Lane splitting surprise.

[nzspokes]

a look in the mirror is a good place to start.

Thats not going to help much if people are pulling out in front of him.

[Moi]

That's not going to help much if people are pulling out in front of him.

Nah! check the lippie before the kissie...

[rastuscat]

Thats not going to help much if people are pulling out in front of him.

I'll borrow a little philosophy here.

If you own the problem, you own the solution.

You're right, when someone pulls out in front of you it's their fault. But fault means bugger all when you're lying in the back of an ambulance.

Owning the solution means doing what you can to avoid other folks bad driving. If you keep falling victim to other folks errors, changing your style to a defensive one can fix a lot of that.

Funny how I find that very few crises arise in my riding these days. 40 thousand km this year. Can't recall a single close call, despite seeing a lot of atrocious driving. Quite a bit if risk taking from riders too.

Just my experience since I took ownership of my riding. Continuing to foist blame onto others gives you no control of the situation.

[swbarnett]

I'll borrow a little philosophy here.

If you own the problem, you own the solution.

You're right, when someone pulls out in front of you it's their fault. But fault means bugger all when you're lying in the back of an ambulance.

Owning the solution means doing what you can to avoid other folks bad driving. If you keep falling victim to other folks errors, changing your style to a defensive one can fix a lot of that.

Funny how I find that very few crises arise in my riding these days. 40 thousand km this year. Can't recall a single close call, despite seeing a lot of atrocious driving. Quite a bit if rusk taking from riders too.

Just my experience since I took ownership of my riding. Continuing to foist blame onto others gives you no control of the situation.

While I totally agree with everything above, I think nzspokes was trying to be funny. You know, looking backwards in the bike's mirrors while the danger is in front of you.

[rastuscat]

While I totally agree with everything above, I think nzspokes was trying to be funny.

My bad. Missed that.

[swbarnett]

My bad. Missed that.

My wife did as well when I told her.

[Guided_monkey]

So it appears that the Auckland roading commander is on a 'thing' for lane splitting.

Got pulled by bike cop at Central Junction. Discussion with cop.....fine and demerits.

Was being a bit aggressive so all my fault.

Be careful out there.

[Akzle]

Was being a bit aggressive so all my fault.

not at all.

the POLICy Enforcement are there to do just that: enforce policy. they are drones and should act as such, irregardless of your attitude.


which brings to mind the quote:

don't confuse my personality with my attitude. my personality is all mine, my attitude depends on you

personally, i've never had a cop stop me to give me blowies or cash or drugs, so there's a precedent for me not wanting to have anything to do with the cunts.

[madbikeboy]

So it appears that the Auckland roading commander is on a 'thing' for lane splitting.

Got pulled by bike cop at Central Junction. Discussion with cop.....fine and demerits.

Was being a bit aggressive so all my fault.

Be careful out there.

I rode past a fine looking blonde policewoman yesterday through the spaghetti carpark. Was lane splitting with my normal finesse and good manners on my ultra-quiet Hayabusa (that's all a joke in case you missed it). Slowed right down. Blew her a kiss. She just laughed and waggled her finger at me.

What does a man have to do to get a fine looking policewoman to stop and ask for his number. I'm just a boy. Standing in front of a girl. Asking her to handcuff me.