Rantage ... nearly turned a scooter pilot into a road smear

Ninja · Caption Abuser Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Karma :

sitting at 60 on a single carriageway in my car ... up ahead I see see two scoots coming the other way, side by side, doing approx 5mph with the kid closest the centre of the road apparently hanging or getting a tow from the first and clearly not paying attention to anything around him ... so I slow and move further kerbside ... he's wobbly, I slow more with a sagely 'watch this' to my wife ... just knowing what's about to happen ... as I get to them and just about to sound the horn, towed-boy wobbles off balance, almost falling straight into my path; cue wild swing away with thumb on horn ...

... towed boy sees a flash of ton-and-a-half car, inches from his face, passing wildly at almost 40mph ...

I am absolutely livid at almost wasting the little twat and look for somewhere to quickly turn back and deliver a furious lecture ... but with a car close behind and no opportunity to turn I'm too far away before the possibility arises ...

If you frequent these forums you little cnut, I hope the pant browning experience of a car that close to to wiping you out has taught you a lesson ...

Rant over ...
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Delvard · Traffic Copper Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Karma :

Seeing that you knew what was about to happen, maybe you should have given them more room? Just a thought.
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Ninja · Caption Abuser Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Karma :

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GearboxGeezer · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Karma :

The kid actually fell off? woowies.

Least you saw it coming, alot of other drivers would of had there foot on the gas still and probably wouldnt of been able to do anything in time.. Top job Very Happy

Hopfully this is the kids first scare, and the scare that he needs to make him rember that what he does can get very very dangerous if not fully concentrating

Delvard · Traffic Copper Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Karma :

Ninja · Caption Abuser Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Karma :

arrrr I see ... no deliberate closeness, that'd be plain daft ... I'd given him plenty of space for even big wobblage over the centre line ... but what he did was something entirely different ...

falling off balance the scoot simply turned/ fell 90 degrees into my path as if it was about to flop over or do an impression of a highside and spit the kid off ...

... put it this way, he couldn't have come further over into my lane or left it later, even if he deliberately tried to hang a right in front of me ...
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James
4 wheels transport the Body ... 2 wheels transport the SOUL

Overkill · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Karma :

ah bollocks, you sould have opened the window and give him a friendly shove

serves him right for riding a ped Middle Finger