Fatal motorcycle accident, Canterbury 23 December 07

[RDJ]

RIP.

Agree with the difficulty in suddenly adjusting to the other - (feels) 'wrong' - side of the road. I do it quite a few times a year.

Actually easier on a bike than in a car and I find a heck of a lot easier when in a city - I always start and finish trips in a city when I can.

The one time I did not was when I first test-rode the big bike in very quiet rural Pennsylvania. With no traffic and nothing to 'clue me in' I rolled out of the bike shop (in a location much like the Taupo track - but even less traffic - and did a good (or I should say bad) 1/2km on the wrong side of the road - until I woke up to reality.

One of my friends swears by sticking a dayglo arrow and KEEP RIGHT on the screen of his rented US bikes. I tried this and it works well.

[one-speed]

r.i.p
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[homer]

homer, the correct time of accident should in the comms mail in message one. i got to the pc an hour after the comms was sent to me, and posted about 5 - 10 mins after that after scanning here first in case someone else had already posted.

Oh cool
i just didnt know how the times worked out
ty

[James Deuce]

It's like this. Sometimes you can take the piss to illustrate a point.

Or we can take everyone deadly serious.

Merry Christmas Sharry.

[Mikkel]

It's like this. Sometimes you can take the piss to illustrate a point.

Or we can take everyone deadly serious.

Merry Christmas Sharry.

Nothing to worry about Jim.

It's just that KBers are suffering from an acute irony deficiency and a less than adequate appreciation for sarcasm.
At least he didn't red you just because you redded him or something equally daft.

[James Deuce]

There is that!

Santa just turned up, shagged the wife, drank all my beer and ate the plum duff.

I'm a bit annoyed now.

Maybe I will start shooting American tourists. After all, they invented Santa Claus.

[RDJ]

There is that! Maybe I will start shooting American tourists. After all, they invented Santa Claus.

Jim my friend I do believe it was more of a multinational effort

http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/santa.asp

[Tonka]

RIP and thoughts and prayers with those families and friends involved
.........

[WelshWizard]

Colendences to
family & friends of the rider killed


http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNe...4/Default.aspx

[offrd]

RIP.


One of my friends swears by sticking a dayglo arrow and KEEP RIGHT on the screen of his rented US bikes. I tried this and it works well.

Most of the rental cars i transported while i was carting cars had fluro yellow keep left arrows on the instrument cluster, Great idea! Perhaps it could be a government could issue them to all tourists upon entry. Would work for cars, campers and bikes!



R.I.P.....

[homer]

wouldnt the easy idea be that we all just simply drive on the same fucken side of the road ...........

After all wernt all our road signs changed to match with the rest of the world

And they want to change the left hand turn rule

What the fuck

no wonder were all 50/50
with money and weights and now road rules

[Kornholio]

Most of the rental cars i transported while i was carting cars had fluro yellow keep left arrows on the instrument cluster, Great idea! Perhaps it could be a government could issue them to all tourists upon entry. Would work for cars, campers and bikes!



R.I.P.....

My Uncle had a rental car the other day and it had an arrow with keep left on it right in the middle of the speedo...seemed like a good idea

RIP dude

[PrincessBandit]

Tragic. Thoughts with the families involved, it must be awful for the surviving rider as well. Surely you can't walk away from being involved in a tragedy such as this without it having a profound effect on you as well (short of having no conscience whatsoever). Soppy sounding I know, but treasure your loved ones and cherish the time we're given to spend with them - you never know when it will come to an end.
RIP

[homer]

Tragic. Thoughts with the families involved, it must be awful for the surviving rider as well. Surely you can't walk away from being involved in a tragedy such as this without it having a profound effect on you as well (short of having no conscience whatsoever). Soppy sounding I know, but treasure your loved ones and cherish the time we're given to spend with them - you never know when it will come to an end.
RIP

Very well said

[Mikkel]

There is that!

Santa just turned up, shagged the wife, drank all my beer and ate the plum duff.

I'm a bit annoyed now.

Maybe I will start shooting American tourists. After all, they invented Santa Claus.

Santa ROCKS!
Nah, they actually more like RE-invented santa...

Jim my friend I do believe it was more of a multinational effort

http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/santa.asp

Nonetheless if Jim starts shooting american tourists it's more like a "fucking doing the world a favour" effort...

(Jokes aside, the American tourists I've met have actually been really good folks... Apparently in the USA if you're stupid enough not to appreciate the rest for the world you won't have the means to travel out there. That's certainly better than Denmark!)