Nasty SMIDSY

[mr.john.coates]

Riding to work on my 650 this morning I saw a beemer waiting to join the road. She had plenty of opportunity to get out in front of me but didn't and some sort of instinct made me nervous and I moved well to the centre. About a car length away, she pulled out leaving me with nowhere to go but into the other lane. Luckily nothing was coming but the swerve-and-brake got a good old rear wheel skid on that I only just recovered. Anxious moments and I was truly pissed off.

I'm a bit embarrased to say I pursued her, mainly because she completely ignored my long blast on my nautilus and carried on as if nothing had happened. I stopped her by stopping in front and delivered some good old fashioned anglo-saxon abuse. She said "please don't swear at me, but I didn't see you. If you don't want to get knocked off your bike, buy a hi viz jacket" CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! ?

It's been a long time since I came so close to coming off, but, the only bright part, I was reasonably impressed with my instincts and the way the skid was handled, although 9 times out of ten I think I'd have been off. Richard Head!

Next bike mod? - Video camera !

[lloydie]

brown pants moment for sure ,, glad your ok
i do the warm up tyre weave when approaching a junction like that so they can see me riding like a nob .and its worked so far as no one has pulled out on me .
i also have my lights on ,

if you do the weave with lights on it makes a much bigger visual impact on the driver waiting to kill you . and they wont want to be near you when they join the carriageway .

if you treat them as they will pull out on you slow down and plan your escape just in case they do .

[VTRDark]

If you don't want to get knocked off your bike, buy a hi viz jacket

Does that mean pedestrians should wear one too when crossing the road. Stupid bitch.

Glad your allright mate, good old biker instinct.

(:-})

[agentpineapple]

FFS!!!!!!!!!!
some people haven't got a clue, i would have kicked the crap out of her car whilst shouting CAN YOU SEE ME NOW YOU STUPID BITCH!!!!!!!!!!
what if it had been her brother, father, son who was riding the bike, would she have said the same thing then

[StormingHonda]

BMW driver

[tony.mon]

Hard-of-driving.

A common condition, sadly.

[pinkyfloyd]

BMW drivers, nuff said.

[Xenocide]

If it's only your commuter bike, put some of these bad boys on it:

http://www.nutz4bikes.co.uk/epages/BT34 ... ts/HLURAIN

They look gay as wombles but they make such a massive difference. They change colour depending on the angle you view them from so they're yellow then you go over a bump and they go purple for a second or whatever. Also if you fit them in a triangle, it's such a weird shape, it makes people take a second look. I've put them on a mates bike then rode it round wales for a couple of days. Every cafe we pulled into people asked about them, said what a good idea it was. The difference from drivers is quite remarkable too. I only had one person pull out the whole time I was riding it which is quite alot less then it would have been normally .

Well worth a punt for that money.

(I do call 'em "Gay pride lights" though, so.. err. Make of that what you will.)