Jumping red lights

[Angelfishsolo]

Which part of courier/dispatch riders did you miss?

Ah, experienced riders can do a Knight Bus can they and pass through gaps narrower than they are? I'd love to see Strawman filter through the buses and cars coming off the north end of Waterloo Bridge. Hope he has some spare mirrors, indicator lights and a pipe cutter for his handlebars.

Pinklight I missed none of the courier /dispatch riders bit.

I read twigmans post to mean that an experienced rider knows when he /she can filter not that he/she can fit through any gap. Again it is down to interpreting the given data.

 

[Red Light]

Pinklight I missed none of the courier /dispatch riders bit.

So why did you say "Which part of novice riders did you miss?' when the only question he asked was "How often do you see courier/despatch riders stuck?"

I read twigmans post to mean that an experienced rider knows when he /she can filter not that he/she can fit through any gap. Again it is down to interpreting the given data.

More comprehension problems AFS?

Strawman wrote
"What total bollocks - filtering on a FireBlade is a piece of piss.

All it takes is a little forward planning....the tossers who get stuck filtering aren't thinking ahead, aren't planning their route or are total novices" followed by "You won't see me stuck filtering"

If you can't fit through the gaps you're stuck.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

So why did you say "Which part of novice riders did you miss?' when the only question he asked was "How often do you see courier/despatch riders stuck?"



More comprehension problems AFS?

Strawman wrote
"What total bollocks - filtering on a FireBlade is a piece of piss.

All it takes is a little forward planning....the tossers who get stuck filtering aren't thinking ahead, aren't planning their route or are total novices" followed by "You won't see me stuck filtering"

If you can't fit through the gaps you're stuck.

PinkLight it is you who has comprehension problems. To me thinking ahead implies (as stated) planning a route. If those though processes conclude that you will get stuck then you do not filter.

Also to some people cleaning a Black Route is a piece of piss whilst to others it is impossible.

 

[Twigman]

If you can't fit through the gaps you're stuck.

I don't end up in positions where I face gaps narrower than my vehicle.
I filter down the outside of traffic as often as I can and very rarely lane split.
I plan my route several vehicles ahead, ensuring I pass on the correct side of islands in gaps in the traffic.
The only things that hold me up is when cars are signalling right and red lights, oh and the odd ped waiting at a zebra but then I don't filter on the zigzag approaches anyway as that would be just wrong wouldn't it?

It's the lane splitters that find themselves stuck and more often than not it's because of some resentful cage driver moving over to block the filterer.

 

[Dan B]

Errr to get to court surely the police would have to convince the CPS I had a case to answer?
If the police don't believe I have a case to answer then it's got no chance of getting to court with me in the dock.

Fortunately for you, yes, if nobody is minded to bring a case to court then we'll never find out what the court would have said. But it doesn't follow that they'd have agreed with the police at the scene - if they always did that, there'd be no need for the police and the judiciary to be separate entities, would there?


Do you think an advanced driving instructor would recommend going past pedestrian crossings at 30mph?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

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Fortunately for you, yes, if nobody is minded to bring a case to court then we'll never find out what the court would have said. But it doesn't follow that they'd have agreed with the police at the scene - if they always did that, there'd be no need for the police and the judiciary to be separate entities, would there?


Do you think an advanced driving instructor would recommend going past pedestrian crossings at 30mph?

If the lights are green then yes.

 

[Twigman]

Which one, "She looked like she was on benefits"?

nope

 

[Red Light]

If the lights are green then yes.

You've just failed your hazard perception test.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

You've just failed your hazard perception test.

I am so happy about that.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Why?

The best driver I have ever met was a member of the Royal Protection Team (a family friend) and he had distain for the Advanced Driving Test.

 

[gaz]

If the lights are green then yes.

What if there are lots of pedestrians there? Small children?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

What if there are lots of pedestrians there? Small children?

Thank you, a sensible question. I would slow and cover the brake, watching out for any signs of potential road crossing. Once on the crossing I would resume previous speed.

 

[Red Light]

The best driver I have ever met was a member of the Royal Protection Team (a family friend) and he had distain for the Advanced Driving Test.

Ermmmm......the Hazard Perception Test is part of the driving test.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Ermmmm......the Hazard Perception Test is part of the driving test.

A crossing is not a hazard. It becomes one when their are peds et al on or near it.

 

[Tynan]

lots of things are hazards in that they are areas likely to be dangerous

blind bends, etc etc

and indeed crossings