montage said:had some car drive past us and then let out some veeeery thick black smoke on purpose from his exhaust - no idea how this was done but I really should have grabbed the number plate....definately a malicious (WHAT THE F*CK...two doves have just entered my room) act
The day was marred by a phone call from PaulB as I was riding out with goodspeed to meet him. He'd just been knocked off his bike by a driver who took a bend wide and found Paul in the way.
Fortunately Paul wasn't seriously injured. He said that his shoulder was painful and his bike was damaged. I have to say - he sounded more cheerful than I'd have managed in the circumstances!
trustysteed said:the small stone in the valve cap trick?
montage said:had some car drive past us and then let out some veeeery thick black smoke on purpose from his exhaust - no idea how this was done but I really should have grabbed the number plate....definately a malicious (WHAT THE F*CK...two doves have just entered my room) act
Kirstie said:I've just returned from a long Sunday ride in the sunshine and I nearly didn't return! I was just south of Barwell in a lane, and I heard a screech of tyres. I looked up and coming the other way, on my side of the road, on a blind bend, was a white vauxhall astra doing about 70. He'd almost lost control of the car and was drifting out, trying to correct the steering. So I screamed, dived into the grass verge, and they missed me by inches. I could give a good description of the car itself, but not its occupants, and I didn't get the reg. cos I was too busy diving! Not sure if I've got enough info to report it. And I'm not going to go that way again.
Thanks for listening because I'm really shaken up...
Kirstie said:Thanks for listening because I'm really shaken up...
-Hunter S. Thompson, "Hell's Angels""The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every wrong ever done them by man, beast, or fate. The only thing that keeps them in line is their own fear of death, jail and lawsuits...which are much less likely if they can find a motorcycle to challenge instead of another two thousand pound car or a concrete abutment.
A motorcyclist has to drive [sic] as though everybody else on the road is out to kill him. A few of them are, and many of those who aren't are just as dangerous - because the only thing that can alter their careless, ingrained driving habits is a threat of punishment, either legal or physical, and there is nothing about a motorcycle to threaten any man in a car.
A bike is totally vulnerable; its only defence is manoeuvrability, and every accident situation is potentially fatal"
John the Monkey said:Hmm.
Before advising anyone to start "taking out mirrors" do bear in mind that;
1) They are in about a half tonne of metal that can travel much faster than you.
2) They've already shown a willingness to put your life at risk *without* you doing anything to provoke them.
3) The penalty for them knocking you off (unless they are drunk whilst doing so) is pathetic, and unlikely to deter them.
I don't consider myself to be particularly handy (although I did do a bit of boxing training in my youth) but even if I did, I wouldn't fancy my chances against four people who seriously wanted to do me harm. It's not always possible to have a measured response to having your life put at risk, but people should be wary of escalating things to a point where they get seriously dangerous.
Mr Pig said:Man's talking sense here.