Lane splitting crackdown in Wellington?

[pzkpfw]

... Trucks have their work cut out maintaining momentum ...

Yep. And to be fair to the truckies, it always makes me snarl when I see a truck maintaining good following distance down the gorge, giving themselves plenty of room to stop for the unexpected, and watching cars keep shooting into that gap for an easy lane change.

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Having said that, the only person who ever tried to deliberately squash me while lanesplitting, was a truckie.
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[Hads]

Having said that, the only person who ever tried to deliberately squash me while lanesplitting, was a truckie.
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I'm an equal opportunity attempted assault/murder victim. I have had a truckie and a car do this at different times.

[jonnyk5614]

Yeah I got one hell of a shock going up the gorge the other week - no warning. Nothing....

When I went up there was gravel on the road, it had been ground off but the lane markings were still on the old surface so you were climbing a couple of cm to change lanes.

Not nice....


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[Drew]

Yeah I got one hell of a shock going up the gorge the other week - no warning. Nothing....

When I went up there was gravel on the road, it had been ground off but the lane markings were still on the old surface so you were climbing a couple of cm to change lanes.

Not nice....


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This attitude right here, is the root cause of a vast number of piss poor drivers/riders.

Rather than needing a warning for every little thing, open your fucking eyes. It was blatantly obvious that the road markings hadn't been cut down with the rest of the surface, bit of awareness and you could have avoided your wee scare and never thought of it again.

[Banditbandit]

I drive the gorge everyday also. "Loose gravel" is a wild overstatement, there was a tiny bit of grit on the road.

It's not gravel - it's the crushed remains of the last motorcycle a truck ran over ..

[Drew]

It's not gravel - it's the crushed remains of the last motorcycle a truck ran over ..

There was a Multistrada that looked to have been taken out on the gorge just this morning.

[MD]

There was a Multistrada that looked to have been taken out on the gorge just this morning.

Yeah he made a lot of people late for work. Hope the rider is Ok and hope he wasn't splitting in a silly manner- that's all the ammunition they will need to bring back the Ginga ninja bike hater cop.

[Drew]

Yeah he made a lot of people late for work. Hope the rider is Ok and hope he wasn't splitting in a silly manner- that's all the ammunition they will need to bring back the Ginga ninja bike hater cop.

Ducati rider mate. Just starting the horible pile is a mistake.

[Stonecold]

Still confused how a cop can catch a motorbike splitting in traffic?

He can also be on a bike?

[haydes55]

He can also be on a bike?

So he would have to break the law and lane split? Isn't that too dangerous to do, hence why we need to be punished for it? So why is it all of a sudden safe when a cop does it?

[yevjenko]

So he would have to break the law and lane split? Isn't that too dangerous to do, hence why we need to be punished for it? So why is it all of a sudden safe when a cop does it?

allegedly because they have been trained for it. Just like they have been trained in high speed driving to catch speeders

[Hubris]

allegedly because they have been trained for it. Just like they have been trained in high speed driving to catch speeders

In theory if it were too dangerous the officer wouldn't do it and would just radio ahead - in practice, they are allowed to break the law in order to catch others breaking the law (within limits) as it's seen as a greater good thing.

[5ive]

They should start breaking in and doing burglaries to deter the thieves that they currently don't bother chasing as well then. Nothing to steal, no crime to commit.

Some good old 'Broken windows Policing'.

[rastuscat]

So he would have to break the law and lane split? Isn't that too dangerous to do, hence why we need to be punished for it? So why is it all of a sudden safe when a cop does it?

There are a number of things that cops are exempted from, provided it is in the execution of heir duty.

It'd be kind of weird if cops couldn't exceed 50 kmh to catch someone doing 63.

Just sayin.

[awayatc]

Endangering other road users lives in order to chase down somebody "committing " minor traffic violations needs to be re examined....

some very dubious u turns come to mind,

Not only the fatal ones that made the headlines.


just so you know........