Took a sick kiddie lights and sirens to Starship from Middlemore this afternoon...
I was splitting traffic on the motorway on the way to Starship, and about 10 cars ahead was a biker also splitting. He can't have seen me, as he was furiously trying to split and getting nowhere fast.
As I crept up, the cages ahead of me must have noticed the flashies and the wah wahs, and suddenly opened, and this guy must have thought all his Xmases had come at once! A wide gap between two lanes opened up for a good 50 meters!
He gapped it up to the end - thing is, so had I, and I was now on his bum with lights and siren blazing, and he obviously couldn't hear me (ear plugs/iPod or summat?) I was hesitant to hit the air horns, but needed to get moving again, faster than the standard Auckland crawl, so sat on the electric bullhorn, and bugger me, THAT got his attention.
Full marks for his rapid lane change abilities, and full marks to the cage pilot that had seen this, and made room for him already.
I pissed myself laughing... but I did wave as I went past![]()
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