The more I ride, the more I hate cagers

[dolly3900]

Over the Easter break, dispite the relatively nice weather, I only managed to get out on the bike a few times, but every time, I had a close call from our four wheeled road users.

The most in one trip was a catalogue of incidents.

Pull out onto a roundabout to nearly be T-Boned by an Audi

Riding along a straight bit of road and had a van pull out from the oposite direction, trying to over take into the front of me

Overtaking a line of traffic to have a corsa pull out whilst I was along side him

Clear bit of road behind a toyota to have it slam on the breaks so that she could answer the phone

And finally, going through town to have yummy mummy (or she seemed to think so by the look of her fashion choice), push her pram out into the road to stop the traffic so that she could cross

Some people really do need to have a bit of observational skills implanted at birth.

As it happens, all avoided safely with adequate ob's and a bit of shouting.

Still here to tell the tale

Stay safe out there guys, they are all out to get us



Mike
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[GeorgeB.]

[dolly3900]

[Shinigami]

[maxp]

Probably not exactly the right forum to say this, but people using the term 'cager' to describe car drivers hits a bit of a nerve.

Perhaps if you adjusted your state of mind on the road, dropped the superiority complex, you might not be getting into these situations so often.

[beardface]

[c-m]

[c-m]

[Dave500]

At the end of the day we all mistakes cars,bikes,cyclists,lorries the list goes on. As long as you can stop in the distance needed and beware of tits at junctions oh and the famous "obs" should be fine. Ride safe buddy.
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[bikertomm]

Quite frankly anyone that describes drivers as 'cagers' needs a wake up call..

We all know there are some complete utter divs on the roads, the best thing to do is try predicting them, better observations.

I'm sure we could make countless threads on car drivers being utter tards, but unfortunately i's a fact of life

Try not to let it get to you and get out of harm's way.
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[Knacker]

The Cager term is a bit Funny really I drive a Car (as do many others on BCF) I assume that qualifies me as a "Cager" yet I also own a Motorcycle or 3 So what does that make me?
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[MuffinMenace]

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[StormCrow]

Oh God, here we go again, summertime innit

American 'riders' seem to be responsible for the term 'cager' - what a ridiculous way to describe the 90% of people that we share our great road system with. The concept that anyone not in a 'cage' is 'free' is flawed at the very least - especially in November in the pissing rain...

That does indeed sound like the average days riding - difference being that I try not to let it bother me any more, no point in getting stressed about it

Don't forget, everyone makes mistakes, bikers included (I'm fortunate enough to live on the Dorset coast, so I see a lot of summer bikers making a lot of silly mistakes!) - give em space and move on with your life

[c-m]

Using the term cager is no different than calling a motorcyclist a biker.

[beardface]

[Jonathan A]

I think that half of the problem is bikers attitudes towards car drivers! I have come to this idea because in the recent weeks when i've been driving my mum's car, every single biker I have come across has ridden like a complete wanker! tale gating, bullying me into moving over, nearly having a head on collision with me when overtaking etc etc. I'm almost embarrassed that I ride a bike.

I can quite see why "cagers" are so nasty towards bikes, as proportionally, more bikers seem to be idiots than car drivers. I do however think that a dozy, phone using car diver is a reason to get pissed off
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[James83]

I've always thought of "Cager" as a description rather than an insult. i.e. they are driving about in a cage, whereas bikers are not.

Now, thats not to say that I won't think "Bloody cager" when one cuts me up, but I'm as apt to think "Bloody woman" or similar. Its not really meant to be derogatory, or a reflection that I think that all "insert nouns" are the same, its just that you need a noun on the end of "bloody", and cager is as good as anything.

Maybe its just me, maybe everyone else only uses cager in the context of an insult.
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[StormCrow]

[dolly3900]

Might I apologise for any offence caused by my referring to car drivers as Cagers, I was under the impression that this was the accepted term for such people (myself included) when not on two wheels when indicating them on this forum.

I stand corrected and shall refrain from using the derogatory and obviously offensive term again, now that I find myself enlightened and suitably chastised.

I appreciate that as a relatively new member of the motorcycling fraternity, I have a lot to learn about, along with 25 years of bad habits picked up from driving to rectify, although I do pride myself on being able to read the road ahead and anticipate the actions of other road users.

That said, I was merely attempting to point out that I had previously not encountered so many blatant instances of very poor driving/road use in one short journey and whilst I would not say that I am a perfect driver/rider, far from it, I do like to think that if there were another road user in the space I was wanting to occupy, I would ensure that they were safely clear of that bit of road, before I attempted to make use of it.

I trust this meets with the approval of all offended parties and reiterate my apology

Mike
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[StormCrow]

No offence taken here

The accepted term for these users of four wheeled transport is generally "WANKERS"

This can be modified with a number of extraneous exclamations / ejaculations dependant on the circumstances in which one finds oneself...

[Shinigami]

why am i being quoted on random things i've not said
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[MarJay]

I have been riding for years and I don't think I've had that many close calls in the last five years, let alone weeks.

I'd say if that happened to me I'd be examining my own riding rather than the driving of cagers who act exactly as you'd expect, IE unpredictably.
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