Maybe you should change youre form of Transport . :wink:
This may be more appropriate . :mrgreen:
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Some days you need the sixth sense at full magnitude ,
Picture one of these , with a cab fwd of the front axle , 18 in. of the deck , shoulder high top , with the driver closely enclosed , Grand Prix seating posn .
With a bucket like this with the top of the Vee at top of tyre level .
Ging for a spin on a quite drizzley Sunday , 25 miles ' around the block ' , in the sticks - some #%^? :x etc in one of them , 300Hp supercharged diesel ,
mid mounted , decides its time to do likewise , but in the opposite wise , clockwise even . Full Weelie , 4 wheel drifting through the bends . useing ALL
the road . ( probly the only two vehicals ON the Road .
Approaching the Blind humped right hand entry to the one way bridge , the ' oh dear feelings grown , and Ive slowed down to 15 mph , when this thing hurtles out of the bend , drifting , useing the whole of the road . Hard left onto the dirt for me .
If I hadnt had the caution attack , the next 60 yars were inescapeable ' hood onrnament ' territory . Unless you went under the wheels . :!:
Out to the higway , quitely down , and out the other loop , approaching the blind banked tightest turn , by the fence that drops to the stream ,
I again get cold feet ( actually it was a cold day , the hands , feet & a few other things were cold too - But a nice dull day for a quiet trundle ) .
AND button off well back , slow down , and hold left ( left lane driveing in N.Z. ) When OUT OFF THE CORNER , hurtles the 4wd fwd control
Orchard Spreader with our buding fustrated full tit mostachioed farm hand in charge , throttle floored , drifting the bend USEING the ENTIRE Road ,
whereapon yours truely again takes to the verg to escape being road kill , despite bearing no resemblance whatsoever to the farmers best friend , The POSSUM .
as Id also stood it up & pulled the Elbow In . Cattle trucks , Milk Tankers , And Harvey the school bus driver , all expected fellow road users to be elsewhere , when they ' owned the road ' , or to Use the Ditch .
Things have changed in N.Z. , - BMWs even give way to you on pedestrian crossings . Though well dressed woman still expect you to jump clear , if your hich hikeing on Rural Roads . As anybody walking should expect to not be taken notice off . At least untill they get to the Pub / Bar . :?
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After experianceing repeatedly the tendancy ' might is right ' as far as occupation of higways & byways was concerned , Id found not only THEY were entitled to bear homicideal tendancies . looking atem comming , averting their path and attentions , they Expected YOU to clear out - on demand .HOWEVER ,
if you reciprocated , and STEERED TOWARD THEM , somehow it upset their equalibrium , this is on open aspect roads with reasonable visability .
THEY would Flinch , and steer for the ditch . Despite the fact YOU were on a motorcycle .
This presented a quandry , as milktankers and cattletrucks Dont Go Well , in ditches . And wasnt a sight I wished to behold . So left us no further ahead really .Other than if you adopted offensive rather than defensive tecniques , the flinch would show theyd SEEN YOU , and would then Hold Their Lane ;
rather than running you off the road . You can imagine the concern where a Kenworth is Avoiding the Path of a Norton .
Seems to be the Eye Contact / subconcious ' Im bigger than you ' IF you dont possition yourself to Command the Road & advatages. out in the boondocks .
Though beerswilling arogant ignorant immature mobile attitude problems DONT neccesarilly comply to this theory . Out there one ALWAYS should be ready
to immediatly avail oneself to the deristriced fields . Of course avoiding the fenceposts in transit . Unfortunately .
And any car driven by a Woman with young children aboard is likely beyond reason , and again best avoided by adequate margins .
Hope it turns out well .
When insulted by a insurance company from an imbacile who had INTENTIONALLY turned in front of me and gassed it into my path . ( Hed been lineing me up ,
And there were several impartial witnesses who stated " He did that deliberately " ) I replied to their letter ;
' I would be very intrested in the circumstances in which YOU consider ME responsable for damadge to your clients vehical , and perhaps you would like to see a bill for repairs for the damadge to my Norton Motorcycle ' .
