Guest Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I think the whole point of the video wasn't so much to aportion the blame but for both car and bike drivers to think twice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucksred Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 As a lifelong biker, not a ****** motorcyclist! I would like to say accidents involving cars pulling across your line of travel are sadly all too common of the three accidents Ive had two have been ***** in cars just pulling out on me. I have been doing the correct speeds. Indeed the last one caused 5 and a half grands damage to the bike, and that was at 20mph!. Unfortunately all too many motorcyclists, specially those with race reps seem to blast everywhere at high speed, and will sadly end up like the unfortunate lad in the vid.Car drivers have major issues in looking out for bikes, this is neither new, nor in future. They also therefore have problems with pushbikes, as indeed bikers/motorcyclists do too.All of us licence holders, in particular the newer ones are taught to pass a test only, unlike in days gone by when you were taught to drive/ride.I used to be a bike instructor, but packed in when the bike test changed sometime in the last governments era, to that of the EU Test. I have seen the five day training and its just to pass a test, and the car test is very similar..Another serious bitch I have is the sheer number of ***** who use their bloody phones while driving.. up to and including artics...and not just continental drivers either. I have even seen dibbles on the phones whilst in charge of their pursuit vehicles....and cyclists in lycra are ***** as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 They had the same principle in Australia when I lived there. They actively tried to hit animals. But what can you expect from a nation where Shane Warne is considered some sort of intellectual... A number of Aussies receive Darwin Awards every year by trying to run over wombats. They're more solid than they look and can flip a car with ease. Horace is very envious of wombats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 OK I've said it before but what winds me up beyond reason as a pedestrian (and I bet it winds up motorists too) is the Bristolian Highway Code. When turning, remember the acronym TIM. Turn Indicate Mirror (to see what's hit you) WTF do they do it? Why bother to indicate AFTER you start turning. WTF is the point? Nurse - my medication! NOW, please!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted September 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 People who indicate left at roundabouts, when they are on your right (they have priority), so you proceed, only for them to carry on straight across, nearly T-boning you. They then sound their horn at YOU!! ******sters. TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 People who indicate left at roundabouts, when they are on your right (they have priority), so you proceed, only for them to carry on straight across, nearly T-boning you. They then sound their horn at YOU!! ******sters. TFR Your not meant to move till the car on the roundabout starts to turn off. If an accident occurs you'll be mostly to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 I agree that I would be mostly to blame for crawling out of the wreakage of my car, and pulling the other guys head off. It would be a pretty bad accident, so no-one would notice. What you say may be technically correct - but next time you are at a busy roundabout, try doing what you say. Ultimately, we rely - to a certain extent - on the other motorist not being a total moron. TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 And another thing. The b*****y A38 at Redhill ................. 50 limit. On the single lane bit with double white lines - 35 mph. 35 in a 50 limit, on a wide open road with no traffic. The *****er gets to the two lane bit, going up-hill, and suddenly speeds up to 50, so you cannot legally overtake. ****** *******. TFR P.S. In the name of God: WHY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Why don't people know how to indicate at roundabouts? The number who just stick their right indicator on leaving you to guess which exit they are taking is frightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Wide Loads on the Motorway !! Why do they travel in the slow lane and half overhang the middle lane; leaving just the outside lane available for getting past them ? They usually have an escort behind them who stays in the middle lane. Why not travel in the slow lane; and half overhang the EMPTY HARDSHOULDER ??!! This would leave two lanes to get past them. The escort could then travel in the slow lane, moving out into the middle lane (along with the wide load), ONLY WHEN THERE IS AN OBSTRUCTION ON THE HARDSHOULDER (very rare !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 I agree that I would be mostly to blame for crawling out of the wreakage of my car, and pulling the other guys head off. It would be a pretty bad accident, so no-one would notice. What you say may be technically correct - but next time you are at a busy roundabout, try doing what you say. Ultimately, we rely - to a certain extent - on the other motorist not being a total moron. TFR I was speaking technically. I almost never adhere to my own advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Car coming t'other way on a single carriageway. They have to overtake a parked car on their side. Instead of waiting (or even indicating they need to come onto your side of the road), they carry on, causing YOU to swerve or stop, to let them through. Imagine the insurance claim they would have to put in? What happened? I pulled over to the other side of the road, and hit Taxi for Rennie head on - he is in a coma in the BRI. It's called 'Rights of Way on the Public Highway', morons. TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Cars that stop dead on the a38 to let a bunch of horses and riders cross. Thank god I was a) paying attention and b) able to stop in time as he didn't have his brake lights on, so it wasn't until I got virtually on top of him I was able to realise he was stationary. Grrrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2014 Report Share Posted October 4, 2014 Lorries ploughing along at 56mph in average 50mph roadworks without a single f**k given about the fact they are pretty much pushing you off the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2014 You ever been 'nudged', Tomarse? TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted October 8, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Lollipop ladies (or men), staying on past school bell time and seeing adults, yes, adults who are old enough to bear child, across zebra and even pelican crossings, a blatant waste of tax payers money and another cause of congestion. The dodgy looking geezer on the pelican on the Wellls road at Totterdown is a prime example. That and all the lazy, idle parents who drive their obese selves and children to school, I was never once driven to school, walk or cycle, no matter what ever the wind or weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Don't forget why they do this, Maesknoll Red. Pedo's. The modern media is so obsessed with Pedo's, you HAVE to drive your fat, ugly sproggs to school in your BMW X5 or they will be raped and murdered within 2 minutes of leaving the comfort of their x-boxes. Hard to argue with that logic. At the end of the day, the destruction of the planet by X5 driving yummy-mummies is surely preferable to feeding your offspring to the local hoard of pedo's, isn't it?? TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Don't forget why they do this, Maesknoll Red. Pedo's. The modern media is so obsessed with Pedo's, you HAVE to drive your fat, ugly sproggs to school in your BMW X5 or they will be raped and murdered within 2 minutes of leaving the comfort of their x-boxes. Hard to argue with that logic. At the end of the day, the destruction of the planet by X5 driving yummy-mummies is surely preferable to feeding your offspring to the local hoard of pedo's, isn't it?? TFR There have always been paedos, the reporting of them has changed. My gran was born in 1901 and grew up in Bemmie. When she was about 5 she was in a park and a bloke got her to touch his "thing". She was so little she didn't know what he was doing, but she realised it was odd behaviour and wrong, so she later told my great-grandad. He asked her if she knew who the bloke was and she said "oh yes, that man with a moustache who is the assistant at the butchers." Great-grandad stormed around there, clubbed the man to the ground with a side of beef and said he'd kill him if he ever heard of anything like that happening again. The man moved away shortly thereafter. That's how they dealt with it in Edwardian Bristol. Not a social worker, or a victim counsellor in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm off this afternoon. Which park was it? TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm off this afternoon. Which park was it? TFR Dunno. It's probably a housing estate these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Admin Maesknoll Red Posted October 31, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-29848021 WTF is all that about!! Absolutely ridiculous, my mate's daughter was hospitalised for weeks after being mown down on a crossing, by a Range Rover driver doing 50mph whilst on the phone. He got less than this!! The kiljoys are taking over, whats wrong with a bit of hi-jinks, different if it was on the road, but it was a victimless bit of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Surely that's on private property? Do the usual traffic laws still apply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bucksred Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 Why don't people know how to indicate at roundabouts? The number who just stick their right indicator on leaving you to guess which exit they are taking is frightening.They acctually use indicators. **** Me THATS bloody novel...we gotta guess which way the ***** wanna go. Do you feel lucky punk?While were on the subject: Why do ****** cyclists NOT use the CYCLE PATH?????? In fact why dont cyclists EVR follow the Highway or Countryside Codes?????? The more lycra, the more likely, and a major gobful of abuse n all. And why oh why do they ride two, three or four abreast on the Queens Highway...pretty sure its against the law..If I lived in the US, there would be a few of em slotted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I was driving along a cyclist and suddenly he just pushed across in the middle of the road and stayed there for about 50 yards of the way to turn right at the next junction! **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dollymarie Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 FOG LIGHT W****RS Now the evenings are darker, when the light starts to fade, and it's side light time, it now seems to be the wide spread norm for people to put their front fog lights on instead. THEY'RE CALLED FOG LIGHTS FOR A REASON, YOU USE THEM IF THERE IS FOG!!!! NOT AT ANY OTHER TIME!!!! I could go on a cyclist rant, but I'd get too wound up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 After Barnsley away I was in the left hand lane of a roundabout and as I pull off the guy in the right lane pulls away quickly and goes across me to go off at the first exit, good thing I didn't pull off too quickly as I'd have gone straight into the side of him. Then literally 20 seconds later over the other side of the roundabout cars infront of me 1 in each lane, the car on the right tries pulling into the left hand lane pretty much into the car and when realising there was a car sped up while still pulling in to cause the other car to brake with me not far behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 After Barnsley away I was in the left hand lane of a roundabout and as I pull off the guy in the right lane pulls away quickly and goes across me to go off at the first exit, good thing I didn't pull off too quickly as I'd have gone straight into the side of him. Then literally 20 seconds later over the other side of the roundabout cars infront of me 1 in each lane, the car on the right tries pulling into the left hand lane pretty much into the car and when realising there was a car sped up while still pulling in to cause the other car to brake with me not far behind. Pretty standard motorbike manoeuvre. How close did he cut you off by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 well the fact it was a small van meant I had to hit the brake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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