Rant of the Day!

[Marcg868]

Basically today riding to work i got pissed off with the following thing.

Other Road users not understanding whose clear prihority it is and right of way. Picture the scen, im going up a hill on a narrow road, cars on other side of road, now Mr Abdul fucking taxi twat decides to force his fucking way between me and the cars, and its highly obvious he's not gonna get through, and starts beeping at me!!!! Now excuse me, correct me if im wrong, it is my right of way.
Its not the first time this has happened either, last time, involved me getting a bruised shoulder and a sore throat from screaming at a BMW driving tosser.

And on a lighter note, when i do give way and its their right of way, it would be nice for a acknowlagement, ignorant twats.
____________________
JACK, MISS YOU LOADS YOU LEGEND.

[0ddball]

Lol, make you wish you had an Enduro style bike doesn't it! I'd love to see the look on mr taxi drivers face if you popped a wheelie onto his bonnet and rode over his car.

[tony532]

just swear at them and be on your way.

it's probably not the best idea to argue with a car when you are on a bike although plenty of people on here seem to think they would
____________________
bikes owned :-

aprilia rs125 - suzuki gsxr400rrsp 1990 - yamaha yzf600r thundercat - honda hornet 6

[Marcg868]

I did, just beeped back and shouted " Fucking paki" sorry im racist but i hate them! because the ones driving taxis are mostly uninsured tax doging twats.

And on another story, filtering today, at a steady speed, cars nicely moving over slightly gets near the front, and what happens........ scooter pulls out, no left shoulder check, no mirror check just sraight out in front of me And it wasnt a spotty teen, it was one of them fat, fucking traffic warden things, he got beeped at and called a fat fuck wit, then when lights changed boom CBR 125 POWAAAAAAA ......... oki it took 2 gear changes to get to a indicated 40
____________________
JACK, MISS YOU LOADS YOU LEGEND.

[Ste]

[suzi_bandit]

You know, I'm probably totally wrong but I always thought that people going UP a narrow road should by right give way to those coming down the hill. That seems to be the etiquette driving/riding the lanes where I live. Your stopping distance is far less going up the hill so it makes sense.
____________________
I want a big boys bike, preferably a Speed Triple. To date I have ?7:42p stashed away to put towards one. Need to get it in the bank & earning interest asap.

[WavyGravy]

[NSR Mick]

If his side of the road is clear and doesnt have to cross the middle of the road he has right of way regardless of whether its a hill or not.
____________________
If you dont like the way that I ride.......Stop trying to keep up!!!

[h00dwink]

like the above poster said. there's varying factors on right of way on hills.
legally if it's narrow, naturally or caused by cars parked on a (parkable) side of the road, it's the person coming up the hill who has right of way. if the person who's side of the road is blocked, be it by a car parked parallel to another, or calming measure, then it's whoever has the free side of the road's right of way, uphill or not.

[Irezumi aka Reuben]

If it's happened more than once you should be considering your positioning on the road.
____________________
Pictorgraphicalfantastical

[tony532]

i dont believe he has passed a bike test to give him his due.

and lane positioning is not drummed into you on a cbt.
____________________
bikes owned :-

aprilia rs125 - suzuki gsxr400rrsp 1990 - yamaha yzf600r thundercat - honda hornet 6

[Irezumi aka Reuben]

[Itchy]

funny I ride exactly the same roads as you around the Bolton/Mancs area / cheetham hill area and around stand lane and I never seem to encounter this sort of activity , and I ride a fatter longer rustier bike than you.

Road rage is bad , maybe you ought to allow more time for your journey , since ranting and raging does not help and won't change a thing , except maybe the day you die as somebody might take serious offence and turn you into road pizza , considering people have been killed in RTAs and the one at fault has only gotten a short ban and a fine.

EDIT

I'd add that the fact that many pakistani folks who are taxi drivers are generally very difficult to be banned (its their work and income hence magestrates are generally unwilling to ban them just pump more and more points onto licences) , hence this would just add insult to injury.
____________________
Spain 2008France 2007Big one 2009 We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. In the end, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.

[Simple]

You are not alone,

this has to be one of my biggest niggles, at greatest fault are skip lorry drivers and general egits in large cars hogging mine and their side of the road.

It's my side if the road, just because I don't need to cross the white line and you do does not make it your side of the road
grr

I get really annoyed most mornings and have taken to playing chicken with the on coming vehicle.

I've won everytime so far,

I'm going to cry when I loose, I know because it's going ot hurt, but right now bullying the other drivers right into a little space rocks my world


simple
____________________
Insta - FemFeral

[MaddMikk]

I was in a similar situation riding home when I was nearly hit by a bloody cop car (travelling in the other direction) overtaking on my side of the road. He had just emerged from a blind bend and obviously didn't see me at first but then the rozzers are way too reckless around here (West Yorks).

I could tell you numerous tales about some of their driving i've witnessed....But I won't.

And why do so many car drivers hate filtering??? I do it as politely as I can and I still get attitude.

Well I suppose it's true what they teach us, we bikers really do need to be cautious and ride 'defensively'.
____________________
I'm filtering... Don't take it personally.

[sickpup]

[Simple]

[sickpup]