why do car drivers

[Ben.]

pull out and then stop? okay they didnt see you, so you have to emergency brake them half way through their turn just stareing at you.I don't get bothered anymore i just expect them to do it, but why stop halfway through,the sensible thing to do would be to carry on and get a bit more distance for me to break in.
i dont know what im doing wrong because it happend every day almost, i was doing the speed limit practicing all my life savers etc for my test so i was doing everything by the book...

so to anyone that pulls out and notices a bike at the last second, keep on going, dont stop.
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[NSR Mick]

The natural reaction for most drivers is to brake when presented with a dangerous situation before they have time to analyse it.

Like the people who brake on motorway sliproads when finding a truck where they want to be, I usually accelerate or already knew the truck was going to be there.

The complete lack of foresight and forward planning I see beggars belief.

Sorry for going slightly off topic.
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[UnknownStuntm...]

I've done a bit of advanced training this week, and on the course were 4 driving instructors, two Police driving examiners and a few other interested parties.

Number one cause of collisions on the road now is lack of care while driving. Exactly as above, people are in their little cocoon, airbagged and crumplezoned away from reality and hence become more selfish the moment they turn the key.

You wouldn't behave like that in the supermarket with a trolley would you? How about when you're just walking down the street - you actually look where you're going. But in a car, it's like "I'll look at some road signs. Maybe my sat-nav. Maybe through the 'square window' once in a while.

And it's making my piss boil. When will someone high in authority realise that shit driving really does kill people. Not speed.

[Jadc]

fuc*ing tell me about it !

[Marcg868]

Now we have that cleared up. Can someone explain to me, why the majority, not all but the majority of Performance car owners wearing suits, feel the need to drive like wannabe Lewis Hamilton's, without out any of his skill or talent? Then, when they nearly kill you get all agressive?
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[Ben.]

to be fair, anyone in a performance car, or someone who drives fast, i fell a lot safer around. They are more attentive, they might not be skilled at driving fast but at least they are paying attention. people in really nice cars, like lambos etc, are usually very attentive, dont wana scratch their pride and joy, people driving big mercs are shit drivers, (except for amg drivers) etc. the more power on hand to the driver the better their driving generally is.
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[benjami]

I got some eye to eye contact, then I laughed, then he glared.

I buggered off.

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[fazza59]

You do seem to be jinxed with moron drivers, not sure what it is but you need to get rid of it!

[jimbothe]

I ride to work and for pleasure, drive a bus at work and a car at the weekends to pick the kids up so can see things from both perspectives.

I will say though, out of experience with myself and other like minded people, that motorcycle riders who drive cars as well tend to have a far better perception towards potential hazards and other road users.

I think the road sense that you gain from riding is naturally transferred to the car. Would be a good stepping stone to make everybody pass a cbt and do a very minimum of 3 months riding on the road with a bike before putting in for driving lessons.
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[Ben.]

hmm well now i wasn't saying they were good, they are better than the average house wife who taxi's the kids back and forth. they tend to be more attentive because they take pride in their car, whereas someone in an big merc doesnt, its just a nicer way to get from a to b. they are by no means better at driveing fast, or safely etc, all im saying is at least they have their eyes open.


heres one for you, would you rather be followed by a chav in a chaved up nova or an old granny in a corsa? i go with young at least he has quick reactions
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[Ravo]

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[iooi]

Time they removed some of the insulation from the boxes, like radio's, Sat Nav, and mobile phones.
If they had no toys to play with they might take a bit more notice of the world around them.
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[prowler]

I'v had two cars pull out in front of me from a side road only to slam on at the last second if it wasn't for this and they kept on going i would of gone over there bonnet for sure. Alls you can do is assume a car is going to pull out so have your brake covered and you'll be able to slam on in time.

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[Matt06]

No matter how its dressed up, the majority of car drivers just dont look.

I dont care how hard it is to judge the speed from a distance, it doesnt suffice as an excuse. When I am on my bike at a junction I make sure its safe to pull out and not 'possibly okay if that bike is far away and moving slowing'. I dont wear any hi-vis stuff either. If they arent going to see my dipped beam then they wont see a crappy jacket.

I hate the way everyone thinks motorbikes are always to blame because they are fast etc. All of my near-misses have not been due to speed, but in fact at low speeds and due to car driver errors.
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This is how the RS50 was written off - car pulled out of the side road without looking, got far enough to cover my lane then saw me, so stopped!
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