The Hesitant Driver

[JodieWodie]

Went on a little jaunt by myself this evening......
doing 30 in a 30 zone....
lovely

Junction ahead...3 cars waiting to pull out in front of me to turn right.

All stop.
Good, good.

Something tells me....hang on...that bloke in the front car looks like a pillock...shirt and tie on...but neverthless...a bit of a banana brain....

I kept on at 30....he looked at me....I got closer...he looked at me...but still stationary...I got closer....then he looked again and must have made the mind-numbing decision that YES...he could go ...all was clear !!! HE JERKED OUT INTO THE ROAD IN FRONT OF ME !!!!

Now....I missed him by about 5 foot...he looked at me AS HE TURNED,...right by me...and I shook my head at him..I should have done a 'W' sign.

All the other cars looked on...but did not move...obviously...as I was THERE..at the junction!

Why do drivers do this ???
It is as if their brains take 10 times as long to make a decision!!

Good grief.

Apart from that the ride was great......
I am really loving this biking lark !!

(What I do NOT love is the fact that Fiance is out on MY bike now!)

MY bike..... he will ruin her..... she only loves me.......




Jo xxxxxx
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Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow"

[Jebus]

Car drivers don't tend to like bikes or think they can stop on a dime, you get t**t drivers every were, same with people on bikes, and anything else really, good luck with the bike stuff your confidence is a lot better now, hope its not 2 long before i'm on 2 wheels

[Fallen Angel]

[M1ke]

You should have pulled out your gun and shot him.

[tatters]

also the basted car drivers that pull out to the right when overtaking/flitering to stop you getting passed
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[Fallen Angel]

CPL - I hate it when I see that!!!!

Even before I got my bike, when I was driving my car and either heard / saw a bike I would move over to give them some room to get past, but there are just some amount of f*ckwits out there that are so anal retentive!!!
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[stinkwheel]

The only way to be safe is to assume that they are ALL going to pull out on you and ride accordingly. You are invisible, flourescent bananna or not.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[tgabber]

Welcome to the world of defensive riding...


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"It's all about dislocating expectation"
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[Davo]

[Fallen Angel]

Davo - you're a bloody nutter, but that was funny!!!

What happened after that?
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[Davo]

Somehow it was deemed a 50/50 fault. Still didn't stop me from having to fill out about forty pages of "incident report" forms.

Had to be breathalysed as well.

I was bollocked for having a go at the guy for his stunt with the biker.

[Blue]

[Davo]