Fellow Biker Double Standard Dick

[Mark65]

My first encounter with a fellow biker with double standards

Well i was on my usual ride in to work this morning and a gold T reg honda burns past me as he usually does through goldborne, then just before the east lancs roundabout we hit the traffic que,my man on the 600 tries to get through the gap between a car and a small crossing point, the ones about 2 foot wide and gets stuck as the gaps too small, i however take a alternate route and safely i might add, any way off i go down the east lancs and stop at the lights to turn right to cultcheth, when along pops my man on the 600 and with his flip front up he gives me the traditional greeting of if you ride like that again i will phone the police as you are on "L" plates, i replied well hello to you and what the fuck are you on about, so he repeats his threat and i warmly tell him to write my plate number down and fuck right off.
Now this chap regular burns past me in a 30 zone at over 50 (dont ask how i would now) so hes either pissed that myself and another lad on "L"s take the coners quicker than him or maybe he was embarrased about his little jam this morning, but be warned the chap on the gold coloured T reg honda 600 in goldborne is a whining grassing two faced prick who cant ride apart from very fast in a straight line, at least i try in the corners, oh and he works in a garage in cultcheth. And if you happen to read this you have my number i assume and you know wjere i am each morning so kindly do as i asked and fuck off.

Rant over

Mark
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[metalangel]

What exactly did you do that he took such exception to? I can't see you doing anything wrong at all.
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[DEN MONKEY]

YEAH, WHAT HE SAID
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meh

[iooi]

[Mark65]

[metalangel]

Ah! You naughty man! He's just steamed he didn't think of it too! No doubt rushed on to work to wank into his copy of MCN while crying.
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[Irn-Bru]

Tossers like that aren't worth the hassle, I would of just revved the engine really high every time he went to talk
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[sagalout]

The guy sounds like a bit of a tosser, but just so you know, if you get spotted by a copper going to the right of a traffic island whe filtering you will get a fixed penalty notice, not sure if its endorsable though.

edit - a quick google suggests 3 points
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[stinkwheel]

I take it you went round the right side of a keep-left bollard then?

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[calyx]

I didn't get 3 points for doing that but paid £60.
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[Mark65]

[Mister James]

It's a non-endorsable offence, so carries no points. £30 fine, unless it's one of the offences that have just been bumped up to £60 - like seatbelts.

[Feasty]

Would anyone else consider pulling this manoeuvre?

I wouldn't, just because it's daft coz it's dangerous, highly illegal, and disrespecting of the biker trying to squeeze through the gap.

However if for some bizarre reason I did pull this manoeuvre and the other biker caught up and started shouting stuff, I'd tell him to eff off and mind his own effing business!
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(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).

[nowhere.elysium]

I've gone round a traffic island on the wrong side once or twice before, but only if there's nothing coming that'll get there at the same time as me: it's not that hard to judge the speed of a car moving at normal urban traffic speeds, so I feel pretty confident about it.
Not something that I'd attempt in front of the police, of course, but that goes without saying.
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[Alexio]

I have never done this but then, so far I've never had to. I've never been trapped on my side of the road at one of these because my bike just seems to be so small. If it was one of those crossing islands with the low curb I'd be tempted to go over the island cross country style though
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[pa_broon74]

I haven't done it for a while, but used to do it most days because a road on my route to work warranted it. Traffic is rammed going in one direction (towards the office) and theres nary a thing coming the other way.

I wouldn't do it in front of police right enough, but as long as your doing it safely...

Frankly, if there's a bike wedged somewhere between a car and an island; it's fair game, (it's a bit of a laugh.) It might not be an issue if drivers didn't deliberately position their cars to block a motorcyclist from making lawful progress. It's pretty rare, but you do get some bloody minded individuals, (who become far more reasonable when you're tapping on their window...)


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[Ste]

[iooi]

[Ste]

Going the wrong way on a dual carriageway is somewhat more dangerous than going to the right of a single bollard.

[colin1]

I'd treat it as I would any overtake.

In fact if I understand rightly, I did it today in a car, passing a bus.

I would say, that everyone has different ideas of what is safe and unsafe, even if the law is fairly fixed.

Obviously gold bloke has a bit of a superiority thing, and his ideas of whats safe or not, may or may not be influenced by someone going quicker than him.

To him, going the wrong way, probably looks more dangerous than doing 50 in a 30. For all I know, he's right.

iooi has an interesting point about pedestrians assuming which way to look before crossing the road, but any time you do an overtake on a single carriageway road, you will go onto the other side of the road, where a pedestrian might not expect you to be.

We'd do it in a NSL, so why not in a 30 ?
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