Fucking media. "Off-duty cop collides with car"

[Laava]

And why, oh why do 'they' keep posting the pic of the dead guy where he looks like Arnold out of the Diffr'nt Strokes series, all angelic-like and about ten+ years younger than he really was at the time of his demise?

Whachoo talkin bout Pollis?

see what I did there?

[unstuck]

Whachoo talkin bout Pollis?

see what I did there?

[R650R]

Reduce the speed limit!

How about ticketing people for activities which cause crashes. Treat people who indicate wrong worse than a speeding vehicle. I drive for my job, at least 5 times a day I have to give way to casper or pull out in front of cars which decide to turn into my path.

I only know of one crash where someone indicating wrong caused a crash. And even then the other driver should have realised he was going to fast (80K) to execute a left turn.
The fake left turner was tyre guy in small truck and a b-train pulled out in front of him. Ops manger and a dispatcher were with the driver in b-train and they couldn't believe he pulled out either.
Yet technically he was in the right and got off scot free...
We all complain about these poor indicators and tailgaters, yet we're still around to talk about it, what does that tell you???

[Ocean1]

That's the most important thing... bikes/scooters can be replaced.

Yeah, but if she was going to throw a scooter under a car she could have at least used the work one...

[unstuck]

yet we're still around to talk about it, what does that tell you???

That you are hard to shut up.

[Big Dog]

We all complain about these poor indicators and tailgaters, yet we're still around to talk about it, what does that tell you???

That we are an observant lot who go to great lengths to ensure our safety... and have had decent LUCK.

It is foolhardy to accept lack of success as proof of concept.
Just because they have not killed you yet does not meant they won't given half a chance.


I can think of a few people who's lives would have been longer had someone indicated.
Or in my case better had someone indicated, or the person behind me not been tailgating. Brain damage, epilepsy, depression, dyslexia, rage all become everyday words very quickly when to minor fuckups conspire to change every thing you thought you knew in a heartbeat.

[anebv8]

And two people were flown to Christchurch Hospital after their motorcycle collided with a truck, near Southbridge, about 2.15pm.

The male motorbike rider suffered critical injuries while his female pillion passenger suffered minor injuries.

The truck driver was uninjured.

Sergeant Chris Jones said the motorbike carrying two people attempted to overtake the truck within roadworks on Main Rakaia Rd.....

1 less 2013 HD off the road. A mates parents were on the bike,mum ok,dad had broken leg in 2 places,broken ribs and shoulder,and massive grazing on face,(open face helmet). Truck driver went over to them,yelled at them for going too fast,then went and sat in his truck.

[Kickaha]

Trouble is, how do we get Mr and Mrs Average to realize that is us who are the problem?

Who you calling average donut muncher? I ride a motorcycle that makes me a supreme being and far superior to every other road user

1 less 2013 HD off the road. A mates parents were on the bike,mum ok,dad had broken leg in 2 places,broken ribs and shoulder,and massive grazing on face,(open face helmet). Truck driver went over to them,yelled at them for going too fast,then went and sat in his truck.

Tried to pass a truck through roadworks? he should have fucking kicked them as well

Also: You're a lawyer.

''The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers,''
''Henry VI,'' Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73.

[R650R]

That you are hard to shut up.

;p

Well it's just that when you've been in a few majors and shot loads of real near misses (purely a function of big km's eventually your in the wrong place at wrong time) you get tired of people whining about little shit that doesn't really kill and maim on large scale.

[R650R]

1 less 2013 HD off the road. A mates parents were on the bike,mum ok,dad had broken leg in 2 places,broken ribs and shoulder,and massive grazing on face,(open face helmet). Truck driver went over to them,yelled at them for going too fast,then went and sat in his truck and called them an ambulance

Fixed that for you.

[FJRider]

I'm with you HDC. A tv news report last night on the Ferguson drama in the US referred to the police officer as the "killer". A gratuitously emotive label after he had been absolved by a Grand Jury.

But he DID shoot somebody ... DEAD. Killers do kill people. Absolved from blame will not change the fact he killed somebody.

[scumdog]

But he DID shoot somebody ... DEAD. Killers do kill people. Absolved from blame will not change the fact he killed somebody.

It was a suicide...

[FJRider]

It was a suicide...

I'm guessing ... Suicide by Cop ... worked for him.

[jasonu]

And why, oh why do 'they' keep posting the pic of the dead guy where he looks like Arnold out of the Diffr'nt Strokes series, all angelic-like and about ten+ years younger than he really was at the time of his demise?

That too is bullshit. Same thing when George Zimmerman shot Treyvon Martin. They had 4 year old pictures of him in school uniform instead of up to date pictures from his FB account in wannabe gang clobber.

[rastuscat]

I only know of one crash where someone indicating wrong caused a crash.

And that's the problem.

We attend crashes most weeks where someone has failed to cancel their left indicator. It causes people to pull out in front of them. And yet it's the people who pull out who are at fault legally.

It's an offence to not indicate when turning, but not to indicate when you aren't. Bizarre.