Sarnie Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Saw plenty of bikers today in Wales. Proper crazy some of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC350z Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 I don't generally have a problem with bikers. If I see one approaching behind I make space for it to pass knowing he'll (she'll) more then likely give it a go if I don't. My one real gripe is with the muppets that insist on riding on the racing line. Hugging the corner which in the case of a right hander is the white line. They don't have a chance. You'd think they would have a little common sense particularly with the patch work condition of the roads. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 My one real gripe is with the muppets that insist on riding on the racing line. Hugging the corner which in the case of a right hander is the white line. They don't have a chance. You'd think they would have a little common sense particularly with the patch work condition of the roads. Thats because they cant ride properly. They need to hug the racing line as they cant take the corner at the right speed so they go in too hot, @*!# it, turn harder and have to hope nothing is coming. Happens far too often for my liking, even straying full on to the other side of the road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Sorry to bring this up again, but thought I woul let you know what I spotted today... It was Monday when first noticed a new "awareness" poster on the back of the majority of busses in Chesterfield. I did not take that much notice, just that it was another one of the typical "look for motorcyclists" type advert. Anyway - today on my way to work, I got stuck behind a bus for a while, and had a good look at the advert. It says: mirror, MOTORBIKE?, signal, manouvre With an acompanying picture of a motorcycle. The irony I spotted, was that the motorcycle is coming round a bend, on the wrong side of the white line. Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzz... Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 My 2p worth... I think bikers require a lot of riding skill. Where as car drivers can get a licence get in a car and drive , if they are incompetent, actually the car will be forgiving, and in a way protect from their mistakes... and in the end, the car will look after the idiot driver ( up to a certain point.) Bikers who get their licence , get a bike and think it is going to be the same as getting on the car and drive, and they take the approach " it'll be allright" , are the ones who will push over and above their own limits and probably those of the bikes... but "nutter"bikers judgement on the options of overtaking are probably wiser than "nutter" drivers judgement on the options of overtaking... So I don't think we can blame bikers specifically. I Think if anything they take their safety much more seriously, even if they are sunday nutters, if they meet with other guys, I know the conversation will always turn to crashes, accidents, injuries etc... at some point. Some of that will always be absorbed... ( granted the idiot riders will think they are above it all... but they will soon be out of the roads anyway...) If anything I agree with previous comments Car drivers are more dangerous than bikers. Specially pulling out of junctions etc... It is my fear of other (car) drivers , and the fact I know my attention span will not be 100% on the road, part of the reasons that I am not taking my bike licence... and I believe you need to have confidence in these two items ( or skill enough to compensate for other dirvers) ... and as I say a car will forgive some small mistakes, a bike wont. This is probably an extreme case ... but the fact we can "loose sight" of bikers on junctions is something I always consider...and I will always pull in within the lane to let a bike go past, prevents anger, and dodgy manouvres, keep the karma on the roads... yoh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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