Idiot motorbiker

[User]

 

[skudupnorth]

Noticed this week that the driving standards have dropped,not fun anymore since the schools opened

 

[purplepolly]

And what's that in big letters on the sticker in his rear window?-


THINK BIKE!
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a couple of weeks ago I got overtaken on a blind bend by a 4x4 with a 'drive safely' sticker in the rear window, actually made me laugh at the time.

 

[Tynan]

why is the biker the idiot?

or do you mean the saab driver?

not very clear is it?

 

[Velorum]

why is the biker the idiot?

or do you mean the saab driver?

not very clear is it?

Perhaps the assumption is that the car driver is also a biker?

 

[Virtual DBP]

well from the limited details above (and playing devil's advocate slightly), the biker sounds like an idiot for not anticipating/checking the junction for folk nipping through on amber/red.

obviously on the motorbike he is the fastest thing in the equation and arguably the most vulnerable (when you consider speed) so before you zoom off at the lights you make sure you are confident that nobody is going to do what the saab driver did.

so to the motorcyclist, awareness, anticipation and defensive riding should prevent you having to swerve to avoid people nipping through lights on amber/red.

 

[jonny jeez]

Sitting at the lights on the Bristol Road, a shiny motorbike beside me. Lights change and we pull off. Only to be met by a Saab estate turning right into our road after running a red light. Bike swerves to avoid him. I brake and stay behind. And what's that in big letters on the sticker in his rear window?-


THINK BIKE!


There's no hope.

Clearly the motorcyclist's fault...I hate Motorcyclist's they are all horrid peolpe,with their big smelly engines and sweatless brows.

Obviously he should have known that some pr*tt was going to jump the red lights and should have anticipated that by staying in bed that morning.

what an Idiot indeed..

 

[Trevrev]

well from the limited details above (and playing devil's advocate slightly), the biker sounds like an idiot for not anticipating/checking the junction for folk nipping through on amber/red.

obviously on the motorbike he is the fastest thing in the equation and arguably the most vulnerable (when you consider speed) so before you zoom off at the lights you make sure you are confident that nobody is going to do what the saab driver did.

so to the motorcyclist, awareness, anticipation and defensive riding should prevent you having to swerve to avoid people nipping through lights on amber/red.

How on earth can you blame the motorcyclist when a car has jumped a red light !!! Get a grip man !!!
Motorcyclists are our two wheeled friends......

 

[CotterPin]

Sitting at the lights on the Bristol Road, a shiny motorbike beside me. Lights change and we pull off. Only to be met by a Saab estate turning right into our road after running a red light. Bike swerves to avoid him. I brake and stay behind. And what's that in big letters on the sticker in his rear window?-


THINK BIKE!


There's no hope.

Rather, from your assumptions,.....

FWIW we were half way across the junction, our light had been green for a couple of seconds (so think about how long the red had been there) and the bike came at us from the side.

The biker didn't zoom off. He was pretty much alongside me, and if you've seen my car you'll know that zooming isn't an option.

User, I think you might want to re-read your posts as they contradict each other - was it a Saab estate or a motorbike that jumped the red?

 

[very-near]

I take it this a pop at me MrP B)

 

[skwerl]

Iwas nearly T-boned by a Virgin Media van last night. What's written on the side of the van?
"NEAR MISS?" (I assume advertising their Sky+ style recorder)

 

[bonj2]

"think bike [so I don't have to]"

 

[jonny jeez]

Er ...but... ermm...argh...oh.

I'm so confused, who did what with a sticker on their where and how to who?

 

[hackbike 666]

Did the m/biker pull away at 0-70 in a few seconds?

I've seen that a few billion times.

 

[Arch]

I take it this a pop at me MrP

Oh, sit down Mr Paranoia and have a cup of tea or something....