Full beam bikers ?
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Anyone know what it is with the biker muppets who insist on driving everywhere full beam, even when it is bright and sunny during the day, am getting dazzled by these daft tw@ts
Driving down the A1M the other day, guy had dipped headlights, so moved over a bit for him to undertake me, no problems with that, but had 2-3 other guys on the drive northbound in the evening full beam. Got dazzled and basically could not be bothered to move out of their way, then they get all upset and insist on trying to see how close they can get to the rear bumper before overtaking.
Lastly, when at traffic lights,. by al means squeeze past and plonk yourselves in front of the cars, but try to accelerate fast, as car drivers also like to get along fast as well and having some biker barely going moped speeds does wind me up...
Driving down the A1M the other day, guy had dipped headlights, so moved over a bit for him to undertake me, no problems with that, but had 2-3 other guys on the drive northbound in the evening full beam. Got dazzled and basically could not be bothered to move out of their way, then they get all upset and insist on trying to see how close they can get to the rear bumper before overtaking.
Lastly, when at traffic lights,. by al means squeeze past and plonk yourselves in front of the cars, but try to accelerate fast, as car drivers also like to get along fast as well and having some biker barely going moped speeds does wind me up...
Used to ride a bike myself many years ago, but ater having the rain seep thru the "waterproof" clothes after a few hours and then having to change out of wet clothes on arrival, got the urge to try a car and that was 15 years or so ago...
dont hate bikers, just dont like what had thought was a small minority ?
Actually those that have full beam, i tend to move the rear view mirror so that I am not dazzled in the day, at night it automatically darkens itself, but not on a sunny day. Unfortunatley I cant then see the biker on full beam
Full beam for plonkers ? well almost right, full beam is great at night and on a deserted road, not in heavy traffic full of possibly tired car drivers
Bike chains ?, u seriously suggesting that you would use bike chains at speed to damage a car and risk getting caught up someplace, if had some biker hit my car with chains on purpose... well cars weigh several times what a bike does, one flick of the wrist the wrong way thru shock and no more biker. Do tell everyone that is a joke ?
Bikers on dipped beams, will always go out of my way to make way for in a safe manner, those on full beam tend to be ignored
dont hate bikers, just dont like what had thought was a small minority ?
Actually those that have full beam, i tend to move the rear view mirror so that I am not dazzled in the day, at night it automatically darkens itself, but not on a sunny day. Unfortunatley I cant then see the biker on full beam
Full beam for plonkers ? well almost right, full beam is great at night and on a deserted road, not in heavy traffic full of possibly tired car drivers
Bike chains ?, u seriously suggesting that you would use bike chains at speed to damage a car and risk getting caught up someplace, if had some biker hit my car with chains on purpose... well cars weigh several times what a bike does, one flick of the wrist the wrong way thru shock and no more biker. Do tell everyone that is a joke ?
Bikers on dipped beams, will always go out of my way to make way for in a safe manner, those on full beam tend to be ignored
final_edition said:
I bet he drives everywhere,in the middle lane, day or night with his fog lamps on, chatting on his phone 
whilst throwing fag-butts and Mars bar wrappers out of the window.
whilst throwing fag-butts and Mars bar wrappers out of the window.Typical biker !
I mostly use lane one and then when finished overtaking, drop back to lane one, none of this staying in lane 2 or 3
Although most bikers seem to have no problem in undertaking just to get somewhere faster... Lights are on auto, fogs have to be manually switched on and they stay off unless foggy, when they get turned on, unlike some bikers who have full beam on 24/7 so they can be "seen". The point is that when am dazzled by someone on full beam, I do somethign to stop being dazzled. This means that I move the mirror so that I cant see the biker and hence his light. Do you honestly think that this is safer for the biker ?
Phone is plugged in, but on the floor. Dont use the phone when driving as it also means I cant be called to drive across town to do some "urgent" job
Smoking ? not interested, sweet wrappers go on the floor along with the cans of pepsi
Have to admit that is the case, one advantage of not using full beams is I can see the other guy in the mirror and usually he can notice that I have seen him, allows me to make space for him to safely get by even if i dont want to stop overtaking a line of trucks to let a single biker thru.
Usually tend to drive on the warning line / white marker that vibrates, this is usually ample space.
On full beams, I get dazzled and on the bit that prompted this post had images of the headlight in my vison for a few minutes afterwards
Dont see the need for anti bike forum, but seems that at least some bikers get the idea that car drivers not all out to get them
Usually tend to drive on the warning line / white marker that vibrates, this is usually ample space.
On full beams, I get dazzled and on the bit that prompted this post had images of the headlight in my vison for a few minutes afterwards
Dont see the need for anti bike forum, but seems that at least some bikers get the idea that car drivers not all out to get them
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