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Re: wrong !!!!!
Posted by 'Hootsman' on 05 Jun 2009 @ 18:29

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Devon Hawker has described me to a T. A mid life crisis born again biker who passed his test in the 80's and has just got a bike again.

The DSA bike test is like your car test, it teaches you to pass your test. It does not prepare you for driving a car away from the test route in town.

I will ride in what I consider to be the best position on the road at that moment in time. That is based on previous instruction through the Star rider scheme and reading the Police motorcyclist handbook. As long as I am keeping pace with traffic and giving myself sufficent distance from the vehicle in front there should not be a problem.

As for the young scooter rider in the middle of the road, he may be holding you up, but if he rode closer to the kerb, some prat would probably try and squeeze past, could get it wrong and force him into the kerb. If he is lucky, he will get away with a fright, if he is unlucky he will come off. That extra few feet gives him a bit more of a safety margin.

Imagine driving your car along a straight road and there is a line of traffic ahead moving at a reasonable pace but you are going quicker, so you overtake them when another car apears going like the clappers, you see a gap in the traffic ahead just in front of a Transit van where you can slide into because there is a good gap. What are you going to do when you get there and realise that there is a bike "just in line with the long leg of the letter L when used in the word SLOW painted on the carriageway"

Personally, I dont want to leave myself open to that kind of an accident.

Message Thread:

what are people like if they do this by 'MattScott' (04 Jun 2009 @ 11:38)

Re: what are people like if they do this by 'Doink' (04 Jun 2009 @ 11:47)

Re: what are people like if they do this by 'richpudd2003' (04 Jun 2009 @ 12:54)

Re: what are people like if they do this by 'Doink' (04 Jun 2009 @ 13:03)

Matt.... you KNOW some people like this by 'itpro' (04 Jun 2009 @ 13:34)

Re: Matt.... you KNOW some people like this by 'MattScott' (04 Jun 2009 @ 13:54)

Re: Matt.... you KNOW some people like this by 'RoadRat' (04 Jun 2009 @ 14:18)

village speeders by 'MattScott' (04 Jun 2009 @ 14:27)

French keeping to the right by 'bt3962' (04 Jun 2009 @ 15:43)

Matt by 'itpro' (04 Jun 2009 @ 15:58)

Re: bikers by 'JENK' (05 Jun 2009 @ 0:11)

Re: bikers by 'michaelg36' (05 Jun 2009 @ 0:17)

Re: bikers by 'itpro' (05 Jun 2009 @ 1:21)

Re: bikers ..not advisable in Oz .. by 'Chad' (05 Jun 2009 @ 4:04)

Re: Weapons by 'DevonHawker' (05 Jun 2009 @ 14:12)

Re: Weapons, no Devon, it's NOT! by 'itpro' (08 Jun 2009 @ 12:20)

If you doubt me, read THIS:- by 'itpro' (08 Jun 2009 @ 12:24)

Jenk by 'MattScott' (05 Jun 2009 @ 8:55)

Re: bikers by 'Marc' (05 Jun 2009 @ 10:15)

Re: bikers by 'Gillard77' (05 Jun 2009 @ 12:30)

wrong !!!!! by 'DevonHawker' (05 Jun 2009 @ 14:20)

Re: wrong !!!!! by 'Gillard77' (05 Jun 2009 @ 15:01)

Re: wrong !!!!! by 'DevonHawker' (05 Jun 2009 @ 17:10)

Re: wrong !!!!! by 'Gillard77' (05 Jun 2009 @ 17:43)

Re: Devon.... by 'Doink' (05 Jun 2009 @ 17:48)

Re:Doink by 'DevonHawker' (05 Jun 2009 @ 18:29)

Re:Doink by 'Doink' (05 Jun 2009 @ 19:12)

Re:Doink by 'DevonHawker' (05 Jun 2009 @ 19:18)

Re:Devon by 'Doink' (05 Jun 2009 @ 19:27)

Possible 1st bike by 'DevonHawker' (05 Jun 2009 @ 19:57)

Re: Possible 1st bike by 'Doink' (05 Jun 2009 @ 20:23)

Re: wrong !!!!! by 'Hootsman' << You are here!

Re: wrong !!!!! by 'TheBaron' (05 Jun 2009 @ 19:37)

Re: wrong !!!!! by 'jnrblue91' (07 Jun 2009 @ 16:27)

Re: wrong !!!!! by 'DevonHawker' (08 Jun 2009 @ 18:20)

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