Lane splitting crackdown in Wellington?

[rastuscat]

I read on KB that going 200 kmh past a school is safer than doing 40 kmh coz you get past in less time. Must be true, it's on KB.

I've written the odd ticket for illegal things which happen not to be unsafe. These are generally public-piss-off offences. Like, people who fail to indicate left turns at roundabouts when people are giving way to them unnecessarily. Public-piss-off offence, that. Cycling through red lights too. Often not unsafe, but it pisses motorists off.

I don't ticket mopeds in cycle lanes on 60 kmh arterials. It's safer for them to be in the cycle lane.

Just sayin.

Donuts.

[Ender EnZed]

I don't ticket mopeds in cycle lanes on 60 kmh arterials. It's safer for them to be in the cycle lane.

What if there's a traffic light?

[MD]

I've written the odd ticket for illegal things which happen not to be unsafe. These are generally public-piss-off offences. Like, people who fail to indicate left turns at roundabouts when people are giving way to them unnecessarily. Public-piss-off offence, that. Donuts.

Well done that Man. That's one of my pet hates, giving way to someone, who can see you are giving way, but they know you don't need to. they are just too lazy or too dumb to use the indicator switch. First offence, give them a ticket, second offence ram the unwanted indicator lever up their useless arse.

[yevjenko]

Well done that Man. That's one of my pet hates, giving way to someone, who can see you are giving way, but they know you don't need to. they are just too lazy or too dumb to use the indicator switch. First offence, give them a ticket, second offence ram the unwanted indicator lever up their useless arse.

If you could just add to that the bastards that don't keep left when NOT passing, I'd be mighty obliged

[rastuscat]

Yeah. Hearing ya. One of my guys wrote a cyclist up recently for holding cars up unnecessarily. I'm sure the Vorb forum ran rampant on that one.

You can't please everyone all the time.

[mossy1200]

Yeah. Hearing ya. One of my guys wrote a cyclist up recently for holding cars up unnecessarily. I'm sure the Vorb forum ran rampant on that one.

You can't please everyone all the time.

Tell him to come patrol Aro Valley, Welly for a few weeks and clean up this dirty town.
The worst ones are the ones with a reflector on a 1metre stick coming out the side of the bike. You know they are asssholes before you even get to them.

[caspernz]

Tell him to come patrol Aro Valley, Welly for a few weeks and clean up this dirty town.
The worst ones are the ones with a reflector on a 1metre stick coming out the side of the bike. You know they are asssholes before you even get to them.

Isn't that 1 metre reflector thingee asking for a little Ludowici as you pass??

If you slap it hard enough it'll make this lovely rattle-rattle noise as it's destroyed in the bikes' spokes

[R650R]

I've written the odd ticket for illegal things which happen not to be unsafe. These are generally public-piss-off offences. Like, people who fail to indicate left turns at roundabouts when people are giving way to them unnecessarily

That's good to hear but I'm (and others too) more pissed off by the ones that indicate right when going straight ahead which causes the same result. But its worse as it takes longer for the good motorist to realise the offender is not turning. Even worse is when its done by my trucking colleagues as some ill conceived safety benefit that they think gives them the right to drift our of their lane on double lane roundabouts...
I think if you cracked down on these make it up as you go types, you might just have people start usi9ng them properly and then even maybe look at other peoples indicators.

Along the same lines I live by a corner with a "FREE LEFT TURN" sign, the line through the corner is even shielded by a hefty traffic island. But as it turns into a double lane road and then a busy roundabout approx 1 km ahead many motorists that are not confidant at changing lanes stop there and hold up traffic at the left turn til they can drive straight into the right lane.
There is much tooting and fist waving by other motorists yet no one has lost the plot yet. I've even seen a police patrol car obstructed by a motorist there in that way, yet he just drove off afterwards and did nothing.

[BlackSheepLogic]

I don't ticket mopeds in cycle lanes on 60 kmh arterials. It's safer for them to be in the cycle lane.

Can't you just detain them for a couple of hours with a copy of the motorcycle road code which the moped cagers don't think apply to them. I don't mind them in the cycle lane as long as they know they not supposed to be using the cycle lane.

[R650R]

For what its worth I generally don't give way to anyone who hasn't crossed the threshold line into the roundabout anyway. Very rarely in NZ would you be at a roundabout small enough that you would NEED to give way to someone on your right who has not moved across the line yet, so their failure to indicate left is a moot point to all except the most careful driver.

[haydes55]

Can't you just detain them for a couple of hours with a copy of the motorcycle road code which the moped cagers don't think apply to them. I don't mind them in the cycle lane as long as they know they not supposed to be using the cycle lane.

Off topic scooter rant...... But I saw a scooter this morning in the 80km/h zone (like 1km of it, so no worries, it doesn't hold up anyone for long). They indicated right, going around a left hand bend, with a road to the right. They checked it was safe to cross their lane (very good), then proceeded to ride on the wet center line around the bend til the road...... I clenched for them, they seemed oblivious.

[Swoop]

These are generally public-piss-off offences. Like... Often not unsafe, but it pisses motorists off.

Can we PLEASE have a campaign for those who can't keep left?
Seriously. Fucktards (of various brands) need sorting out.

My air-horns are wearing out.
12g solid slugs are being loaded...

The worst ones are the ones with a reflector on a 1metre stick coming out the side of the bike. You know they are asssholes before you even get to them.

Seriously?

I have a set of bull-bars with that brand of retard's name on them...

[cheshirecat]

Is Ginger still collecting

[yevjenko]

Can we PLEASE have a campaign for those who can't keep left?
Seriously. Fucktards (of various brands) need sorting out.

This

Oh so this...

Drives me nuts

[R650R]

I just Watchede ChiPS on Jones channel. Its that Poncherello and Baker on their Kwakas that started it all!

Some pretty slick moves there before the days of CGI and other people telling you how to live your life Fav moment was the Kwaka doing big rooster trail across median strip rejoining traffic flow