Yet another ATGATT thread

[skippa1]

Was taken out by a disqualified Hori in a MkIII cortina

doubt it

If I hadn't been paying attention I wouldn't be here plain & simple

So hold on......youre a great rider .........even though you fell off and fucked youself up, you are still better than a guy that didnt fall off that was also wearing shorts etc.....?

you sure youre as good as you think?

[Berries]

I've got one of those funny shaped minors.

Is his name Mark?

[PrincessBandit]

Are we certain it's not a guinea pig?

definitely

is a pikelet a legal form of helmet?

I'm sure you could stick a pikelet to your helmet as some kinky experiment to see if it offers enhanced protection...

I suppose - drove for years without them in cars with steel dashboards, non-collapsible steering columns and no air-bags.

Again never needed ACC - hell, it wasn't around back then!

Jeez, how did we all survive those wild unrestrained drives without all our safety gear back then?

So which law was broken......?
...

I don't think he pulled him over for breaking any laws. Did he say that's why he stopped him?

Until you have a decent prang you really just don't get it :

yes, suffering the after effects of crashing can certainly alter your perception but not everyone responds to those experiences the same way. Maybe the rider RC stopped had never crashed before and, perhaps consequentially had not thought about his daughter being on the receiving end of a nasty bout of gravel rash or worse.

I think there was nothing wrong with stopping the rider for a chat, BUT the delivery (which doesn't come across too well in the OP) makes a world of difference in how it could be received.

[PrincessBandit]

So how do you explain the fact that I've managed to retain my immaculately presented body after literally thousands of road tests wearing nothing more in the way of safety gear than a helmet?

You hide your scars well

[swbarnett]

Bet you are a ton of fun at the Health and safety meetings at work.

Can't say I've ever been to one.

[swbarnett]

you're lacking a bit upstairs with your own attitude....

Maybe I've said it wrong but you've got completely the wrong end of the stick. I'm only defending the right to choose for oneself.

I'll say it again - I know full well what happens when you scrape along the road on bare skin and I DO wear decent gear on every ride (even just down the road for a takeaway).

[Big Dog]

So how do you explain the fact that I've managed to retain my immaculately presented body after literally thousands of road tests wearing nothing more in the way of safety gear than a helmet?

Maybe you are lucky... so far.
Fair enough that you have not yet needed nor seen the benefit. Surely you are not so arrogant as to think that in a crash you're enough of a hard man to survive without any protection?
Nor that you are are so perfect that it is outside the realms of possibility that one day you will encounter a set of circumstances where you would benefit greatly from some leather?

I couldn't give the smegma from under my bell end wether you wear gear or not but don't kid yourself that you current data set from your previous road tests constitutes proof you will never need it. Or that others cannot benefit from it.


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[ruaphu]

Yup, gotta get this one off my chest.

Finished work yesterday, heading home on the troll bike.

Left the motorway at Kaiapoi, and who passed me on overbridge at the top of the the offramp but a plonker on a Harley. Helmet, t-shirt, shorts, trainers. What's worse, his 14 year old daughter was on the pillion pad, dressed similarly.

Apparently it was okay, as he'd just washed the bike (it was spotless) and he was only just drying it out. He wasn't out on a "real" ride.

I gave him the "You make my ACC levies so high" speech, but really, I felt like beating him with a frozen fish. Honestly, what makes us think we are so fecking bulletproof.

Rant concludes.

And just to lighten up the subject, here's a picture of a rabbit with a pikelet on it's head.

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Good rant RC, and i agree with ya sentiment.

Interesting thread, ah well, my two cents.

Kiwi's....................been needlessly killing and maiming ourselves on the roads since forever cos we think we know better and are at best slow learners.

All the different agencies are charged with attempting to keep us safe as possible on the roads, not just enforce rules, just look at all the acc ads over the years on telly,.

The police are the ones that actually have to front up to us half wits and coach us into changing our piss poor thinking and attitudes around safety to ourselves and other road users.

Whether we like it or not, RC was doing exactly what he's charged with doing..........improving road safety, not just enforcing the law.

At the end of the day our road toll sucks, if ya don't like what RC and his crew do in regard to safety, the choice is simple, stay off the dam roads then.


Btw, thats a waste of pikelets and the rabbit should be in a stew.


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[skippa1]

Interesting.......i called the cops recently to tell them that a known meth head was driving a truck after smoking a pipe and was risking peoples lives on the road. A fuckin truck! Their response was.....not much we can do, hard to test on the roadside. We will keep an eye out and have a talk to him........keep an eye out and have a talk?!?!

but they can waste a law abiding persons time on the side of the road because they think he should wear more clothing? Nothing to do with the law.....a person exercising their freedom of choice legally........

fuckin priorities all wrong

i brought my kids up to respect the law and trust cops to enforce the law........the ones i have dealt with in the last few years strike me as powerless unresponsive bored and in some cases looking to purposelly disrupt people going about their lawful business.

[Berries]

Whether we like it or not, RC was doing exactly what he's charged with doing..........improving road safety, not just enforcing the law.

Only if the guy walked home and put a full leather race suit on and put his kid on the bus.



And back protector, neck protector, curtain airbag helmet, airbag one piece suit, kangaroo gloves up to the elbow. Fuck, just get a car, it is the natural conclusion to all this ATGATT bollocks.......

[Akzle]

exactly what he's charged with doing..........improving road safety, not just enforcing the law.

when did they bring that in??

(is it working yet? )

the only people that can improve road safety are road users. end of.
no amount of stupid ads on tv, stupid cops on the road, stupid infringement notices or any shit will alter that.

stew is a waste of rabbit, though that one looks fat. beer batter nuggets or pan fried with red wine. omnomnom.

[Katman]

I couldn't give the smegma from under my bell end wether you wear gear or not but don't kid yourself that you current data set from your previous road tests constitutes proof you will never need it. Or that others cannot benefit from it.

Unbunch your panties before you choke yourself.

I simply believe we'd gain more by encouraging people to open their eyes, switch on their brains and stop riding like twats rather than concerning ourselves with what they are wearing.

[ruaphu]

stew is a waste of rabbit, though that one looks fat. beer batter nuggets or pan fried with red wine. omnomnom.

Yep agreed, you win your recipe sounds better, lol


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[T.W.R]

So hold on......youre a great rider .........even though you fell off and fucked youself up, you are still better than a guy that didnt fall off that was also wearing shorts etc.....?

you sure youre as good as you think?

What a childish conclusion to make
Sort of speaks volumes of what goes on in your head but you're welcome to come findout for yourself

[awayatc]

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Interesting.......i called the cops recently to tell them that a known meth head was driving a truck after smoking a pipe and was risking peoples lives on the road. A fuckin truck! Their response was.....not much we can do, hard to test on the roadside. We will keep an eye out and have a talk to him........keep an eye out and have a talk?!?!

but they can waste a law abiding persons time on the side of the road because they think he should wear more clothing? Nothing to do with the law.....a person exercising their freedom of choice legally........

fuckin priorities all wrong

i brought my kids up to respect the law and trust cops to enforce the law........the ones i have dealt with in the last few years strike me as powerless unresponsive bored and in some cases looking to purposelly disrupt people going about their lawful business.

Funny......
I run into same kind of cops....