Riding, crashing and the plod

[Marmalade]

Sorry, turned into a babbling rant.


I got tugged last week by some copper biatch in dorset, plain beemer estate.
I got fed up with bein gin lane 2 with empty lane one on a duel so undertook.
Yep, it's wrong but coppette, said i should be patient and i replied "no, people should drive properly and not hog the outside lane"
Anyway, she didn't like that.
She also said, what would have happened if she'd swerved into lane 1?
My reply was "you should learn how to drive, use mirrors and signal"

Not a great day out coming home with tickets.

Should the ritual of handing out tickets and generally being cunts to motorists and bikers not be examined per case, someone who rides 2000 miles a year, caught speeding 3 times and had 2 accidents is much more of a danger than someone who hasn't had an accident driving cars, lorries and bikes in 21 years and a million miles in that time

My view is and i know blowing own trumpet and all that bollox but i'll go on, I last had an off at over 5mph 21 years ago and that was doing standing donuts in a car park, prior to that was a year before hitting a truckload of sand dumped on an unlit road with no lights or cones.
Been a courier on and off for last 18 years and do about 60,000 miles a year on 2 wheels, this is the average mileage of 20 years for most bikers and judging by these forums most people seem to have an off every year or two.

Cop said my riding was dangerous blah blah but she is basing that on her skills and ability but i ride like it constantly, 7 days, uk and europe and so far managed to not hit anything and much less kill myself or anyone else.

Just a rant but pissed off that i'm on the verge of losing my licence and business because cunt believes i'm a danger to other users based on her own inability to ride properly
____________________
Nobby the Bastard: How yo tell the difference between the actual japanese and her just screaming because she's had live fish stuck up her arse? [url=https://www.nicks-shop.co.uk/bcf-goodies-15-c.aspGet BCF stickers and things here[/url] Reflective helmet stickers - Legal requirement in france - Clicky

[Skudd]

My pet hate is those who drive on the right when the left is clear. many a time I have been doing under the speed limit and still been going quicker than those in the right hand lane.

There is an offence for staying in the right hand lane too long ( can't remember which one off the top of my head) but the police are either not there or too busy doing something else.
____________________
Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[Marmalade]

[Deaks]

I do this all the time on the motorway. I just carry on at 70ish mph passing all these idiots in the outside lane doing 50.

I dont even consider it undertaking as I am generally not changing lanes to make progress, I'm just continuing my journey, all be it faster than some other people.
Don't know if this would stand up should some bored copper decide to pull me though.

I have seen message signs on the motorway saying something like 'Keep left unless overtaking' but I doubt anyone is going to change their driving habits after seeing one!
____________________
Suzuki SV650S '04 (09/08-02/11), Triumph Tiger 1050 '07 (02/11 - current).

Live to Ride. Ride to Feel Alive.

[SpicyBlimp]

[Blackwolf]

[beast rider]

Im pretty sure it's no longer illegal to undertake as long as it's done safely. Don't quote me on that though.

[Jayy]

My friend planted his SXV into a wall a few month ago, was with TUG at the scene of the accident but he'd already been carted off to hospital in an ambulance. We didn't know how badly hurt he was, so made our way up to the hospital.

On the way up, I undertook a plain beamer, going in the bus lane to get past it on the inside, and the blues and twos came on as I was next to it. Luckily, I didn't open it up, I just edged my way past before they pulled me.

Got off with it, saying I was on the way to see my friend, to which they said they were on their way to the hospital as well and would see me there. Glad they let me off, politeness and a good attitude is the way to treat them, otherwise you will piss them off and end up with a ticket.

[Phoenix]

What exactly has she done you for? You are allowed to undertake when traffic is queuing, technically if it's doing under the speed limit then it is queuing so I would argue that you did not break the law.

Look at it this way, you're in a clear lane one doing 70 and the outside lane is slowing down to 50, are you supposed to brake and slow down just so that you don't go past the car parallel with you in the outside lane? No chance, so if you were speeding and deliberately moved across to undertake then you may have an issue, otherwise fight it.

[Acemastr]

If traffic is queuing you may pass in the left lane, I tend to get pissed off with idiots sitting in the right lane and just whip by them, i take it wide, make sure they are too busy pissing about with their phone or makeup to be able to make the move over, i don't cause any problems, i don't cut them up(unless they deserve it) and luckily have never been seen doing it. I do tend to flash my lights and point to the left lane if they just sit there and it's clear, most people won't think twice and will move over because someone has told them to.
____________________
2017 KTM 350 XC-F - 2014 Yamaha R6 - 2005 Yamaha YZ125
2016 Toyota Tacoma Limited

[supZ]

[Irn-Bru]

I undertake all the time, it's much better than sitting behind them flashing/beeping at them. That's the other only alternative really. Wasn't really aware it was a pullable offence either - shouldn't the person hogging the right lane be pulled instead?
____________________
KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM

[Ingah]

[Phoenix]

[thx1138]

Sometimes on the M1 coming north out of London, where it's 4 lanes, and the inside 2 lanes are empty, the outside two occupied by cars doing 69.99'mph.

[Mister James]

@OP What were you actually stuck on for?
____________________
>Soultrader Mister James, I bet you are a copper
>Bazza Wow. Eyes like a shithouse rat, you...

[Mungel]

I use the M25 for 30 mins, twice a day, five days a week.
If I did not undertake, I would never get where I was going.

It used to bother me (drivers sitting in overtaking lanes) but there's so many poor drivers these days, I would end up too depressed if I let it get to me.
____________________
Mungel
ZZR600 (dead) - ZX9R (sold) - FZ1S

[yuri2085]

[iooi]

[Marmalade]

[J0Al1]

[G]

You weren't riding that marked-up pan were you?
Maybe they wanted to get back at you for being annoying, if so .

I would have been tempted to suggest she took me to court for dangerous driving. Doubt it's going to be worth the CPS trying to convince a jury of twelve men good and true etc that.

I was irked to be done for double-white lines being told that it was terribly unsafe - then had the cop agree actually I was entirely safe.
Couple of days later I was following three police vans all nose to tail doing 70mph in an 'unlimited' dual carriageway, with no suggestion of there being an emergency .

[JonB]

The amount of times I see marked Police cars on the motorways doing 90+ is actually sickening. Especially when their blue lights aren't flashing.
____________________
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it?s worth.

[Irezumi aka Reuben]

[Paxovasa]