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GeneralPig

Only way I found to stop invisibility was to paint a 650 cossack outfit white and mount a machine gun on the chair. Strangley. nobody ever failed to see me then. Shame the things blow up so often.

Tomsk

Well feck Me! Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. What is this, The National Women Kill a Dude on a Bike Day? Two nearly had me on the way in to work this morning both saw me, made eye contact and thought they would go for it anyway. One had “leave room for wheelchairs” on the back of her people carrier; you’d of thought she would have known better! Silly me thinking the wheelchair was for the occupant of the car! If there are any women out there could just let me know I’m quite happy to stay at home on this particular holiday, either that or perhaps I could purchase some comedy breasts for camouflage. H'mm that machine gun sounds tempting.

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GeneralPig

Strangely, when I painted the Cossack in camo, it was no less visible...

GeneralPig

Probably short of business. :-D

Femural

Definetly bleeding merc drivers think they own the road and cos their silly cage cost so much more than your little motor bike and obvioulsy they are some sort of VIP cos they drive a merc

Every time I drive into London!!! they never move out of the right hand lane and they always seem to try to block you when filtering

As for motorway driving I'm sure if the government put more effort into imposing lane discipline they wouldn't need to keep widening the motorways! how often do you see the right lane nose to tail the middle lane with a few cars and the left lane empty! when they do widen the M1 my guess is nothing much will change

But then again how often do you see a real police patrol (not one of those noddy highway patrol officers) on the M1 now its easier to police with cameras, only catches speeding tho! is that what causes all the accidents? think not!

Ever read reports where police are asked if speed is a factor (not main factor mind you!) in an accident well obviously every accident has speed as a factor! if all the vehicles involved in an accident had zero speed then an accident wouldn't occur would it?

The 4x4 Drivers just don't bleeding well see you! I don't think they block you deliberatly

End of rant :-D


Oh and by the way I drive a


















Merc estate! ( theres always an exception to the rule :-D )

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JayR

Saw an absolute classic last week - Charging up the A23 past Gatwick and I came up behind a brand new 55 plate Ferrari must of cost at least £200,000 (and the rest!) and the Muppet driving was chatting away mobile phone stapled to his ear! Spend all that on a Ferrari but scrimp on £10 for a hands free, priceless!!!!

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GeneralPig

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On 2006-06-10 15:43, Femural wrote:

Ever read reports where police are asked if speed is a factor (not main factor mind you!) in an accident well obviously every accident has speed as a factor! if all the vehicles involved in an accident had zero speed then an accident wouldn't occur would it? (quote)

Except when I fall off cause I forget to put my feet down. :-D

gpj2

Two in last two years.

1. Volvo 340 (once voted most hated car in Europe) leaped from parked on nearside as I drew level. Sliced off front wing but kept it upright whilst dogging the oncoming cars. Stopped in front of volvo and stomped back checking I still had use of my hands (I didn't re controlof my bowels) to grip this moron by the throat. Little old lady inside burst into tears. what could you do ?

2. Pencil necked youth in French dustbin coming other way crossed double white line on fast corner. Closing speed had to be 150mph. All I saw in my mirror was my right hand pannier explode into black dust. How far was it from my right knee?

Resprayed on their insurance both times. Smartest 2000 Tiger in the land. Incidently, maybe layed back Somerset, but commuting drivers on A358/303 Taunton/Yeovil allmost always jump into hedge when I close from behind. No complaints.

gpj2

Part 2 (she says I've got attention deficit so I had to take a brake last night didn't I).

At the risk of fuelling General Pig's top rant, when I'm in a tin can it's a 4x4 (Pajero). But being a biker, I am aware of single headlights coming up fast behind me and give a quick flick of the left indicator whilst running with my left wheels in the kerb. But when on my bike, is the can in front doing the same or just wandering aimlessly. Here's a copy of a letter I sent to 'Bike Magazine' with zilch response but I still think it has value.

"In a previous life my religion was surfing. This was 30 years or more past when the beach wasn’t clogged by posers sunbathing in their designer wetsuits when the surf was bigger than ankle snappers or clogging the surf on their floatation device belly boards when it was smaller. We mostly had clapped out VW vans which, when they weren’t slowed to less than the usual walking pace by multiple full size boards strapped to the roof, we could recognised other sympathetic obsessives by a ‘Surfer Magazine' freebee sticker on the van’s rear window.

I’m now a ‘mature’ (allegedly) fully loaded (mortgage, kids, 4x4) adult reduced to limited hooliganism on the fair weather days I ride my bike for the relative freedom and giving two fingers to imposed responsibility. Filtering through the Nissan Micras clogging my commute to work or the inevitable 2/3rds of Birmingham on its way to ‘MY’ beach, it would be nice to be able to recognise those that have an awareness of bikes, the universe and everything, that have pulled slightly to the left to let me pass as opposed to those that have done so because they have no particular control of their bodily functions and are just as likely to drift out again when they spot something of interest in the fields on the right.

As your future gizit, how about a “BIKE Magazine” rear window sticker for our foul weather tin cans. You get free publicity and I get to know who is less likely to introduce me to hospital food."

OK, if Bike aint interested how about RAT producing one?

gpj2

Part 3 (said I had attention deficit).

OK Nobody needs a 4x4 in the UK. Even farmers are better off on a proper tractor. But I drive one cos I want to and I can (or I 'still' can). However, I claim some credibility; until recently i spent a number of years where they were of absolute neccessity (Midle East - military) and if I have to drive a tin can, it reminds me of the no-rules licenced hooliganism of a previous life. Biking is the closest that i can get to that now.