[rustynutz]

i don't, doubt i could even lift one.

They come in all sizes, Snow....I'm sure if you're only slight in stature we could fit you up for a scooter...lol
Anyhow, it's good that you're at least aware of motorcycles.....plenty aren't. There's also plenty out there that will purposely make life harder for them.
Cheers 

[snowcherry]

a scooter! 
i'll pass thank you.

its not just my size, i have some health issues for not ever trying to learn. i knew a girl who was much smaller than me who rode a 500cc suzuki but damn she was a tough little thing. was little jealous of her actually zooming around on that. 

[rustynutz]

Ah, be daring! You only live once....   Health issues aside, if you can ride a push bike, you can ride a scooter....
Btw, my brother who lives in Tasmania (and has MAJOR health issues) rides a scooter and up until recently it was his only means of transport.
Cheers anyway 

[rustynutz]

Whacker...
Or for our UK friends... Tosser...

Should I be offended?   

[paul]

Whacker...
Or for our UK friends... Tosser...

Should I be offended?    

should i too?

is it an ozzi term?

Girls on motorcycles.........=  sexy

Snowcherry  i am sure you having experience even as a pilion on a motorcycle HAS made you more aware and indeed a safer driver  

[Surferdude]

Whacker...
Or for our UK friends... Tosser...

Should I be offended?    

should i too?

is it an ozzi term?

Girls on motorcycles.........=  sexy

Snowcherry  i am sure you having experience even as a pilion on a motorcycle HAS made you more aware and indeed a safer driver  

Wacker?
tosspot!!
Same as "Tosser"
Pretty insulting either way. 

[2i30s]

Whacker...
Or for our UK friends... Tosser...

Should I be offended?    

should i too?

is it an ozzi term?

Girls on motorcycles.........=  sexy

Snowcherry  i am sure you having experience even as a pilion on a motorcycle HAS made you more aware and indeed a safer driver  

Wacker?
tosser!!
Same as "Tosser"
Pretty insulting either way. 

don't you mean tosspot?   

[rustynutz]

Here's what is in my dictionary....

1. Terms of abuse for a masturbator
2. Someone who throws lightly (as with the palm upward)
3. [Brit, vulgar] Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

[2i30s]

Whacker...
Or for our UK friends... Tosser...

Should I be offended?    

should i too?

is it an ozzi term?

Girls on motorcycles.........=  sexy

Snowcherry  i am sure you having experience even as a pilion on a motorcycle HAS made you more aware and indeed a safer driver  

Wacker?
tosser!!
Same as "Tosser"
Pretty insulting either way. 

don't you mean tosser?   

somebody changed my post. 

[rustynutz]

I think all car drivers should have to be motorcyclists first,
then they would be more "aware"
and safer drivers.

A report came out of Europe some time back and it said "motorcyclists made better drivers", something to that effect, anyhow....

[rustynutz]

One thing that really gets on my goat is the proliferation of wire rope barriers in Australia....

While these may be effective for cars, they can be deadly if hit by a motorcyclist.....

Logic would tell you that barriers should only be used if the danger of hitting something off the road is greater...
Not the case here in Victoria...

[Surferdude]

Yeah. I agree. Don't like wire barriers.
Thay can't be that much cheaper than armco and it would seem to me it would be easier to unbolt and replace a section of armco than however much cable you'd need to do if it was damaged.

[rustynutz]

Are they spreading everywhere up your way too?

[Surferdude]

^^^^
I see them around but I haven't paid that much attention as to their growth.
Just don't see the point.

[rustynutz]

No worries, I'm probably more aware of them cos' I know how much damage they'll likely do if you hit one while riding....

[Dazzler]

No worries, I'm probably more aware of them cos' I know how much damage they'll likely do if you hit one while riding....

A bloke hit one down here a couple of years ago doing like 200 KPH on a bike.. nothing left of him apparently..

[rustynutz]

I remember that, Daz.....There was also one poor bugger in New Zealand that ended up cut in half.....

[eye30]

As far as I know the only one stretch of road locally with this is on is the approach road to the Mersey Tunnel.  
The central verge isn't wide enough to put in the solid type so had to compromise.

[rustynutz]

Oh ok, that surprises me cos' the stuff apparently originated from over there... :-\
Cheers 

[snowcherry]

One thing that really gets on my goat is the proliferation of wire rope barriers in Australia....

While these may be effective for cars, they can be deadly if hit by a motorcyclist.....

being see these start to pop up in central queensland 
i think they use them as they 'look' nicer for tourists on the drive.

----------------

another pet hate.
i must admit i do this myself on occasion but not when a car is actually sitting there.
and that is when turning right into a side street and cutting the corner. i thought a car was going to take my front end off yesterday as he was turning into the side street and came in too close to my lane rather than the opposite side. and i was turning left, not sitting in the middle. i wonder if he saw me at all.

[rustynutz]

Supposedly they are cheaper than the alternatives....You gotta wonder if that's true long term though as they appear to need much more maintenance. 

[paul]

Whacker...
Or for our UK friends... Tosser...

So to whom were these words of wisdom directed pip?

Whacker...
Or for our UK friends... Tosser...

So to whom were these words of wisdom directed pip?

Hey Paul, not to anyone at all... it was simply an acknowledgement of this comment  by Rusty: "because they end up becoming mass debates....."

[paul]

 

[rustynutz]

This is one ad that really bugged me when it was aired....Blame is laid solely on the motorist for supposedly speeding yet surely it's mostly the young girl's fault for not looking?  :-\

[2i30s]

he was speeding,so the accident is automatically his fault. if the girl on the bike was a car,it still would be his fault for speeding. remember Russ its an offence to speed,so he is in the wrong and going to be charged with culpable driving and will loose his licence for a very long time,he may even go to jail for a while. in America its called vehicular homicide,your off to jail for a very,very long time.  her fault? if that was somebody you knew on the bike,would it still be their fault?  i think not.  

[Dazzler]

I can see where Russ is coming from.. I guess they are both in the wrong.. Put yourself in the drivers shoes Steve..

If you were doing 50 in a 50 zone and that girl pulled out in front of you and you couldn't avoid her then it would not be your fault would it...

[2i30s]

not if your going at the speed limit,but that doesn't mean she would be alive either dazz.  at 30kmh she would probably be in the morgue still. IMHO.

[2i30s]

he was speeding,so the accident is automatically his fault. if the girl on the bike was a car,it still would be his fault for speeding. remember Russ its an offence to speed,so he is in the wrong and going to be charged with culpable driving and will loose his licence for a very long time,he may even go to jail for a while. in America its called vehicular homicide,your off to jail for a very,very long time.  her fault? if that was somebody you knew on the bike,would it still be their fault?  i think not.  

my opinion in this post, is just an opinion.i hope ive not afended anyone.but the speed limit was 60kmh and he was doing 65kmh,that made the driver be at fault and not the girl. . even though she didn't see him approaching the intersection [and give way] she wont be found at fault. because he was speeding  

[eye30]

One thing that bugs me is that the car driver is immediately the "guilty" party no matter what the circumstances are.

What happened to "innocent" until proved?