What do you do in gridlock?

ftang · Post by **ftang** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:46 am

This is getting beyond belief. It's legal to carry a gun but not to go past traffic on a bike? You think this is reasonable?

And you think 'uk biker folks are crazy'?

MsHap · Post by **MsHap** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:31 am

I think gridlock is like when you have an intersection and people are in it when there lamp turns red so they block the cars in the other direction from crossing.

I am actually just wondering if I am wrong and it means any traffic.

I lane split like mad in traffic.

trailer rails · Post by **trailer rails** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:07 am

MsHap,
I think you are right, that sounds like the correct definition. I hate it when people are stuck in traffic at a traffic light and they see the light is changing so they move up so they don't have to wait at the light but they end up blocking the entire intersection.
But when I was using the work gridlock I was kinda refering to pretty much any traffic though, but mostly backed up expressways where there are usally no quick exits.

MadHaqr9,
I am not complaining that my commutes are bad. They are pretty easy acually, but I just do alot of it. I just get stuck in traffic now and again and it is kinda annoying when I know I can just slip by.

dragracer1951 · Post by **dragracer1951** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:01 am

This is getting beyond belief. It's legal to carry a gun but not to go past traffic on a bike? You think this is reasonable?

Naaa....I carry a gun AND go past traffic!

MsHap · Post by **MsHap** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:06 am

+1

Carry a gun and go past traffic

Post by **Hooligan** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:08 am

i just sit on the curb and shoot at traffic.

seriously, i like the idea the aussies have of "filtering" being legal and "splitting" being illegal.

although slightly similar concepts, i can see the danger involved with splitting between a few lanes of fast-moving, cell phone talking, breakfast eating, make-up applying, newspaper reading cagers. yikes.

boz · Post by **boz** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:28 am

we don't have the distinction made yet (at least not in the legalities of road use). Currently the national road laws (which are modified to each state) allow lane splitting through a loop hole (NSW have blocked this loop hole, Victoria hasn't). This includes high speed 'splitting' or low speed 'filtering'. However, there are amendments in progress to the road laws that would effectively block this loop hole for all states, and thus no lane splitting/filtering at all. Motorcycle lobby groups say this will increase traffic congestion, and are now trying to make filtering legal and splitting illegal. Even the government motorcycle advisory body have suggested congestion will increase if filtering is not allowed (though they stopped short of recommending it be allowed).

Our of curiosity - anyone ever ride a bike in an italian city? I was there recently and there seems to be no lanes - cars and bikes just travel being aware of each other and very few accidents. So scooters and bikes weren't lane splitting - rather cars etc. would make room for each other as necessary. It was organised anarchy in a way...

Post by **FZRDude** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:28 am

My father traveled to Italy on several occasions and commented on the very same thing.

dragracer1951 · Post by **dragracer1951** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:34 am

I was in Italy 30 years ago and it was the same then....
They still have crappy cars too...

Stig · Post by **Stig** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:47 pm

dragracer1951 wrote:
This is getting beyond belief. It's legal to carry a gun but not to go past traffic on a bike? You think this is reasonable?

Naaa....I carry a gun AND go past traffic!

Hey Jim do you go past traffic BECAUSE your carrying a gun....as in....everyone scared to stop you!!!!

Post by **FZRDude** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:06 pm

snerk

orionburn · Post by **orionburn** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:02 pm

Hey Jim do you go past traffic BECAUSE your carrying a gun....as in....everyone scared to stop you!!!!

No, they're scared because he threatens them with his bar tab

i just sit on the curb and shoot at traffic.

Peppa2 · Post by **Peppa2** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:04 am

I have never seen a gridlock so what is it?

. i seen it on american movies but that must be the closest i seen one. cant me mutch fun to get stuck in one i think, road rage comes to mind.

dragracer1951 · Post by **dragracer1951** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:30 am

No, they're scared because he threatens them with his bar tab

And the winner is......

CrayonJota · Post by **CrayonJota** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:39 am

I am the King of gridlock. Its the almost constant state of traffic in this fine city. Simple solution, leave anything with clip-ons and rearsets at home, mount a thumper and whoop it up between the cars, on the shoulder, whatever you fancy. Its not big, not clever and sometimes results in tears, bent Renthal bits, levels and mirrors.

From what I can tell the stationary type of gridlock leaves you suseptable to taxi drivers opening doors to vomit or spit. Ouch. Slow moving gridlocks leaves you open for the cages to change lane without looking, double ouch

CJ