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    I scared a biker - DOH!

    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
    At the 2007 Westpac Ride:

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    Minnie: F**k yeah!

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    Hehehe........... nice job!

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    Nice one. (you are a ambo ay?)

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    Poor maverick will have to change his undies again - last time he was oblivious to lights and siren he was lane splitting with a copper behind him

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    Maby ear plugs are not a good idear in a slow moving motorway? Besides in my ear plugs i can hear a siren...

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    As a biker - I felt for him, to go from a splitters dream gap to blubbering mess in a split second... ruined a good commute.

    As a complete and utter bastard - goddam it was funny in retrospect
    At the 2007 Westpac Ride:

    Donor: So ya glad you're a Biker?

    Minnie: F**k yeah!

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    And Dr Jeckle and Hyde have gone to town in an ambulance... at least I got to ride on Donor's cruisier tonight! I almost felt the moustache starting to sprout and this curious need to want to wear tassles....

    I think Donor enjoys scaring bikers and using his ambonaught to bully his way through to the horspital!
    "I like to ride anyplace, anywhere, any time, any way!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by gijoe1313 View Post
    And Dr Jeckle and Hyde have gone to town in an ambulance... at least I got to ride on Donor's cruisier tonight! I almost felt the moustache starting to sprout and this curious need to want to wear tassles....

    I think Donor enjoys scaring bikers and using his ambonaught to bully his way through to the horspital!
    Yeah, I must confess I had the disturbing image of him pillioning an injured patient on his cruiser through rush hour traffic until I realised he's a fully fledged ambo driver now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mcduck5n View Post
    Nice one. (you are a ambo ay?)
    Geez no flies on you


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    There's no excuse for not taking the occasional glance at your mirrors.

    Especially when you're splitting.

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    You've probably done that rider a favour Donor, a non-ouch way of learning to pay more attention.

    As a complete aside, can you get a drivers licence if you are deaf? Was just wondering . . . I would have thought it would be extremely dangerous but maybe a profoundly deaf person has developed much more sensory perception than the average humanoid.

    Plus half the traffic on the road seems to be completely oblivious anyway.
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    oh my,you gota see it to believe it aint ya,used to drive a fire truck, quite often in a convoy of two.the amount of people that would give way to truck one and then fill the gap cause they've completely missed truck 2.easy to miss 13 tonnes of blaring,tooting,flashing monster truck eh?
    ther was a special locker in truck 2 just for clean underpants!!
    respect for doin a valuable job mate.
    Oh bugger

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mcduck5n View Post
    Maby ear plugs are not a good idear in a slow moving motorway? Besides in my ear plugs i can hear a siren...
    You have a point especially in Town.....you may hear a bit but working out the direction would be hard....hard enough without ear plus sometimes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gijoe1313 View Post
    And Dr Jeckle and Hyde have gone to town in an ambulance... at least I got to ride on Donor's cruisier tonight! I almost felt the moustache starting to sprout and this curious need to want to wear tassles....

    I think Donor enjoys scaring bikers and using his ambonaught to bully his way through to the horspital!
    I feel that sir GIjoe maybe taking the PISS
    It is after all MOVEMBER and the handlebars of the hairy variety are in fashion this month
    YES its fast and NO you can't have a ride!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donor View Post
    As a biker - I felt for him, to go from a splitters dream gap to blubbering mess in a split second... ruined a good commute.

    As a complete and utter bastard - goddam it was funny in retrospect
    Wait till I catch you on the motorway you bully
    YES its fast and NO you can't have a ride!

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