When I was filtering out of London this evening I happend upon a driver who was steering the car with his knees whilst completing a Suduko puzzle against his steering wheel. Another was rooting though a briefcase on the chair beside him and a third was having a late lunch on the go with what appeared to be a wild bean coffee in one hand and a toasted sarnie in the other… What chance do we stand with peoples attention being so diverted, It’s only a matter of time
Treat them like obstacles mate, non indicating, silly U-turning, lane hogging, door opening, diesel leaking, pot hole making, ozone hole making, mobile phone using, life taking obstacles… It makes the ride home all the more fun as long as you make it home
Good lucky all
Well said!!!
lol, The thing I found shocking was all 3 were doing about 20 along the A4 on the hamersmith flyover.
To CBRDAN from DANCBR600RIDER,
message : they are out to get you stop they don’t look stop they don’t stop at give way lines stop they don’t sort out thier live before leaving home stop they try to sort out work on the way home stop I wish they would just stop stop
Never mind mate you are on a Honda, learn to appreciate the finer things in life liek cash in your wallet until your bike needs fixing
The nick is a bit misleading… I commute on my R1. The Honda is my trackbike bitch
Worst one I think I’ve ever seen was when I was despatching, a woman was reading a paperback book at 75mph in the middle lane of the M1
Saw a survey a few years back stating the average driver used 43% consentration as opposed to 79% for the average rider
Just remember, it’s not paranoid if they are all out to get you
Cheers Mark.
If you look very carefully at my bike you will see a number of small white dots on my tank, little stickers placed there after alerting the aformentioned drivers as to there errant ways by bashing their mirrors (by accident of course, I would never condone any wanton act of destruction (unless I catch someone trying to nick my bike)).
By God it wakes them up!
Some prong in his Range Rover Sport pulled out whilst I was filtering without looking, so I swerved and pulled up, looked over and tapped his mirrors to say, “Oi mate give us a chance”. He wasn’t even looking at the road, his head was under the dash whilst he was also on the phone. He looks up, gets insta-road-rage, leaps out and tries to start a fight with me. All big mouth bluster.
So I kick the bike onto the stand, and climb off and walk towards him. I back the twat up against the door to his car which is now closed and scream in his face at the top of my voice “WATCH OUT FOR MOTORBIKES YOU C*NT! USE YOUR MIRRORS AND YOUR INDICATORS IN THE FUTURE … PLEASE!”
“Oh,” he mutters, “Alright mate, no need to shout!”, climbs back in and screeches off WITHOUT LOOKING… nearly hitting a cyclist when he starts moving.
You’re right…what chance do we have…
Nice one Lenobi