A OK then they're lacking awareness in a big big way.

There's so many clueless fuckers on motorbikes it's not funny and that goes for fuckwits on four wheels also. And why the fuck is it that I've been riding the roads thousands of K's per year for 40 fucken years incident free (touch wood) (apart from hitting a cow and a horse) and yet there's all these shitloads and shitloads of bikers coming to grief in traffic on a consistent basis? Like I say, it's all a fucken mystery to me.

I think this post should have more use of the word 'fuck'!

[Viscount Montgomery]

You're cooler than cool then! Hell....one of the u turners that took me out indicated left, pulled over to the left, and as I went past swung round right into the side of me. So to avoid that...you of course being so fucking shit hot would've stopped in the middle of the fucken road to see what she was going to do next right? And got rear ended. What a fucking load of shit you've spat out. And it's a pity you couldn't be that shit hot when it came to animals on the road then eh...they're called accidents fuckhead. Sometimes they can't be avoided by us...even though we're NOT at fault.

You wanna call me names huh? I remember you you jumped-up prat. You're the snot-gobbler who thinks you're some sort of hero aren't you? "crasherfromwayback" What a fucken wanker. You're full of shit. If some ditzy stupid bitch indicates to the left and pulls over out the blue then you should of put your stupid brain into gear dickhead. So there was vehicles up your arse and there were vehicles on-coming in the other lane at the same time and you were pinned in with nowhere to go huh? BULLSHIT. Since when does even a ditzy brainless cager swerve out into two lanes of fast moving traffic? You're sitting there at your computer telling lies aresehole. If the bitch didn't see your bike (my my what a surprise) Bet you were in her blind spot and bet you there was no car up your arse and bet you there was no cars within cooee in the other lane. Again, you're full of shit. Learn your lesson did ya dimwit?

[tri boy]

Under profile.
"Viscount has not made any friends yet"

[Kickaha]

Under profile.
"Viscount has not made any friends yet"

He could give Katman lessons on PR