 sniff6 World Chat Champion

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 Posted: 18:09 - 23 Oct 2015 Post subject: Driver purposely hits Motorcycle trying to pass |
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 Undinist Nearly there...
Joined: 08 Oct 2013 Karma :   
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 Posted: 18:28 - 23 Oct 2015 Post subject: Re: Driver purposely hits Motorcycle trying to pass |
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When I've been on the way to or from the Nurburgring, German drivers have attempted to do that several times, to me and the bikes I was with. Some of the older, law abiding chaps seem to think you deserve it if you overtake in a no-overtaking stretch. They have a thing about obeying the rules. When you're a pedestrian and you cross the road without waiting for the green man, you get a lot of furious tutting and head-shaking, even if there are no cars around. ____________________ Current bike: K1100RS. Previous: CD200, GSX250, GT550, VFR750, K100LT, K1100LT, R1100GS, R1150GS, ZZR1100, Hayabusa, RSV Mille, MV F4 750S, R1, ZX-10, KTM Adventure 950S |
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 J4mes World Chat Champion
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Karma :  
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They do that to cars to in Germany, through roadworks normally if they think you are speeding they try to block the Englander.
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 barrkel World Chat Champion
Joined: 30 Jul 2012 Karma :   
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 Posted: 23:11 - 23 Oct 2015 Post subject: Re: Driver purposely hits Motorcycle trying to pass |
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| Undinist wrote: | German drivers have attempted to do that several times, to me and the bikes I was with. Some of the older, law abiding chaps seem to think you deserve it if you overtake in a no-overtaking stretch. |
The few times I've had to filter on the autobahn (near complete standstill traffic), cars parted like the Red Sea - it was remarkable, and I've never seen anything like it in any other country in Europe.
People were probably very surprised to see a bike filtering - I passed a few German-plated 1200GSes looking like they really wanted to start filtering - and who knows, they may have thought I was police, or I may have made myself liable to have been shot on sight by the authorities and they wanted to clear the sightlines, but no-one swerved into me, or tried to block me in any way. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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