Volvo drivers

[ZaphodBeeble]

Is it true that Volvo drivers are the worst enemy of bikers? My mate says so and I was wondering what your opinion was? His father seen 2 volvos crashed into each other and was going to take a photo of it and send it in to a bike mag but he thought he had better not just in case someone had died lol...
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[Bendy]

I don't think Volvos drivers are worse than anyone else in a large, safety-cocooned car.

They have a bad rap from when Volvos were tanks compared to other cars, but that's not really the case any more - there are plenty bigger things on the road that idiots can buy so that they do maximum damage to what they hit and minimal to themselves.

[Scouse]

Well I think we should all point at Mike and wait for his opinion. Because he is dangerous when driving his volvo. I think its the size with volvo's there harder to avoid.

[Bendy]

They pale next to the big stupid 4x4s that twatty businessmen and school run mums seem to drive around here.

And me when I'm in the IT wagon.

[Ant]

[Phil.]

I think most of these new pink licence drivers are more dangrous than any other drivers..Even school mums.

Girls boyfriend at work tried over taking on a bend and hit a tree. As funny as i thought it to be, a biker could of been comming the other way. Bet the tree lived though.

But to answer your question. Yea i have had some bad experiances with volvo drivers...

Dont think everyone should be painted with the same brush though.

[T.C]

Volvo used to be the sworn enemy of bikers (Volvo backwards is Ovlov which is latin for I roll ) but these days they seem to have been overtaken by BMW drivers.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

If you change the vowels in the word Volvo, you come up with a description of the drivers .

All the best

Keith
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[Phil.]

Theres a reason why i dont watch count down....

a big fat F in english is a close second behind Whitely, annoying tit.

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

I think around here, the sworn enemies (excluding boy racers of course) are BMW drivers. I've not seen one that doesn't drive like a tit or try to climb up my arse. If he really gets on my nerve i just open the choke n switch down a gear n he has to drop back cos of the smoke . (very few are actually bothered by the smoke but it sounded funny i hope ).
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[Bendy]

[M1ke]

I think its a bit of a generalisation saying ALL volvo drivers are a bikers nightmare.

I hear of plenty of crap white van men drivers and equally shit women drivers in 4 by 4's etc.

Its not the vehicle thats dangerous as such... its the person driving it.

Besides volvos have heated leather seats and a 6 foot boot so don't diss them. I can't think of another car that would carry a whole Nsr in its boot as well as 3 other people

[Danny]

I like people who drive 911 turbos, they are very nice people. They move over when I'm filtering along.


Mind you they only do that so I don't damage their nice shinny car.

[Ste]

[ZaphodBeeble]

Fair opinions on here so far, sounds reasonable, especially the 4 by 4 malarky. Too many of them gas guzzlers hogging the roads.

Two crashes in the same day too, sounds nasty guys, sorry to hear it.

Was it a boy racer and a white-van-man?
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[headlamp]

Where I live in North West London, Volvos are 'de-rigeur' for men in funny hats and long beards! They are naturally not good drivers and one tends to be very wary around them.

The worst drivers in London are definitely Mercedes drivers. Filtering is the norm in London, and Mercedes drivers are ALWAYS a foot or two out of kilter with the car in front and are often to be seen yacking away on a mobile phone! It is as if they deliberately want to impede motobikes! There are thousands of Mercs in London so it is basically a nightmare. BMW drivers also have this habit of impeding progress, however not all of them do and some can be bike friendly!

Taxi drivers in London are a bit of a mare! I'm also not enamoured with bus drivers either!

[MarJay]

Well yesterdayI saw this woman in a white nissan micra pull out onto a roundabout from my right. I gave way. She swung out into the left had lane before coming off on her right (my straight on). I followed her for a little way and then watched her as she negotiated the next roundabout (she was going straight on).

I was going right so I got in the right lane and made a quick glance over to my left. There she was, too big for the seat and shuffling the wheel by moving her hands not more than an inch at a time trying to get around the roundabout. She was too fat to steer properly. The look of fear and concentration on her face was franky terrifying! If I was in a car she would have side swiped me!

What would happen if someone pulled out on her? the most she'd be able to steer the car by would be a few degrees, no way enough to avoid an accident.

Some car drivers are SOOO dangerous.
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[Jimmythe1]

[ZaphodBeeble]

Lol I have to tell you guys something...I'm a BMW driver

'Confucius Say: This chat forum, not mobile phone. Blah blah'

FFS i'm using a computer not talking to the queen.

EDIT: I retract the previous statement as I have now got used to the forum and I like it the way it is, thank you.
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