Got home from work to find my brother's new bike wrecked

**Katman** · 30th June 2011, 14:50

When traveling in the left hand lane past stopped traffic in the right hand lane always be aware of gaps left by that traffic that could allow a vehicle to turn across you.

**C.Linnell** · 30th June 2011, 15:57

Originally Posted by Katman

When traveling in the left hand lane past stopped traffic in the right hand lane always be aware of gaps left by that traffic that could allow a vehicle to turn across you.

+1. Getting collected by right-turning traffic is a very easy way to lose your bike/ limbs/ life. And surprise surprise it very often happens in bus lanes.

Watch out for traffic in the car lanes being "polite" by stopping and letting people turn right. They'll never see you (Great South Road and Dominion Road are notorious for this). Personally I slow quite a lot (like, 30kph) every time I get to an intersection if I'm in a bus lane.

**DanielSumi** · 30th June 2011, 17:05

Thanks for the advices guys.

I thought i was being careful, matter of fact, I would end up hitting it anyway if I was going at 30kp/h, she just blasted the damn cage in front of me. It was like road... road... road..... roWALL.BANG. barely had time to hit the brakes.

For what is worth, she lodged the claim today assuming she was at fault, they will be towing my bike tomorrow morning to red baron to do the assessment and etc. My workmates have been txting me today asking if her cage was OK. They fill my heart with joy pure thoughts

Damn, will think twice before driving on bus lanes during rush hour from now on.

**DangerMice** · 1st July 2011, 12:54

Originally Posted by DanielSumi

"...I didn't think a vehicle would come travelling in the bus lane"

What, like maybe a friggin' bus perhaps!?!?!?!?!? sweet jebus

Glad she isn't giving you any hassles mate.

**Parlane** · 1st July 2011, 13:04

Originally Posted by DanielSumi

Damn, will think twice before driving on bus lanes during rush hour from now on.

I'd keep doing it mate, just be better aware of positioning of the vehicles in the lanes around you.

And to think, if you were speeding, you would have been out of the way!

**rastuscat** · 1st July 2011, 19:17

Got knocked off a bike near there in 1991. It was an R80RT-P. Yes, one with flashing lights fitted, red and blue ones. My little Popo butt puckered significantly.

I was going down the left lane, and a plonker in the right hand of the two southbound lanes turned left, k-nocking me down, casting me asunder, smote me down like a mozzie. His argument was that the lane on his left was for parking cars in, not for riding in, so I shouldn't have been there. Trouble is, I was.

Yeah right. Although it was in the days before Tui ads.

Chalked it up to experience, that even if you are in the right, you get the injuries.

Oh so unfairly, fault and outcome are not related. It's their fault, but we get the outcome.

Donuts.