Motorbike Calmly Pulls Out

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superbadger

superbadger

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Leigh,Lanc's. Pastie capital of the north!
Another classic example of 'He on a bike so he aint going that fast!' Wrong!!!!!:whistle:
 
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crumpetman

Well-Known Member
It will be one of those cheap cameras where you have to flash the firmware in order to change the time stamp, or something like that.
 
xxmimixx

xxmimixx

Senior Member
Location
a different place on earth...
Im sure just like everything else there are bad cyclists, motorcyclists, drivers and inconsiderate pedestrians too. I just have higher expectation from motorcyclists since they understand better what it feels like being vulnerable on the road.
Personally I found that being a motorcyclist it made me a better and more considerate driver and cyclist. :thumbsup:
 
MontyVeda

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
Location
Lancaster... the little city.
In defence... it's harder to judge speed when 'it's' coming straight towards you... but he should have looked twice to compare 'where the bike is now' as opposed to where it was. Maybe he'll learn from this.
 
perplexed

perplexed

Guru
Location
Sheffield
I was "buzzed" by an utter tool on a motorcycle the other day.

A clear road with no other traffic except me and another bloke on a cycle ahead.

Motorbike shot past me, two feet away, at 70-80 mph. Absolutley no need for it, the other carriage way was clear, so he could have pulled right over to come past.

But no, he thought he'd risk my life for a laugh.

Did I mention that he did the above whilst pulling a wheelie?

And then repeated with the other cyclist ahead of me?

I really wish I'd got his reg.


A total scumbag.
 
XmisterIS

XmisterIS

Purveyor of fine nonsense
Location
Darkest 'Aaaaamshur. 'ere be dragons.
I'm surprised at the mis-judgement by the chap in the OP's video.

As a biker myself, I'd suggest that one of the things you learn quickly on a motorbike is how to judge speed very well!

TBH, he could have got out in front of you easily, he just should have done it a bit more sharpish - lean into the turn and grab a handful of throttle - he would have whipped round and been halfway down the road by the time you'd got to the junction. Instead, he potters out like an old granny!

EDIT: Also, looking at the vid again, his road positioning was completely wrong. He was on the left side of the lane, turning right. And he didn't do a lifesaver either. Fool!
 
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Thomk

Thomk

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Location
Warwickshire
XmisterIS said:
I'm surprised at the mis-judgement by the chap in the OP's video.

As a biker myself, I'd suggest that one of the things you learn quickly on a motorbike is how to judge speed very well!

TBH, he could have got out in front of you easily, he just should have done it a bit more sharpish - lean into the turn and grab a handful of throttle - he would have whipped round and been halfway down the road by the time you'd got to the junction. Instead, he potters out like an old granny!

EDIT: Also, looking at the vid again, his road positioning was completely wrong. He was on the left side of the lane, turning right. And he didn't do a lifesaver either. Fool!
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This is partly what caught me out. I was fairly sure he/she was going to stop given his speed on approach and what I remember being a slight pause before pulling out (although this pause is not very apparent on the vid). I had also assumed, as others have said as well, that a motorcyclist would have a greater awareness of, and empathy with, other 2 wheeled things. You may have hit the nail on the head and it may well have been an old granny :unsure:
 
XmisterIS

XmisterIS

Purveyor of fine nonsense
Location
Darkest 'Aaaaamshur. 'ere be dragons.
jig-sore said:
well i've just done my CBT and i thought the same about the other "trainee" i did it with :ohmy:

was quite funny at times :biggrin:
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I remember doing my CBT with a 17-year-old nipper who'd never even driven a car before. Seeing as I had a full driving licence, the instructor put me at the back, him in the middle and the nipper at the front.

We hadn't gone even 50 yards down the road when the nipper just sailed out onto a busy roundabout, causing two cars to do an emergency stop.

The instructor went mental and said, "If you do anything like that again, we're going straight back to the bike school!"

It's amazing that on a CBT, you can go out on the road with virtually no training at all on how the road "works" (i.e. what to do at junctions, roundabouts, etc). I recall my first few driving lessons were just driving slowly round the local estate! Then we drive a circular route (left turns only) for a few more lessons and I wasn't doing right turns or roundabouts until about lesson 6!
 
fossyant

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
On the way home last night, I was coming up to a sharp right hand bend on a housing estate. Guy on a motorbike starts to overtake me just as we hit the bend. I hold my line and take the bend faster than he did. :tongue:
 
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shunter

Senior Member
Location
N Ireland
I can't understand why it took him so long to get around the corner or to look at it another way, out of the danger zone. He's sitting on a Honda Pan European 1200/1300cc which used to the the bike of choice for all police forces so they can shift like stink. They do however tend to be the bike of choice for a more mature rider :biggrin: - although I'm sure someone will claim otherwise - so maybe he needs to brush up on his skills. Also being quite a heavy bike maybe he felt that carrying out an emergency braking at that angle would result in him dropping it. Doesn't justify such a bad bit of riding.
 
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