poor obs from car driver or slow overtake?

[mikesaa309]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnt9MLVMOh0

Obviously the car driver didn't check before overtaking but I also felt like the bike wasn't overtaking quick enough for it to be safe.

[Tungtvann]

The car driver made all the errors, but the rider should have anticipated such a thing and been a lot quicker with the overtake.

[DrSnoosnoo]

too slow, should always have the opinion that mr golf driver, driving that close and previously towards the centre of the road would want to overtake eventually
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[RhynoCZ]

The rider was too slow, not his fault but the question is: do you want to be right or alive?

There was enough time for the highbeam though, just to make sure the car driver knew he was there about to overtake.
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[mikesaa309]

[Skudd]

The car looked like it was waiting to do an over take himself, so the bike should have hung back or taken a wider line at greater speed. The bike hung around in what could have been the drivers blind spot (mirrors) although the car driver should have done a blind spot check.
Poor biking skills as in not anticipating the cars over take, poor obs by the car.
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[mikesaa309]

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[Bikeless]

Poor obs by car driver but doesn't matter if your on the bike and dead,never sit in blind spots,try and make sure the driver has seen you and overtake faster and cleaner with plenty of room car side.

[yen_powell]

That's what the horn is for, a double tap to let them know you are overtaking and/or next to them. The drivers window was open so shouting might even have worked. (I have no sound at work so he might have used it and now I look silly).
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[Skudd]

Agree with the use of the horn to alert others of your presence.

I usually do the blind spot check 99%, but I am human so have been known to miss it.
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[Tungtvann]

I shoulder check all the time, car or bike. Probably less on my bike because I'm going too fast be to overtaken.

[mikesaa309]

[mikesaa309]

plus you lot ride bike and drive cars. Just car drivers who don't ride bikes will not do a shoulder check, at least not many anyway. If they did that car wouldn't have pulled out on the biker.

[Pete.]

Shut up Mike for fuck's sake. All you ever do is whinge about 'other people'. Talk about having a superiority complex....
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Tungtvann]

https://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/230/2/3/profile_picture_by_mikesaa309-d470hp0.jpg

[mikesaa309]

why has this turned into an piss take post again? You lot whine about other people too.

[Pete.]

I'm not taking the piss, but making a critical comment. You just seem have a wholly negative demeanour. Can you not just go for a ride without criticising the rest of all humanity?
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Saltire]

Your talking Pish pete. Give new people at least a chance to get the vibe of the place before unleashing full dickery will you?

He has posted ONE of FUCKING THOUSANDS of videos like this on BCF yet this makes you summarise his whole personality?

Ridiculous. Mike like I have said you get the dicks and then you get the people above these guys that had something nice to say and said it, at least kept it on topic and didn't start complaining about the OP, and how he complains about others.. like a right hypocrit.

[mikesaa309]

I don't complain about everyone on the road. I just don't mention the people that have driven or ridden properly. Surprisingly there are quite a few car drivers that know how to use the road to some extent.

Most of the time it's people driving overly slow that annoy me on the road, it's not such a big issue though I can just filter past them at the next set of traffic lights. I'm sure even you'd agree that the majority of car drivers don't like or respect motorcyclists, especially those with L plates. I've even seen car drivers sitting up the ass of a learner car driver and it's like give the guy some space.

I don't see myself as a perfect rider. I'm sure I piss many people off on the road, filtering alone can annoy some car drivers. I'm yet to pass my motorcycle or car test (hopefully with in the next 3 - 4 months I'd have done my bike test) so in that respect it pisses me off more when car drivers particularly ones that would have far more road experience than me, drive like they don't understand the highway code or know how to drive a car in general when they have passed their test and should fully understand how to use the road correctly.

No one's perfect though so I expect car drivers and other road users, including myself to make mistakes or do stupid things. Sometimes though I'd could have been behind a car for a while and they'd have done several "mistakes" that make me wonder if they don't know what they are doing or are just acting stupid.

[UrbanRacer]

The driver of the Golf overtook the white car just as the video started and I could see from the Golf's position in the lane that he wanted to make progress and pass the green car. i would have been very wary of passing him until i knew he had seen me.

[mikesaa309]

[UrbanRacer]

[Pete.]