Another white van...

[TomGT]

Yesterday I was riding down a fairly busy road at the limit of 40mph, saw one of those Peugeot Partner Vans right up my arse, checked my mirrors a few seconds later and he had put his indicator on to overtake, only when there is an XC90 coming the other way! He overtook me so close our mirrors knocked!

I followed him round a few roundabouts, aiming to give him a piece of my mind the next time he stopped, but when we got onto a residential street he kept stopping dead in front of me, then started ragging it at 50 around a housing estate! In the end I thought better of it and drained a fag when I got to work.

I've had stupid drivers, but this was something else! What really annoys me is that if he'd have been 10cm closer he would have hit my handlebars and probably knocked me off!

Rant over

[_Iain_]

Had someone do that to me in a corsa.

Actually hit my elbow down by hastings, knocked me off balance and the three cars behind followed straght down the middle of the lane so i couldnt get a chance to straighten up. Ended up putting it on the grass.

Completely ruined my confidence in the bike, took a LONG time to shake off.
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[Ayrton]

Idiots. They think that because they spend all day driving they know better than everyone else on the road.

[G]

Were you driving at 40mph, or were you driving with your speedo showing 40mph?

It would have been worth getting his number plate - if your vehicles touched there may well have been a case for "leaving the scene of an accident" to get him done by the police.

Finally - bike riders do this to car drivers daily.

[janner_10]

Sounds like you were going too slow - As G said - your speedo is probably out, and the van driver think why is this bike doing 30 in a 40 FFS
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[Tenantry13]

Still no reason to overtake like a twat though!

[Rogerborg]

It's infuriating, but without video evidence or independent witnesses, there's not much you can do to get the mentals off the road.

If you're not prepared to kick off, then just pull over and let him get stuck behind the car in front of you.
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[Kawikyle]

I get boyracers and BMWs do this to me all the time, just keep your fingers crossed that one day plod might actually be in the right place at the right time. Or that the prick crashes and totals. lol.
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[WannaBeDude]

My front l plate has , fell , off .... So I get plenty of cages in front gunning it ... Lol when I filter past and they realise they were racing goading a fat. Failed test tube experiment, according to some, on a angry ickle 125.
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[Ayrton]

G has a point. The amount of bikers who hit car mirrors while filtering every day is a lot. Although he could have nocked you off.

Theres nothing you could really do about it. Just have to live knowing that some people are impatient pricks and dont care about anyone elses safety. Even if you where only doing 30 in a 40 zone, it doesnt mean that someone should overtake like that just because they want to be where there going 30 seconds sooner.

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[Wave2k]

Ive taken off my fair share of car wing mirrors for being asshole drivers.

Accidental of course

I think it was Joe who got off the worst as the wing mirror that came off clattered him in the chest behind.

This is about about 6-7 years ago now, young and stupid
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