L plates are dangerous

sunbear · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Karma :

I usually ride without my L plates (naughty I know) but had to put them on for my DAS assessment on Saturday. I thought i would leave them on. So on I'm on my way to work this morning and effing car drivers start getting right up my ass, pulling out in front of me and all sorts. None of this behavior without L plates Mad

Is it just me or are L plates dangerous. Not cos of the riders, but because car drivers see an L plate on a bike and decide to try and make them fall off Neutral

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ncrn · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 May 2006 Karma :

drivers see an L plate and after a few seconds they go "oh noes an L plate!!! I must over take at all cost no matter what sort of risk im putting myself and others in!!! blind corners??!?! they are less of a risk than an L plate!!!"

or at lest thats what i think goes through their minds, drivers will always try get round an l plate, even if you are going at the speed limit they will always try an over take, sadly the road is full of idiots.

MRX Steve · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Karma :

I dont think I get more problems from other vehicles than any one else in the road. You do get the odd person doing stupid over takes when they are speeding, but not really that often and I always ride with L plates. I just hold a road position about 2/3rds the way out and show people that i have just as much right to be on the road as them and if they want to over take they can do it properly. Only time i did have a big problem with people getting angry, always doing dangerous over takes and riding right up my arse was when id only just done my CBT, was still restricted and rode in the gutter. I think you must have just had a bad journey
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simon1221 · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Karma :

People are just as likely to be a twat if you drive like an idiot, or dangerously. In the end if your not going 10% over the speed limit people feel the need to overtake anyway.

If you dont like it go take your test Wink

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jay_666 · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Karma :

If anything i've found that (around my area) peaple are more considerate if you have L plates. They are to me anyway Razz

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lumphammer · Trackday Trickster Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Karma :

APNess · Trackday Trickster Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Karma :

I agree with the "L plate target" theory. On my Cg125 all I was bothered about was sticking to the speed limit and getting some confidence up. Had all manner of tosser boy racers pass me (limit is 30, they are doing 50-60+) in their chavmobiles (saxo, rs turbo with noisy blow off valves etc etc yawn.) only for me to potter by when they stop for traffic. To be fair to some of them they did pull far enough over for me to squeeze through when I caught up, others in Imprezas etc tried their best to be tossers and make sure I couldn't filter through. Maybe that's just the general attitude of drivers in Leeds/Bradford.

Worst of all were taxi drivers. Wankers. Most of the time they weren't in the mirrors cause they were trying to get so close to my rear tyre. Can't do much about it either. If you chin one 50 others come out of nowhere to act as "witnesses."

Having L plates on is a dangerous time for us biker types - let's be careful out there!!!!

suzi_bandit · Traffic Copper Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Karma :

The only experience I've had of riding with L plates was on my CBT and my DAS and I found other road users weren't a problem. When I learnt to drive a car though I had a number of experiences concerning other road users bad attitute towards learners. On one occasion a car crashed into a bollard because he tried to overtake me as I entered a 30 zone from a 40 zone. I could see what was about to happen, my driving instructor told me not to brake and let the tw@t crash, so I did!
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sunbear · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Karma :

Oh believe me i make my presence felt on the road. I have from the moment i got my first bike, a Suzuki TR50 (like a monkey bike Laughing

). Must have just had a bad journey Neutral

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