Why are there so many bikers out there with a deathwish?
You always hear them moaning about car drivers who don't pay attension/see them etc... but at the weekend I had many encounters with total idiots on fast bikes.
Example would be... going around a long, blind bend... up hill, low sun pointing up the hill, can't really see that much. I'm overtaking a slower car, check my mirror hear an engine screaming... a bike comes behind me then undertakes me doing speeds which must have been in excess of 90mph. If I'd of had music on loud or something, I might of pulled in on him. Now, in the eyes of the law it would have been my fault... with it being a blind bend and he was travelling at such speed, he was there and gone in half a second. (I then saw him proceed to overtake a long line of cars in between them and the cars coming head on).
Also, a few weeks back, going down a single carriageway... about 5 cars coming down, bike pulls out and starts overtaking them all! As soon as I saw him pull out I slammed on my brakes to a stand still, he managed to get back in (pretty closely). Totally unbelievable. He was obviously looking out to commit suicide that day.
Another one was getting overtaken whilst pulling up to a junction...
The other thing that gets on my nerves... you're creeping along in traffic, then they fly past you as if it's a clear road... doing 50mph+...
I'm constantly checking my mirrors, out of habbit... but I can't be expected to account for the stupidity of a biker riding dangerously.
80% of them are no trouble at all, they ride properly and make themselves seen. The other 20% don't seem to understand how vunerable they are... yet they'll be the first to blame car drivers for not paying attension, being idiots, not checking their mirrors etc.
You always hear them moaning about car drivers who don't pay attension/see them etc... but at the weekend I had many encounters with total idiots on fast bikes.
Example would be... going around a long, blind bend... up hill, low sun pointing up the hill, can't really see that much. I'm overtaking a slower car, check my mirror hear an engine screaming... a bike comes behind me then undertakes me doing speeds which must have been in excess of 90mph. If I'd of had music on loud or something, I might of pulled in on him. Now, in the eyes of the law it would have been my fault... with it being a blind bend and he was travelling at such speed, he was there and gone in half a second. (I then saw him proceed to overtake a long line of cars in between them and the cars coming head on).
Also, a few weeks back, going down a single carriageway... about 5 cars coming down, bike pulls out and starts overtaking them all! As soon as I saw him pull out I slammed on my brakes to a stand still, he managed to get back in (pretty closely). Totally unbelievable. He was obviously looking out to commit suicide that day.
Another one was getting overtaken whilst pulling up to a junction...
The other thing that gets on my nerves... you're creeping along in traffic, then they fly past you as if it's a clear road... doing 50mph+...
I'm constantly checking my mirrors, out of habbit... but I can't be expected to account for the stupidity of a biker riding dangerously.
80% of them are no trouble at all, they ride properly and make themselves seen. The other 20% don't seem to understand how vunerable they are... yet they'll be the first to blame car drivers for not paying attension, being idiots, not checking their mirrors etc.
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Red lining in every gear i would just totally cane it until i went on reserve (scarey in the fast lane flat out) or felt the Front tyre give round a bend. I don't mind the back tyre sliding a bit but when the front slides i Absolutely Carp myself. 
