filtering through traffic

After this w/end, I can see why.

 

Actually, true enough - I've overtaken on double-whites in the car
plenty of times.

Actually, I really don't see the point of them. So, some man from the
ministry is going to decide when it's safe to overtake, despite having
no idea about the vehicle I'm in/on, the vehicle I'm overtaking, and
the road conditions.

And I know plenty of places where double whites restrict perfectly
safe overtaking points, only to disappear a few 100 yds down the road
at a point where overtaking would be suicidal.

 

Transit driver did, yes.

Fiestavan man gained a large dent rear of his nearside door, however.
Did you know that TNT stop their livery at the gutter line? The only
time I've ever raised my head above gutter level, as I flew over the
roof I looked down and, rather absurdly I'll admit, noted that the
orange paint stopped at the gutterline and the roof was just plain
white ...

 

and fines are for the twats that get caught!

 

wrote

If you are on a bike it is compulsory.

 

Pip wrote

Odd the things that you notice as you spin helplessly through the air
awaiting the arrival of something solid innit eh. All right I wasn't in
the air but on the ground rolling but nevertheless the memory of when I
went past a bloke and noted how shiny his boots were is still as fresh
as the day it was picked.

 

Cynic wrote

In my limited experience yes.

Exactly that happened to me years ago approaching the Gants Hill
roundabout on the 12. They paid 100% of the damage to me and to the car
on the outside lane, who was totally blameless apart from the fact he
was there in the first place

 

Oh come on, all he means is don't get caught. And we all know that ;-)

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

And it is also illegal to park on a stretch of road with double white
lines.

--
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XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX750W, GS550, GSX250
POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8
"The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly"
http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

 

So, how fast should an R reg Yamaha be able to accelerate
from 35mph to 55mph to overtake a car + trailer on a clear
straight NSL road? (I'd guess it was around 400cc).

 

I don't know - how fast can an R reg Nissan accelerate? It rather depends
on whether you're talking Nissan Micra or ZX300.

Why do you ask?


--
AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, TEAR#3 (and KotL), DS#5, Keeper of the TFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Nick Finnigan wrote

About 10 times faster than it took you to type the question and even
faster than that if you are not a two finger typist.

 

SNIP

A Pan with a large POLICE sticker is more effective.

 

I get annoyed when they go by so fast I cannot make out the model.

Because that's what I want.

 

I thought two-finger typists used both hands?

 

Personally, I couldn't give a flying **** if he wants to spead his
guts out over the tarmac. It's the other poor cunts he hits on the way
that I feel sorry for.

 

No, but it happens all to rarely nowadays. More often than not, I
find myself travelling faster when I'm in the car than other people on
bikes.

 

Good man.

 

To be helpful...

400cc bikes generally make around the 55-60bhp mark,
and weigh about 160kg + rider weight.

Work the rest out for yourself.

 

a or d.

I shouldn't expect a biker to always use all the acceleration
available for an overtake though?