Ever hit a wing mirror while filtering?

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I was filtering yesterday due to a accident off junction 5 M6 with huge tail backs.
While filtering i clipped a cars wing mirror. For a split second I thought bugger, i should stop and say sorry................. but i didn't and filtered away!
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[panrider_uk]

You've missed off the "No" option

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[pa_broon74]

I've done it a few times and always buggered off. I imagine I'd stop if something snapped though.

Apropos of nothing really. Yesterday I was in a local village and a young boy on a bicycle had moved to the middle of the road to turn right out of a junction. It was a quiet road, not at all busy, did the hand signals and all the rest. A woman cut the corner and clipped his handlebars with her wing mirror then had the cheek to scream out her window at the poor boy for 'being in the middle of the road'...

Stupid cow.


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[panrider_uk]

Never clipped a car but I've knocked a mirror off when I caught the wheelie bin whilst reversing

Good job they're only clip-on

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[T1z3R]

yes.
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[supZ]

knocked one once and buggered off.

was rolling to the front of a traffic queue and the silly bint moved to try to block me.. problem was, i was next to her at the time so my wing mirror knocked hers. one glance and a disapproving headshake from me and i continued.
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[Bubbs]

Happens a lot on the A3 into London.. always tailbacks on that road in the morning and it's inevitable that your going to clip some mirrors. I just ignore them and carry on my way. However if someone else knocks them on their bike in front of me, then I'll stop and adjust it as I'm going past for some good karma.
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[chris-red]

I've buggered off and stopped and apologised where is my option?
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[The999Kid]

nope never clipped a wing mirror.. because i dont filter through gaps that are narrow enough to present the risk..
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[Paulington]

Never.
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[killa]

Wheres the option for 'yes, and i meant it' ?
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[bazza]

Mirrors are consumables.

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[J0Al1]

Nope but I doofed someones door with my knee/slider...

Apparently I got an evil!

It was atight gap!

[Billing]

how was your knee sticking out so far that it was the first thing to hit the car? were you trying to get your knee down while going in a straight line or something

never clipped a mirror as theres rarely a chance for me to filter
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[Minty]

Mild clips and always looked back to hold a hand up in apology - never had glares back.
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[ajbsmirnoff]

Not yet.

I really try and avoid filtering through narrow gaps. My craven cowardice knows no bounds.

[Mac_Black]

Option one: About twice.
Option two:
I was going around the outside of a line of moving traffic on a corner leading up to some traffic lights, I was on a rented bike.
Traffic was oncoming and I over compensated which resulted in me hitting a Sabb's wing mirror with my elbow,
The lights were red and the Driver (with a family packed car) asked me to pull over and exchange details.

There was a scuff on the mirror, obviously not caused by myself which I pointed out to him, as it was on the casing side and whatnot.
He said he'd find out the cost of a repair and wished me a safe journey...
I never heard from him again.
I still to this day don't really know why I stopped.

Moral of the story: Don't stop, it's pointless.

[Grimnir]

[supZ]

[L4Isoside]

Yeah two or three times

Never even moved my mirror so i carried on.

Had i of broken theirs or something, then id probably stop & apologise and give em some monies (would depend how easily i could get away with out them seeing my number plate i suppose)

[Mudskipper]

Where's the 'No, but through sheer luck rather than skill' option?

Poll fail.
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[Louise]

Filtered during a ride with a few others to box hill... I had only just begun filtering. cliped a mirror, shat it and shot off.. Bugger chased me up the motorway for a bit
it was only clipped... if I had snapped it, i would prolly of stoped.

[Ste]

Yes.

When squeezing through traffic in my car I've hit a few bike mirrors and fairings. Luckily, other peoples mirrors are consumables so as far as I'm concerned it's not my problem

[MaybeGuy]

ive got kneedown on a bus when i had my gsxr
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