Sorry to all the "good" bikers on here but....
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...some of your compatriates are complete kn
bheads sometimes.
Picture the scene, approaching a roundabout in Milton Keynes, it has three lanes. Left lane for going left only, centre for ahead only and right lane for ahead and right only. I am going straight ahead so pull up to the centre lane. Biker pulls up in the left hand lane. I pull out to go start going round the roundabout and the idiot on the bike is trying to overtake me on the left and go straight ahead.
What a complete moron! I don't give a flying fck whether he hits my car falls off and gets hurt I'm more concerned with my cars paintwork. Luckly he didn't hit my car, I never gave him the chance as I pulled over more to block him (Schumacher style). And he actually gives me the V-sign.
Tossers like that don't deserve a reply, but I did start to follow him to wind him up but gave up because it was boring.
The Darwin theory doesn't always work
bheads sometimes. Picture the scene, approaching a roundabout in Milton Keynes, it has three lanes. Left lane for going left only, centre for ahead only and right lane for ahead and right only. I am going straight ahead so pull up to the centre lane. Biker pulls up in the left hand lane. I pull out to go start going round the roundabout and the idiot on the bike is trying to overtake me on the left and go straight ahead.
What a complete moron! I don't give a flying f
ck whether he hits my car falls off and gets hurt I'm more concerned with my cars paintwork. Luckly he didn't hit my car, I never gave him the chance as I pulled over more to block him (Schumacher style). And he actually gives me the V-sign. Tossers like that don't deserve a reply, but I did start to follow him to wind him up but gave up because it was boring.
The Darwin theory doesn't always work
There's a similar situation in Chesterfield, bottom of the A617 coming up to a roundabout. But at rush hour, everyone wants to go straight on or right, so the LH lane is always empty, and the other two lanes backed up. Result ? Lots of morons who can't be bothered to queue for 10 car lengths or so, going in the LH lane, then cutting up whoever's at the front in the middle lane so they can go straight on. Winds me up something cruel. Pillocks. Thing is it's not just bikers, it's cars / vans etc ...
But cars also outnumber bikes.
The % of stupid bikers is higher than car drivers, it used to make me ashamed to be a biker.
I recently saved a bikers life when driving my rather large barge (I had a Previa) I anticipated a biker undertaking me onto a slip road that I was also turning off of, and actually moved back onto the motorway to avoid him as by turning off I was closing the gap for him to get through.
It's only because I was following him aproaching in my rear view mirror that I even knew he was there.
Most people would have not seen him, I was really struck by how stupid and unecessary a manover it was.
I love biking and ride hard sometimes, but why do so many ride stupid on somthing with so little protection.....
The % of stupid bikers is higher than car drivers, it used to make me ashamed to be a biker.
I recently saved a bikers life when driving my rather large barge (I had a Previa) I anticipated a biker undertaking me onto a slip road that I was also turning off of, and actually moved back onto the motorway to avoid him as by turning off I was closing the gap for him to get through.
It's only because I was following him aproaching in my rear view mirror that I even knew he was there.
Most people would have not seen him, I was really struck by how stupid and unecessary a manover it was.
I love biking and ride hard sometimes, but why do so many ride stupid on somthing with so little protection.....
I love biking and ride hard sometimes, but why do so many ride stupid on somthing with so little protection.....
quite simply the buzz, the closer they get to death, the bigger the buzz, and it's also a release of the frustration from when they've been driving there cars, as you'll find most 'biker only' riders have more caution.
Not sure about the standards of 'pukka' bikeriders as I havent had that many problems - but what scares me are those moped things! Do 35 tops and riden by 17 year olds.... deathtrap in the making. At least with a proper bike they have the power to get in front of people just in case..
Cheers,
Paul
Cheers,
Paul
in his defence, he wouldnt go near your paintwork, one touch on an island, and hes likely to go under your wheels and die.
when you "close the door" by moving across, you limit his ability to get out of your way, as its near impossible to brake when banked over. This is VERY scary.
Ideally, just let him go, threatening his life for getting the wrong lane isnt clever. as soon as a straight came he would have whipped passed you anyway.
He may also have just assumed he could out do you, and gain ground, a primary reason for getting a bike in the first place.
beep your horn, but in reality, did he really get in your way? did he hold you up? probably not. relax, imprisonment for death wont be fun, for just 3 seconds of anger management.
when you "close the door" by moving across, you limit his ability to get out of your way, as its near impossible to brake when banked over. This is VERY scary.
Ideally, just let him go, threatening his life for getting the wrong lane isnt clever. as soon as a straight came he would have whipped passed you anyway.
He may also have just assumed he could out do you, and gain ground, a primary reason for getting a bike in the first place.
beep your horn, but in reality, did he really get in your way? did he hold you up? probably not. relax, imprisonment for death wont be fun, for just 3 seconds of anger management.
s2ooz said: in his defence, he wouldnt go near your paintwork, one touch on an island, and hes likely to go under your wheels and die.
when you "close the door" by moving across, you limit his ability to get out of your way, as its near impossible to brake when banked over. This is VERY scary.
He never got alongside me as I was too quick off the mark for him. I hope he was scared by it, might make him think twice about it. I had already moved off and was past the first island before even realising the twit was trying to pass me, my closing of the door was just a natural manouvere when going round a roundabout in the outside lane.
He may also have just assumed he could out do you, and gain ground, a primary reason for getting a bike in the first place.
beep your horn, but in reality, did he really get in your way? did he hold you up? probably not. relax, imprisonment for death wont be fun, for just 3 seconds of anger management.
He was on an "H" plate something, probably a 750 so it was a bit of a shed. I have to point out he was "racing" another bike.
But surely just because you have a bike doesn't give you the right to pass in stupid places does it?
Didn't beep my horn in the end just followed him for a bit then got bored.
There's a time and a place for scaring yourself witless, either on a bike or in a car. A roundabout in MK in the middle of the day isn't one of these.
Riders must take more responsibility for their actions, you never know, this might have been the first 'mistake' he's ever made on his bike, though the V sigh suggests otherwise
He'll do it one day, get wiped out, collect £10,000 insurance money and but a conservatory, or die.
Follow Darwins principle, just make sure you're not the one that kills him and everyone's happy
Riders must take more responsibility for their actions, you never know, this might have been the first 'mistake' he's ever made on his bike, though the V sigh suggests otherwise
He'll do it one day, get wiped out, collect £10,000 insurance money and but a conservatory, or die.
Follow Darwins principle, just make sure you're not the one that kills him and everyone's happy
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