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    To summarise for people who are just starting to read this thread

    Newby = "Only *I* may drive recklessly, if you are minding your own business, you are in the wrong! Take that!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by madbikeboy View Post
    "I didn't see you".
    You know that part of your fullface helmet that goes around your chin ? Thats not there to guard your chin, its there for you to take a real solid grip of while you bash some cunt with it.

    Don't muck around with people who almost take your life. Go have a wee fucking word with them. And use your helmet. Hard. Once. Don't discuss!

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    Quote Originally Posted by zeocen View Post
    To summarise for people who are just starting to read this thread

    Newby = Cock.
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    Hay mate Ref: Oceania Bus We were on the M way in the Cage on friday night 1745hrs when one of those busses went stright across the lanes in front of other vechs then went onto the side of the motorway up the off ramp and around the corner on a RED light with out even stopping.
    I just remembered it now after seeing your post.
    You over the bridge bikers can keep those crazy drivers.
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    Porto> You should email in and complain as well. If you got the number plate, file a complaint at your local police station. I've done so and received a very satisfying apology from the company involved.

    It also makes the management sit up and take notice, especially with madbikeboy's complaint so recently.

    Or both of you should take it to the coppers, separately of course.
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    Mate we were so stunned at how the driver could do that. The bus was going fast too. and had no one else in the vech.
    I wish I did take down the rego. I just remembed the name on the bus.
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    Make the complaint anyway... they should be able to work out who the driver was from the time and place you saw it.

    If everyone just keeps quiet when they see shit like this happen, then the driver will think he can get away with driving like this and eventually kill someone. Ask to speak with one of the managers directly without stating what your complaint is. Otherwise you'll just get palmed off to some receptionist.

    Here's the website with managers' names, contact information etc.
    http://www.oclnz.com/uniquelyoceania.htm
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    And fill in the online complaint form here! Great!

    http://www.police.govt.nz/service/road/roadwatch.html
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    Cool mate will do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by newby View Post
    By law, the rider is in the right for sure. But thats not what im talking about. Of course you use other lanes, but if your on something as vunerable as a bike, and going past something as big as a bus, then PASS the damn thing, even if its only by 5km speed difference.

    If the rider had been doing that, then he would of been well past the bus by the time he looked in his mirror twice, then indicated and moved. You cant eliminate the risk, but minimise it.

    THAT is what an experienced, intelligent road user would of done.

    And even though there are mirrors, they are not perfect. There are fucken big blind spots, especially on the left.
    Newby, I've been riding since I was a nipper. I was cruising past at about 7-8 kph. Did I ever tell you about the time where I dragged a retarded truck driver from his cab and helped realign his skeletal structure after he ran me and the ex off the road. I love truckies, you are less than 10% of the national fleet yet you are involved in 40% of accidents. Sounds like you and the rest of your crew need driving lessons or counselling.
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    Madbikeboy, you go ahead and fill in this here form as well, ya hear?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bend-it View Post
    And fill in the online complaint form here! Great!

    http://www.police.govt.nz/service/road/roadwatch.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by newby View Post
    This is not what the original post said. If the rider was passing then this situation wouldnt have happened in the first place.

    Tank, fair point taken! However as a biker, car driver, and truck driver (and surburban!) it irks me when people put them selves in silly situations which increases their risk of death unnecasarily, and then bitch about how its the other drivers fault.

    From another point of view, when im in the truck there are ALOT of bikers and car drivers which do dumb things around me everyday and i wonder if they even saw me....it goes both ways.

    However now if someone else reads this and that causes them to avoid the same situation and it avoids an accident, then job well done.

    I was on a heading parallel to his, and I was moving fractionally faster, 7-8k's faster - just for the record.

    My read from this is professional drivers (an oxymoron on Newby's case), don't give a fuck and expect us to stay out of their way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by newby View Post
    The question is, why were you in lane two if there was nothing in lane one? Stay as far left at all times...there is a reason for that rule.
    I wanted to give said bus room to move across from the bus lane into lane 1, it's called a safety margin or safety envelope. I was anticipating normal traffic movement with a margin of safety in case something dumb happened.

    Your position of defence for this bus fucktard is untenable from a common sense point of view, more so for expressing your stupidity in front of other bikers. Perhaps you should consider an alternative to KB.co.nz -www.knittingforums.com or that Haemaroid cream site that you must visit alot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by portokiwi View Post
    Mate we were so stunned at how the driver could do that. The bus was going fast too. and had no one else in the vech.
    I wish I did take down the rego. I just remembed the name on the bus.
    I'm laying a formal complaint at the Constellation Drive Cop shop this afternoon. Could be the same guy, maybe he used to drive for the Dukes of Hazzard...
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    Quote Originally Posted by madbikeboy View Post
    I was on a heading parallel to his, and I was moving fractionally faster, 7-8k's faster - just for the record.
    That reminded me of another point (that may have been raised but I cant be assed reading the whole thread again).

    The trucks on NZ roads are all doing speeds greater than 90km but lets give them the benefit of doubt and assume that they dont want tickets - so they sit at 95km (TUI) holding up the rest of the traffic on NZ's roads.

    A passing lane comes up - you HAVE to go faster than the truck to safly get past by the end when the lanes merge again.

    Yet - there always seems to be a plad sitting at the END of the passing lane waiting to ping you for speeding right there.

    sorry it dosnt add much to the thread - but I thought Id just add a gripe.

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