Sorry Mate I Didn't see you

[Andymx5]

Last bank holiday weekend, I was leaving upton (near Poole in dorset) on my Ninja.

I was riding down a 30mph road (Shockingly at the speed limit) When this guy pulls out in front of me, I swerve, he slams on his brakes and.....

.....Nearly drops his Hayabusa! So it's not just car drivers who don't look properly then

Luckily, only his pride was hurt!

[bennyboysvuk]

Yep, there are some who just fail at the simple stuff.

I've seen 2 completely different riders today:

Rider 1.

I turned right out of a t-junction in a 40 limit and as usual looked in my rear view mirror to check that nothing was coming round the corner quickly on the road I was joining. In the mirror was a fast approaching bike so I gassed it up to around 70 (my car gets there fairly quickly). The bike indicates and goes by. He then takes a perfect police roadcraft line around the next 2 bends before filtering at reasonable speed through the next junction. Pure quality. From the lines and the speed I would say he's a copper or ex-copper for sure.

Rider 2.

I was at a set of cross-roads controlled by traffic lights (Brookwood for those that know it) and the lights are green for people turning right. Numpty on large new BMW bike then filters up the outside and goes STRAIGHT ON through the red light for straight ahead across the junction, narrowly missing the cars turning right on the opposite carriageway. I nearly managed to get a word in at the next set of lights, but he pulled away before I got the chance. I wonder if he knows how close to catastrophy he was.

[simes205]

It's been like that for the last few weeks on my commute into Lonodon.
Lots of summer riders are out and don't seem to be able to look in mirrors and have lack of spacial awareness especially when filtering.
Still most can pull the essential wheelie along the A23 to prove a point.

>> Edited by simes205 on Friday 13th May 11:05