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- From: drinckes@nzl.abk.nec.co.jp (Doug Rinckes)
- Subject: Motorcycle causes accident (Yeah!)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.201508.28149@asl.dl.nec.com>
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- Organization: Telecommunications Systems Support Centre, New Zealand
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:15:08 GMT
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- I was riding on my merry way, going from my sisters in Tikorangi to
- home in Wellington (approx 200 miles), when a turkey car driver
- got his just desserts!
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- Vital facts to know:
- 1) New Zealand drives on the left hand side of the road
- 2) Give Way = Yield
- 3) Car drivers are as brain dead here as anywhere else
-
- Just riding along straight ahead. Car approaches from left hand side
- road. That side road is the main road to Wellington, and they are on
- a give way to me. Car expects me to turn down that road, so creeps
- forward until his rear tires are on the give way lines (where the front
- of his car should be). At this point, driver realises I have no
- intention of turning, cos, like, I wasn't indicating, so he stops.
-
- Car behind him ..... doesn't! the second driver was so busy looking at
- their ... ???? ... that they weren't looking at me or the car in front, so just ploughs into the first car at about 20 kph.
-
- Made a nice satisfying bang, even with earplugs in. There can't have
- been any damage cos they both drove past about 30 seconds later, when I
- was stopped getting gas. Ha ha ha.
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- BIKE 1 CARS 0
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- Doug Rinckes drinckes@nzl.abk.nec.co.jp | My companys opinions are like
- TSSC New Zealand DoD#: 741 | my companys cars - they don't
- 1976 BMW R100S + 41mm Dell'Ortos | like me using either of them.
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