filtering and gap closers!

[dragstaar]

This gets right on my tits, and i've noticed it varied loads on what bike you're riding. It tends to be the sportsbikes that get it worst, and the goldwings are best. People just move over for the golwings, probably because the coppers use them and they recognise the shape.

The door idea is bloody brilliant. My mate, if he ever managed to squeeze past a right tw*t after ages of space-battling, would stop in front of them and get off and do a quick dance (macerena or moonwalk). hilarious, baffles them. Although i don't have the dancing skills or the balls to do this! lol

[Dan79]

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[Glenben92]

Pisses me right off as well, I never think of anything good to do in the situation until it's over. The other day I had someone VERY clearly look directly at me in his mirror, pull as far over to the left as he could manage (right hand lane, dual carriage way) and then stare at me in the mirror again. So i swung around the back of his car and pushed in front (as he tried to pull forward to block me). once he realised he was gonna have to run me over to stop me he started blaring his horn as if i was at fault. I just fucked off, but looking back at it, i should have turned around, hand on my knee in a sort of "are you finished your tantrum yet?" position until he stopped.

Luckily it's a very rare occurance on my commute and most people move out of the way. Door thing is brilliant but requires ability to open then shift sharpish
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[CaNsA]

A fave of mine, and this isnt limited to just those muppets that block your path, is to cruise along side them.

Look in their direction, I have a mirrored visor so the effect is increased, and give them the finger waggle. It really winds them up.

https://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/images-signs/where.gif

Or if you have a pillion, again cruise along side the muppet and get the pillion to reach into their jacket in such a way that the muppet thinks they are about to be shot. Do a backfire for added effect.

[Glenben92]

More effective than the finger waggle going on in your pic?
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[CaNsA]

[Glenben92]

Yeah i'll agree with the treat them like children approach. hence my "are you finished your tantrum yet?" pose
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[trickysax]

I don't agree with the whole damaging cars mentality that some of you are expressing, but have had quite a few occasions of people moving over to stop filtering. I can only think, like others, that they think its illegal so they are doing a good thing. It is annoying. As mentioned earlier, good obs and you can mostly see it coming.

Had a weird one the other week though. Coming back from work (rush hour down Western Avenue, Cardiff) traffic at a standstill and a decent gap for me to filter down as usual. Merrily cruising along at 10-15mph, a marked police car up saw me, moved right over and let me past - I thanked him as I pass. Two cars further up, a blacked-out BMW X5 also clocked me and swerved into my path as I was just about to pass. I stopped dead to avoid hitting his boot but didn't react in anger and seconds later the guy in the right hand lane moved across to the right to allow me past. As I passed, thanking the other driver, I noticed in my mirror the police car's lights flash, the passenger door open, the passenger policeman stand up out of the car and gesture to the BMW to pull across where he was! Hope he got a solid telling off!
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[LeeR]

Imho there are very few out and out obstructive drivers, most are just simpletons who don't plan ahead, why should they it's their road not yours?

Most of the drivers I encounter blocking my path are those I call "drifters", they notice something in their mirror and low-and-behold that's where they end up drifting.

As stinkwheel has said if you see it happening, plan for it, if it's happening whilst you're alongside, use your horn (a single beep will suffice) wave nicely and keep moving, but don't compromise your safety for convenience.
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[dodgydog]

I've only ever had it happen about four times. All on the same stretch of road, and all with the same Volvo driver.
On my way to the gym, summer, Godley cutting in Halifax. Evening rush hour every time, when the Volvo clearly moved over to block me. The first time I stopped and waited. The second time, the following evening, traffic was lighter the other way, so I crossed the double whites to get past him.
Third occasion, I was almost alongside when he must have suddenly realised and moved over, pushing me into the oncoming traffic, the twat. Luckily I squeezed through.
It must have worried him too, because it was a couple of weeks before I saw the same car.
This time I sat behind him till the traffic slowed and stopped as usual, then moved up alongside and stopped. Then I hit his drivers side window as hard as I could and fucking shouted as loud as I could at him, he sat staring ahead, never moved his head to look at me the fucking little shit.
Never saw that car again.


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[warped one]

The best place to plant one on a car is the back quarter panel. Because in small cars like Corsa's and such it pretty much writes them off.

I remember filtering down the M1 on my way to Stourbridge in 09, major traffic jam, following a Pan, we came to a gap he couldn't fit through so he pulled over and let me try. I squeezed though with the bar wiggle and slight wing mirror clip, then went for another 10mile. some idiot saw me coming and puled over practically cutting off my track, I had to do an emergency stop with a mate on the back no where to manover and only just managed to stop in time.

He got a swift one to the back quarter and lost his wing mirror because my mate ripped it off when I was just about to pull off after a gob full to her.

One thing I must state (not been racist) Black and Asian woman are the worst driver's I know and this comes from directing taffic in one of the busiest places in Woolwich.
Apparently stop means go and if you challenge them after seeing them run the sign, they will try run you over. One even tried to give a bus driver a gob full because she was right and he was wrong.
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[woodyfjr]

Everyone has got to live with it but be sharp, I do believe most drivers are just dozy and there are drivers that do it because they can.

You can see them looking in there mirrors but they cant see where you are looking so point at the rear of there car/van and it distracts them enough to go past while giving them the finger.

I also have blue side lights for then I'm on a major M.Way which I have been pulled up for several times but when explained why I have them I've been let off so far.
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[kingsknight]

I fucking hate it when people flick their fag butts out of the window and nearly hit me!
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[pepperami]

Rightly or wrongly, I`m in the terrible violence camp when it comes to car drivers endangering me because I can make better progress than they can.
I got off my bike once before when a car driver has nearly taken me out because he wanted to stop me over-taking and I`ll do it again if I have to!.

Not all, but a great many car drivers are just f*cking idiots who have no concept of anyone else on the road other than themselves.
I honestly think that on a one-for-one ratio, the percentage of idiot car drivers far out-weighs the number of idiot bike riders.

This has been said by someone who drives more than he rides his bike!
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[Vincent]

Get back at the screenwashers by fitting your own and topping up with brake fluid. Very easy to do if you have a 12V bike, run the pipe through the handle bars for good aiming and connect the switch up to the horn.

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Took about 6 months for brake fluid to START to discolour my cheap halfords tool box. I'm not convinced by it's effectiveness as a paint stripper, personally.

[Vincent]

Well it's fu**ed up plenty of my front mudguards and tanks from leaking Master cylinders and hoses or clumsy bleeding operations

I feel a practical experiment coming on to see if indeed brake fluid does damage car paint, (I say car paint as I havn't been cut up or screen washed by any Halfords tool boxes as of yet )

[LongJohn22]

Certainly, a few years ago brake fluid was quite an effective paint stripper, a couple of hours would see a coat of cellulose lifted. Modern fluids may or may not be quite so effective, or it may be that modern paints are more resistant.

[nathandenniso...]

Was filtering tonight in the traffic at 15 mph and a big 4x4 started drifting in my direction, just about to hurl some abuse and realised the woman driver (wag look) was driving no handed picking her nose

[Vincent]