Dozy Bint !

[Shinigami]

So riding to work this morning coming over the bridge into sunderland, light turns red so I stop...ya know, as you do.

Luckily i've been practicing habbits for mod 2 and checking my mirrors on slowing as suddenly some dozy bint is screeching her tyres and had obviously been in la la land (probably thinking about what greasy pile of turd she wanted for breakfast) and not seen the red light or me stationary

Thank fook i checked my mirrors and moved forward a bit as she would have slammed right into the back of me, never seen the point much before but defo do now!

/rant
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"Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

[Irn-Bru]

Typical mackem.
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KTM 990 SMT & Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM

[DMCpro]

on the phone aswell? ive had someone go into the back of me whilst they were texting
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Honda CB-1, TS125X
VW Golf Estate

[mistergixer]

[Shinigami]

didn't look to be on her phone, think that makes it even worse on her part, absolutely no excuse
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"Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.

[Springbok_Rider]

This is something I always do driving and imagine it would be significantly more important on a bike. Glad you didn't get shunted!

[Alpha-9]

I nearly went into the back of someone yesterday because I didn't notice the additional set of lights, there's like 4 sets right near each other

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=melton+road+leicester&hl=en&ll=52.650979,-1.121635&spn=0.067796,0.132351&sll=51.517703,-0.131336&sspn=0.03477,0.066175&hnear=Melton+Rd,+Leicester,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=13&layer=c&cbll=52.65047,-1.121965&panoid=CSpnIUG8wQZG-Uv7DssU1g&cbp=12,203.19,,2,0.64

and that's an OLD image, even more further up now

Eitherway, didn't touch his car, braked so hard it made me stand up on my pegs though

I don't like riding in the morning much, cold and half asleep
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[mistergixer]

[yaigi]

[_Iain_]

Personally i'd have jumped off the bike & then claim i'd been twatted off when she hit me. Claimed massive amounts of compo & treated myself to something very posh when i passed mod2
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Riding: '07 KTM Duke II, Baotian BT49QT-20 Driving: '88 Volvo 340

[thepuma]

Twice today already I've had 2 women drivers try to kill me...first one pulled out of a petrol station in front of me, thankfully I managed to brake in time....the second one some bird coming the other way decided she couldn't be arsed to wait behind the parked car on her side of the road and wait for me to go by, instead pulling out right in front of me missing my leg by millimetres!!.

On the whole women drivers are ok, but I don't know what it is but they just dont appear to be able to see/react to motorbikes.....its as if they see us as cycles that are slow moving so they can just pull out in good time.

Today has been the first time I've been genuinely scared on the bike . Didn't help that it had been raining and the roads were greasy.
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765 RS

[Alpha-9]

[Bomberman]

[Rogerborg]

[stuartt]

i got a lift last night from a female pall , a 70 ml round trip .
i was near shitting myself ! i often go a little fast on my busa but theres a time & a place .
last night a few of her faults were 55 mph in a 30 zone , sometimes 30 - 40 in a 60 zone , driving between 3-4 meters behind the car in front . doing 60 in a nsl road with a car in front with its right hand indicator on with no thought to slow down ! that led to an emergency stop !
passing a bicycle far to close , went past a speed camera at 40 in a 30 zone don't know how it never went off . i got the impression that sometimes she would try to do the right speed through guess work with no thought to actually look down & use the speedo lol .
the whole trip was like that , never again shall i take a lift from her !

[thepuma]

[Rogerborg]

[thepuma]

[Shinigami]

[baggylastard]

[_matt]

I had a cyclist go into the back of me yesterday.
Clearly wasn't paying attention and it was 8am, obviously no damage but it goes to show it's not just cagers who do it
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[Timmeh]

[UnspeedySam]

[Boxing]

After reading a few scary stories with people on motorbikes being rear-ended. I always filter now, to avoid being rear-ended.

I know for a fact if I get rear-ended at 30MPH, I'll have a broken back, or worse. Always watch my mirrors if I'm the first one at lights. With my hand on the rev, ready to go if they don't appear to be stopping.

I should probably stop reading horror stories about motorbikes on here, but heck. It gives me good ideas of what to look out for.

[Notj7]

If you had full gear on (which you should have?), I would've let her bump the back of your bike - you would've been fine and would've got a new bike out of it, and it would teach that bitch a lesson!
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