Near miss. Car driver apologised.......

BorderHooner · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Karma :

Picked up the blade this morning Mr. Green

so been pootling around most of the day on it. Had to stay in the city for the afternoon, had the nail removed from rear tyre and repaired. Bought new chain and sprockets etc etc.

Managed to find a couple of hours to take it out into Northumberland for a blast once the tyre was good.

Had the tyres nicely warmed up, swiftly slipping it through a B road heading out to Matfen. Normal B road conditions - tractors, shit, gravel, wannabe rally Saxo drivers oncoming in middle of road etc...

Came over a brow of a hill pushing 60 having slowed down for it, then accelerated to 80 as the road was clear - when - I immediately noticed a car poking it's nose from a small side road on the left, overgrown with hedges about 100yds ahead (no road sign indicating a road to the left, probs priavte road to gaf)

Driver was looking to the left, didnt even look my way - then pulled straight out to the left. Road was narrow without lines seperating lanes - and car was a A6 Estate, so as the car was swung out it took up most of the road.

I had the brakes on almost straight away. Rear of the estate was looming fast - I had to swerve round the front of the car - luckily there was nothing coming the other way otherwise my option may have been to try and corner into the left side road which may have resulted in hedge rash on me and the bike.

I didnt get a chance to give him the horn until I was along side him as I'd down geared to second.

I pulled up in front and got off the bike.

Calmly walked up to the window which had been opened. Driver was turning down his CD player which had been blasting loud.

Driver apologised and I just told him that at this time of year you have to look and listen both ways for bikes - I explained to him that He didn't even look, to which he agreed, and I further explained what could have happened had there been another vehicle oncoming and had I not reacted on the brakes as quick as I did. Driver apologised again and looked very ashamed.

Off I went to continue hooning the ass off the blade. Which is very nice if I may say so - pure corner eater Twisted Evil

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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Ah but if you'd crashed into it I hope you would've taken it on the chin and definately not posted about it on here other than to inform us that you'd had a crash.
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mistergixer · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Karma :

That's got to be a first!
Normally whenever i've had a word with car drivers their first reply is 'But you were going too fast' - to which the standard reply is 'If you saw me, and judged that i was going fast, why the fuck did you decide to pull out in front of me?'
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keyser soze · Scooby Slapper Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Karma :

near miss = miss. so not a problem.
near hit = hit. oh dear.
why not just say "i was speeding and didnt adjust my speed in time to avoid clenching bum!"
also on bikes think that they are all out to get you and you will be ready for most things.

pwntifex · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Karma :

Why didn't you start braking when you saw her car creeping forward? Confused

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Mooncatt · Brolly Dolly Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Karma :

he said if you actually read the post properly he had the brakes on almost straight away Rolling Eyes

imo it was very nice of the guy to apologize the way he did.
yes he did start a rather disputable thread about other road users, but in this thread i dont see him flaming/abusing the driver of the car, just simply stating his near miss thats all.

glad your ok though Thumbs Up

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BorderHooner · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Karma :

Catalyst · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Karma :

Whats up with all the slating recently? Whatever someone posts they automatically get abused for absoloutly nothing.

I feel theres some sad fuck-tards on here that just look for an argument because they have nothing else better to do.

Glad your ok Thumbs Up

Not usual for someone like that to be so apolagetic.....If it was me i would have proberbly panicked and gone straight into the bush or into the back of him Laughing

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D O G · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Karma :

Glad you didn't make contact!

Everyone makes mistakes, the trick is to learn from them. It's a difficult trick to learn Wink

Someone tell me when they have the secret to doing it...I'd love to be a perfectly safe, optimumly fast rider, but hey, there seems to be a lot of them around on here, so maybe one day I'll make it. Laughing

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BorderHooner · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Karma :

meh.

Note the lack of 'idiot car driver made me crash' from my post.

Just two motorists calmly agreeing upon something.

Perhaps you would have felt better and more at home had the thread been posted by a teen scoot boy with hedge rash, then you could have told him car drivers are morons and everyone is a murderer - then gave him tips from your nineteyumpteen years experience of being a twunt.
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Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

I do note the idiot biker going far too fast for road conditions and ability in your origional posting though. Mr. Green

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Catalyst · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Karma :

Stinkwheel, that proves nothing. His post doesn't have a "omg fucking cager bastard nearly hit me.....then he had the cheek to apologise, what a twat" like some others on here.

We all do stupid things we have told others not to do, get over it and stop acting like 12yr old school girls, bitching.
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numpty · Scooby Slapper Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Karma :

Its nice to hear of a bloke who can take critisism without shouting and bawling. Sounds like you handled the situation very well mate. Karma

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DEN MONKEY · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 May 2005 Karma :

Must have been the day for it. Had 2 4wds pull out on me on a round about today. Kind of suspected it going in so was well prepped for it. Still closer than I would have like.
Got the adrenalin going. Still dont know if either of them has seen me yet.
Alls I can tell you is the closest one to me was driven by a women with a kid in the back in a baby chair.

Granted the other one saw her move out and with her cover headed out too.

Its amazing since it was a big round about and I was well and truely on it before they made their move.

Silly fuckers either just didnt look or figured I can make it.

If not for me watchin them they wouldnt have made it.

Once past I considered turning around and giving chase.

Well done for maintaining your cool.
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