Do You Stop?

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  1. 34468 Randy

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    OK. Fog line could be my literary privilege. The fog line is the painted line separating the travel portion of the road and the shoulder or pedestrian right of way.
     
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    I assumed. wrongly it appears, that most everyone knew what the fog line was. I am pretty sure I referred to that line the same way years before I became Mountie. Fog lines are really important to us Mounties riding our horses through the Rocky Mountains when all those big hige truck speed past us
     
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    You call it, what there is of it over there is memory serves me, the apron don't you? If you out them on the proper side of the roadway, you would no doubt, know these things.
     
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    You had a wee tipple when you wrote that?:gulp::)
     
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    Fog line is the white line before the shoulder


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    I am aware of the helmet on the ground idea BUT it really is far from perfect .. (1) often people choose to rest their helmet on the seat of their bike and very occasionally air movement from a large passing vehicle can see helmets dislodged and end up on the ground (2) sticking your helmet on the edge of the road marking seems asking for some inattentive twat to flatten it.. so perhaps not a good idea after all.

    Meantime over in the Alps (and I suspect many other areas too), it makes sense for riders who decide they need help, to make this abundantly clear by standing alongside their motorbike and turning to face an approaching vehicle and then clearly hold their hands crossed at the wrist just above their head - e.g. the signal used internationally by aircraft marshalling staff to indicate to a pilot when they should stop. I was introduced to this idea when I attended a free rider training course arranged by the local Gendarmes and they stressed the main advantage was it was a clear and unmistakable sign which obviously could not come about by accident. They also advised that riders should not stop if they felt it might put them at risk and suggested that instead they just note the location and call the police once they reach a safe place to stop so the police could arrange to check the rider is OK.

    On a few occasions I have encountered riders using that sign, and I have been happy to stop and assist by ferrying the rider to a nearby garage to get fuel or arrange a tow home.
     
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    well I have learnt something today having never heard of a fog line before mind you the chances of a copper pulling you over in the UK are pretty small as I find I can drive for hours and hardly ever see a police car the authorities rely on cameras to do all the work for them,I have driven from Essex to Scotland (approx 500 miles each way) and seen maybe 4 or 5 police cars the whole time, they must be an endangered species with all the cuts in funding in everything
     
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    If there is time I do a thumbs up or down motion. If they get it they reply accordingly. I stop if they just look confused or thumbs down.
     
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    I have noticed something, not only on this thread, but after several years on this forum reading many posts. Though the course of a year, you must drive by dozens of cars pulled over on the shoulder/apron/ or whatever jsut sitting there. Sometimes with their emergency flashers going and sometimes the hood up. Several hundred cages will drive by and do nothing. I know police who do that and that just pisses me off to no end.

    BUT! A biker stopped on the side of the road, seems everyone here has a thought going through their minds. Does he or she need our help, and what can I do to deliver that help.

    Reach back boys and girls. You deserve a pat on the back. If no one thanks you, pat your own back and deep down, you know that your thoughts and actions may not have been the best solution, but it is stepping in the correct direction. YOU DID SOMETHING! Doing nothing is not in the cards.
     
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    Well Randy, by the OP, it appeared to me we were discussing riders broke down, which I have been responding to. If you want to include cages, it depends. When off-road I will stop and check out the drivers or if no drivers in the area, will stop and check out the vehicle. On the street, if I determine there are no drivers present, I most likely will not stop. Same goes for a motorcycle. I stop for all riders, but not for an abandon motorcycle. I may slow or even briefly stop to determine if there are any drivers/riders in the area, but if the driver/rider has left their vehicle/bike, then I will pass by. If I see someone walking that I think may belong to the abandon vehicle/bike, I most likely will stop and ask.
     
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