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Thread: What the hell's up with Wellington cagers these days?

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    Anyone who says "these days" instantly loses the argument.
    No no no NO

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    Quote Originally Posted by Number One View Post
    Though I'm noticing the blocking filterers thing on the gorge more so than anywhere else. Used to be that MANY MANY cars would be quite happy to pull away from the centreline to make room. I have had heaps more cars 'seemingly on purpose' move into the centre line to block bikes...either that or they are actually just weaving all over the road like rebels without a clue. Either way it has made me filter even more slowly than usual
    The gorge sucks, though. When I'm lucky enough to be riding (you know, wife is sick or something) I don't split much of the gorge. Feels too risky to me.

    When I'm driving the car (which is most of my commuting), down the centre lane, I'm watching the cars next to me - to see what they are up to. That's both sides, next to me and down a few tens' of metres. I'm watching to see if the folk in lane 3 want to come into lane 2, or those in lane 1 want to come into lane 2. I'm watching for indicators, brake lights, changes in behaviour of the traffic further ahead. Also for that look of "I want to change lanes but won't indicate 'till I've seen the gap I want".

    Then there's the dorks coming in from J'ville who indicate and merge into lane 1, then leave their indicators on. Are they wanting to come straight on into lane 2? Or did they just not turn their indicators off? I've backed-off to leave gaps for people who didn't take them, and gone past people who did want to change lane and who gave me "f-you" glares.

    On top of that (really, not just saying this as it's KB) I'm watching my three mirrors for bikes approaching fromm behind. (Damn you arse fucks who ride with high-beam on!). I try to make room for them, but I've had bikes pass me on both sides at the same time. Where do they want me to go?!

    Call me an uncoordinated dweeb - but if I said all that was easy, I'd not be taking driving seriously enough.

    I see bikes doing it wrong too. Bikes with no indicators on, or using the left one not the right-hand one. Many mornings I see this little BMW thing on the left shoulder. In Tawa this morning a dork on a Bandit (?) pulled out in front of me, then practically stopped in front of me as he had to give way to a car he'd not seen comming from his left.

    (I've forgotten why I wrote all this. Just needing to rant [about nothing], I suppose.)

    Someone blocking you on purpose is certainly an arse; but they may not be.

    In my car I've seen many bikes split - never once saw a car in front of me block a bike. (Never had it done to me, either).

    [A month ago I had a truck in front of me (lane 2). Another truck of the same company came up in lane 3 and matched speed with it. (Slowing down the traffic in lane 3). They had a chat through open windows, then I saw a passenger in the lane 3 truck pass a can of drink to the driver of the lane 2 truck! (All in rush-hour downhill gorge traffic). They were from a traffic control company! I rang their regional manager to complain.]

    The gorge sucks.
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    LoL funny how you remember all that. But yeah, i've seen more bikes doing stupid than car doing stupid things like weaving and splitting. Stuff like:
    >No indicating
    >Txting riding
    >Weaving in rush hour traffic
    >Black Invisible Batman riders
    >Overtake in corners between cars
    >Wheelie in traffic :

    All in all I don't ride or keep in line with other cars, just get your own space. Who cares about the rest unless they hit you in the end. Then the carnage begins

    Quote Originally Posted by pzkpfw
    (Damn you arse fucks who ride with high-beam on!)
    Nudge them to tell them to turn it off . The only time I get annoyed by high beam are HID beams because they fking totally blind you for like 5 seconds. The normal beam is not that bad, if you're driving at night, I flick the rear view mirror up a notch and you can see the reflection off your roof or something so it's not blindingly bright, lol, it's weird but it works.
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    HEY I GOT MY SECOND BLING

    Oh I forgot it's KB. But I DO
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    Rant over. Or is it? Let's close this thread and move on to how bucket race can crash
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    Quote Originally Posted by RocKai View Post
    ...I flick the rear view mirror up a notch...
    I wish! My cars rear view mirror has some kind of electronic-sensor with electronic-auto-dim thing. I can never tell the difference whether it's on or off.
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    Blah

    Oh you drive this? Then you should be flying, not stuck in middle lane
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    Wow I cant believe the point was missed by a country mile! Are we taking the piss or what?

    Point being some dumb impatient slut pulled out in front of Laxi because she either misjudged or wasn't lookin. Theres lots of impatience out there at the moment. Traffic is turning on us people! I've had lots of cars on state 2 try to block my split. What a nightmare.

    If he locked up his brakes, who gives a shit as long as he stayed upright and didn't hit anything........like the road.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Insanity_rules View Post
    Wow I cant believe the point was missed by a country mile! Are we taking the piss or what?

    Point being some dumb impatient slut pulled out in front of Laxi because she either misjudged or wasn't lookin. Theres lots of impatience out there at the moment. Traffic is turning on us people! I've had lots of cars on state 2 try to block my split. What a nightmare.

    If he locked up his brakes, who gives a shit as long as he stayed upright and didn't hit anything........like the road.
    Spoken like a true squid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laxi View Post
    so everyone on here's superman? 100% concentration 100% of the time? I might as well have said i ride around with my finger up my ass, perving at chicks & catching 40


    Phew I thought I was the only one who rode like this.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    Spoken like a true squid.
    Settle petal. Skidding isn't exactly ideal but at least he pulled it off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trudes View Post
    It's school holidays and just after Easter weekend.........

    Wellington's full of visiting Dorklanders driving their cages about.
    My thoughts exactly! We should do a KB advanced riding skills course with Andrew... maybe we'll get a group discount or something! I'll be in for something like that!
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    Reading this thread....I still reckon Aucklanders drive like shit. Went to Devonport at lunch to meet up for coffee.....pulled away from some lights I'd been stopped at, when this young blonde thing pulls out straight in front of me from a line of moving cars, she spots me....and keeps moving to further in front of me!!!! No brakes nothing! Luckily there was a bicycle lane with no cycles in it for me to use to avoid becoming a hood ornament...and as I zoot past in the cycle lane...I get a farkin wave!

    Lucky she was hot!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tubbsy View Post
    pulled away from some lights I'd been stopped at, when this young blonde thing pulls out straight in front of me from a line of moving cars, she spots me....and keeps moving to further in front of me!!!!
    You pulled away at lights, and a blonde in a cage caught up with you!?!? and instead of accelerating away and moving to the centre of the lane to "own" it, you pull to the side??

    Oh that's right... it's a hyobag you're on...

    In all seriousness, not being decisive with your riding and lane-placement is just as dangerous as riding too fast... Next time, at the lights, take off so that you're out of the way of cages and move to the centre of the lane asap, otherwise you're gonna get squished!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bend-it View Post
    You pulled away at lights, and a blonde in a cage caught up with you!?!? and instead of accelerating away and moving to the centre of the lane to "own" it, you pull to the side??
    No mate, she pulled over from the line of cars moving in the 'opposite' direction. I was fine with the lane I was in. I saw it in time, and was well clear of the cars behind me.
    Just cos you can....don't mean you should!!

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    "In time" enough to dodge it anyway
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