Filtering is fun

[ElliorR]

I've had my, first in 20 years, bike for a little over a week now and did some nice proper filtering for the first time today. Straight down the middle of a dual carriage way towards some red traffic lights and then the same again at the next set of lights. I could almost hear the jealousy of the poor car drivers oozing out through the windows

It's funny as before today I was being extra careful about doing this, but for some reason this evening I just went for it and it felt good.

I need a neck tube.

 

[ElliorR]

I'm right into the swing of filtering now and have yet to meet a driver who is ****ed off enough at me to try and cause me issues. I'm sure that'll come eventually.

 

[ElliorR]

....I think everyone should be made to take a CBT as part of car lessons - might open their eyes a bit to being more considerate to bikes and less of the "Didn't see you" thing we get.

It's like we are linked mentally (I'm sure that's going to be more of an insult to you than me).

Having started on bikes, over 27 years ago, before I ever drove a car (though I had a 20 year break from bikes), I'm sure that's why in all my years of driving I've never even come close to SMIDSY and I've always left/made space, where possible, to allow bikes through.

My journey home from work, whilst not an excessively long one in itself, is probably at least 5 mins quicker than if I was in a car. A testament to how many bloody traffic lights there are in my town.

And don't get me started on the ****ing stupid placement of traffic light crossings at the start of a road off a roundabout. Whoever came up with that idea needs to have an aardvark bugger him.

Also the amount of diesel on the road this morning. You never see cars or bikes shedding loads of petrol ffs so why the hell, in this day and age, do lorries/buses **** so much out?

I could rant all day