You have just explained that you were breaking the law here. According to the code, you had no clear exit from your position, and, and if you had have managed to negotiate the line of cars, you would have been across a solid line (i can't recall what colour it actually is there... probably white), should you have negotiated to the front of the line, you would have also positioned yourself in front of the SOLID WHITE line at the pedestrian crossing. To overtake a waiting vehicle at a pedestrian crossing is also a traffic offence.

The local offences list goes on and on....

Ace, no wonder there are so many a$$holes on bikes and in cars. No one knows the highway code, er, no one follows the highway code.

Safe trails all.

(edit for stoopid spelling)

Reef chaser,

I am not lecturing you on how to drive - you will drive how you choose - I am jut telling you that what you are doing in my view (and the traffic code of Bermuda as well as the laws of Bermuda) is no safer than creating a third lane...

Likewise I am not defending any Police Officers driving, however, I can say driving a response vehicle on Bermudas roads is very difficult and it is not made any easier by ‘riders’ (can think of other better descriptions!)  who amongst other things 'leapfrog' other cars trying to save time (5 mins over their mates….. ....) on their way to work.

I can also say that I am personally aware of many accidents were the 'leapfrogger' has not been let back in by cars and ends up getting squashed like so may other frogs...on the roads……

Piglet

PS I agree speeding laws should not be 24 hours a day???I mean 7am on a Sunday is a safe time to speed and break the law. right?....and I agree the police should spend more time ticketing dickheads doing  the third lane and or leapfrog...which is dangerous....and is a factor in may serious injury accidents.....

PPS If you are truly for road safety play your part and drive within the laws...the old ' but he drives 'worse' or more 'dangerous'  than me' argument is pretty sad!

One think that seems to be missing from your arguement Piglet is just cause a law exists, it does not mean that is correct for every situation. The other day when going to work I took extra note of how using a leapfrogging technigue would affect overtaken cars. What was interesting is before the car that was being overtaken and leapfrogged moved there would be a 15'+ gap forming in front of it which the bike quite easily slipped in. So in actual fact the safety gap even with a bike now in front was far greater than without the bike in front!! Of course that would be different when the car is actually prepare to or is actually stopping when a bike slides in.

I believe in California lane splitting by motorcycles is legal, other states it may be not. Germany has on some motorways no speed limits, where in other countries thay do, despite the roads being of similar design. Is each law correct, ie if not obeyed will result in a dangerous situation?!? Don't know about you but having spent time driving both on UK motorways at 80mph and German ones at 120mph I felt much safer on the German ones as the standard of driving on UK ones can be pretty abysmal. So to me just cause a law exists, it doesn't mean it is going to dramatically enhance my safety!

So going back to driving on Sunday at 7am, sure if the road is clear and a biker was going at 65kph... is it truely as dangerous are a rider going 45kph through the twisty section of Ord road? For me I'll deem what I believe is considered safe, don't need to be lectured on safety motorcycle cop who just raced along the southshore, over taking a couple cars on a 450lb motorcycle at 140kph to chase me down for doing a much safer 56 kph.

Police are just legalised speed merchants, who are not there to make the roads safer, but to makeup extra revenue!! 

<golf clap>

There are rules for everything and not knowing them is no excuse.

There are also unwritten rules, and rules of common human decency.

My rant is not about defending myself against the written rule of law.  My rant has much more to do with the fact that I was almost intentionally run down by a woman in a car because SHE experienced a road rage incident.

But, again, for being such a perfect human being I'll award you a "k" also.  Some of us are weak.  The "k" is for being so darn strong.

Yea I do.

I sure hope some poor schmuck doesn't get mistaken for me and is justifably driven off the road or something for a minor infraction.

Thankfully not!!! 

Besides those cheesy 750's couldn't touch my orange V50 even if they tried!!! 

Your welcome!!! 

Yeah you're right don't need to touch 3/4 gears to break speed limits on them big police bikes, you may not but I've seen plenty do so...... just hang out on the Prospect drag strip next to the Police impound.... remember a few years back neighbours were complaining about the police "racing along the stretch"! Police officers are human and like to give it a bit of welly from time to time!! Just chat to one over a few drinks and you get to hear the stories of wild chases!! But I guess you are right... those chases were done in 2nd gear and never over 30 mph!!! 

 

Reefchaser....

....trust me you can a lot faster in second gear....many times you don't need to go to 3/4 although the mechanics get pissed off...

Not saying that no one uses all the gears.......

The newer dirt bikes...are pretty quick.....

You should start a thread on police bikes/driving/speeding..... .....

Piglet