Sorry Mr Rover driver

[bikerkeith]

Just in case the driver of the Rover that I carved up on the M25 this morning is reading, I'm very sorry.
I was cruising steadily in the car doing 70-odd between J5 and J4 in lane 1 when I came up to a Galaxy doing about 60 in lane 2. I checked mirror, indicated and pulled into lane 2. Another mirror check, waited for a car to pass, indicated again but missed the Rover in the blindspot. Eeek. Quite justifiably he let me know with main beams and horn.

But if the bl**dy numpty in the Galaxy hadn't been hogging the middle lane the situation would never have arisen.
Numpty probably never had an accident. Witnessed dozens.....

[manek]

Be careful out there! As long as you learned from it.

What I often do though is give the middle lane hog a quick flash of main beam from the inside lane to alert them to the fact there's a faster car coming up on the left. Sometimes they get the message...

[Imelda]

manek said: Sometimes they get the message...

And sometimes they don't.

In which case I sometimes breeze past them on the inside.

I know..........

[plotloss]

Imelda said:

manek said: Sometimes they get the message...

And sometimes they don't.

In which case I sometimes breeze past them on the inside.

I know..........

Nope, I applaud you Sir and do the same thing myself.

If enough people do it then the MLOC will be no more...

Matt.

[petercam]

read a post way back about adjusting your mirrors to an offset position, so you cannot see the side of your own car (unless you move your head a few inches0) but you can see the lanes either side of you clearly. Have been using this mirror setting for a few months now, and I can say that on more than one occasion I have spotted cars in the blindspot a lot sooner than normal, thus avoiding the situation described in this post.

[sb930turbo]

I'm not being smug, but I always glance over my right shoulder after a mirror check,before pulling out to overtake.You can then see if there is a vehicle in the blind spot.

[joust]

sb930turbo said: I'm not being smug, but I always glance over my right shoulder after a mirror check,before pulling out to overtake.You can then see if there is a vehicle in the blind spot.

Yep - do the same. No idea why, just always have.....

[jvaughan]

joust said:

sb930turbo said: I'm not being smug, but I always glance over my right shoulder after a mirror check,before pulling out to overtake.You can then see if there is a vehicle in the blind spot.

Yep - do the same. No idea why, just always have.....

so do i... mind you, if you ride a bike you will be aware of how many idiots camp out in your blind spots.. now its a natural reaction when driving thecar too

[bikerkeith]

Quite right about a shoulder check. Not been out on the bike for a while, I must be getting lazy.

[dangerous B]

Yep - do the same. No idea why, just always have.....



Ex biker I'll bet,old habits die hard, its called self preservation

[Chris Type R]

Ex biker - do the over the shoulder check as well.

[Nasta]

Yep, i do the same, mirrors and check over the shoulder.

Always have done, not sure why i started??