Someone needs to pull their head in!

[Andrew_02ST]

If you were the rider of an ex police ST1100 with LED auxiliary lights and hand deflectors riding down Macquarie Pass today, you're an idiot!

Rounded me up (in my car)  over double lines, and then passed another vehicle to the left of it. Had a pillion as well.

Should you be a member and happen to read this, have a better think next time and don't a) endanger yourself, your pillion, and others, b) drag our name through the mud as 'bloody motorcycle riders'.

 

[ST2UP]

Yeah I hear you....we all see less than desirable (Diplomacy  ) practices on our roads by all manner of road users.

Unfortunately I spend far more time on four wheels than two and shake my head at some of the driving/riding practices witnessed.

Mostly I'm in a work vehicle with colleagues who are non riders and if a car slips around on doubles it rarely rates a big mention unless it was blatantly unsafe.......but when a bike does it my colleagues are straight onto them and how unsafe motorcycle riders are etc etc.......hence we all get tared with the same brush.

For me personally....I just cannot overtake on double lines regardless of how safe it may or may not be at the time. This has irritated other riders behind me in the past I'm sure, but I just won't do it....and not just due to the legal or safety complication but the appearance of the practice towards our passion.

 

[NTRebel]

Agree wholeheartedly Andrew I see it up here as well also guys wearing Territory uniform of singlet shorts and thongs obviously don't value their feet. .

paul

[ppopeye]

A friend of mine put it this way. I am amazed there are not more collisions. (Not many are accidents)


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[johnnyYTED]

I am also one to happily sit behind any number of vehicles until such time as I am able to legally overtake. Doulble lines are there for the safety of all road users to show its potentially unsafe to overtake. I agree wth Andrew ST2UP and everyone else that it gives everyone who rides a bad name to those that don't.
PULL YOUR HEAD IN if you are an OzSTOCer, and please don't wear our group jacket to identify yourself as 1 of us if you take offence at the comments here and go and do this again on your next ride. it maybe your last.. 

[NTRebel]

I am also one to happily sit behind any number of vehicles until such time as I am able to legally overtake. Doulble lines are there for the safety of all road users to show its potentially unsafe to overtake. I agree wth Andrew ST2UP and everyone else that it gives everyone who rides a bad name to those that don't.
PULL YOUR HEAD IN if you are an OzSTOCer, and please don't wear our group jacket to identify yourself as 1 of us if you take offence at the comments here and go and do this again on your next ride. it maybe your last.. 

Well said sirThe only problem is they will do it again and it will be an innocent person who gets killed never them.

paul

[single]

Should this not be in another section 

Will not comment on the topic as my views differ somewhat 

[Andrew_02ST]

Yep, it's not something that can be defended so I don't know why you'd bother... Good to see the majority of respondents so far are all on the right side of the lines!

[Lionel]

Crossing double lines is something I've never done intentionally in 51 years of riding and I don't condone the practice at all.
But why stop at crossing double lines.
What about illegal use of bulbs for our lights, illegal positioning of spot/driving lights, illegal number of spot/driving lights, illegal fitting of external fuel tanks, speeding, ...Lets not get into an argument about degrees of illegality, all of the above could have dire consequences for us and oncoming traffic.
Come on, who wants to throw the first stone. And why not throw it on a more appropriate forum.

[spanner]

As Lionel said and to quote some religious text from some person .... "judge not others lest ye be judged your self" .... or something to that effect.

[Brian]

I think he said ' Blessed are the Cheese Makers'
Oh C'mon Brian lets go to the STowning........

[Lionel]

Brian,
It's no laughing matter but I can't help it.
  

[Biggles]

I think he said ' Blessed are the Cheese Makers'
Oh C'mon Brian lets go to the STowning........

Too clever for words!     

[ppopeye]

I am sure we all have stories of crazy things we have seen. I sure do. I think crossing double lines is one of the craziest. I have a simple philosophy and if everyone followed it we would have a lot less collisions of all kinds.
Do the right thing all the time. No exceptions. No speeding. No double lines. No illegal modifications.
Seems simple to me.

[Biggles]

... passes ppopeye a stone...     

[Sicman]

Will you people stop picking on my future customers  How am I to build a nice retirement fund if there isn't enough of the lower gene pool to go around   

[Williamson]

..... I have a simple philosophy .....

One of my brothers-in-law also had a simply philosophy when he was on-the-job.   Simple (he said) he would never book anyone for doing something that he would do, as a result he never booked anyone.  Fair to say, he never had any TOG, TMU, HPU roles, so was not exposed to many offending drivers, but after 35 years you reckon he could have issued at least one TIN.   

Bit like another mate who was in the MFB for 20 years before he ever pointed a hose at a fire (except for training).

Some blokes have a hard life.

[Biggles]

Are you trying to restart the Three Letter Acronym game?   

[Gadget]

I've guessed MFB is Metropolitan Fire Brigade
TMU Taffic Management Unit?
HPU Highway Patrol Unit?
TOG?
TIN Traffic Infringement Notice?

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[NTRebel]

TOG would be traffic operations group.

paul

[Jdbiker]

 

Brian,
It's no laughing matter but I can't help it.
  

[ppopeye]

Quote from: Gadget on September 07, 2016, 07:07:16 AM<blockquote>I've guessed MFB is Metropolitan Fire Brigade
TMU Taffic Management Unit?
HPU Highway Patrol Unit?
TOG?
TIN Traffic Infringement Notice?

TOG was the Victorian name used from about the eighties. I think its the TMU now. Who knows as Ive lost track</blockquote><blockquote>
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[Williamson]

Are you trying to restart the Three Letter Acronym game?   

I hope not.  I found the TLA game very boring.

I've guessed MFB is Metropolitan Fire Brigade
TMU Taffic Management Unit?
HPU Highway Patrol Unit?
TOG?
TIN Traffic Infringement Notice?

Yep!

Yep!

See below!

Yep!

TOG would be traffic operations group.

paul

Correct!

.... I think its the TMU now. Who knows as Ive lost track ......

Currently the HPU.

[flash]

I only just came across this thread whilst checking the up coming rides, so I'm a little late, but I'll risk the criticism by throwing in my 2c.

Of course double lines are put there for a reason, but they have to take into consideration all road users.
This includes for example, a truck that wants to overtake another truck. Of course they can't single out special overtaking sections specifically for fast accelerating motorcycles.   

So my opinion is that common sense and circumstance prevails.

[Kev Murphy]

I never overtake on double lines, even if the road ahead is clear. I am happy to sit behind a slower driver until the line reverts to a single again. It's only a few minutes delay at most, and overtaking lanes are reasonably spaced on highways to allow overtaking safely anyway.