Bikers, advice please.

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

tbh I see more twats driving like cocks in cars than i do bikers. Most bikers tend to have more skill than most car drivers anyway. The only thing with bikers are the show offs, which there are a few - as there are in cars, but the problem is it's a lot more dramatic when something goes wrong on a bike than in a car. It's more noticeable too I guess because bikes are less common on the road.

Indeed. More often than not I see the cocks on bikes on a sunday heading to or from church along the A272. In part that has more than a bit to owe to the bikers café on the road down between Cowfold and Henfield though

I adopt the policy that everyone on the road is an idiot, its safer that way! Having a bike behind me just makes me even more twitchy..

edit: On my way back home Sunday lunchtime I had an idiot in a BMW nearly hit me, but sods law says it would go in his favour. There is a mini roundabout in Ansty on the A272. Coming from Cowfold you can see clearly down to the left, but only about a car or two's length down to your right. On approach I slowed right down to almost stationary. Nothing coming from the left, and nothing visible to the right, so I started to move. Zoom straight past me comes a BMW who didn't slowdown for the roundabout. Sure he had right of way and he could have seen that, but he shouldn't have come up to the roundabout without slowing down. *shudder* Almost as bad as the Sainsburys lorry driver that decided to drink from his water bottle whilst heading up the road that I came across not 5 minutes later. His lorry was halfway across the road before he lowered his head to its normal position from "tipped back getting the last few drops" and realised what he'd done.

[Will]

I just let the kamikaze drivers or riders be on their way. If they want to behave like lunatics I'm not the police, I just let them do it, even if it means pulling over to let them past or slowing down to make their over take quicker. I'm not going to be responsible for any crash or infuriating drivers who want to behave like idiots. If people want to drive or ride like a plonker then so be it, who am I to be high and mighty - it's their problem not mine. Then again I can drive a bit too fast, ride a bit too hard and be a bit of a showboater at times - so I can't really talk. However I tend to choose my moments more carefully than most. You can't bully a biker, they are so vulnerable - it's not worth the risk of doing something foolish.

[Admiral Huddy]

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

...but the problem is it's a lot more dramatic when something goes wrong on a bike than in a car....

This is what i mean when drivers are incapsulated in their own world. It's like they infalliable, protected in a shell so they are less aware of the hazards around them, and the danger they are causing to others. Of course, a bike is a different story.

Fatain, we don't mean to put you off, just want you to be 100% sure.

[Will]

Bikes also make for safer over taking, skipping traffic and are just SO fun on a nice sunny day. So much freedom. Furthermore it's so much more FUN!

[Burble]

I firmly believe that being a biker has made me a better car driver. On 2 wheels I'll quickly end up dead if I don't have good observational skills and those skills get carried over to when I'm in a car.

[Admiral Huddy]

Originally Posted by Burbleflop

I firmly believe that being a biker has made me a better car driver. On 2 wheels I'll quickly end up dead if I don't have good observational skills and those skills get carried over to when I'm in a car.

haha It's made me the oposite.. Sounds weird but I'm more aware therefore conscious of what's around me which isn't a bad thing except but it has effected my driving.

I've also lost my "space" awareness when parking cars. I used to be really good at getting into tight spaces (whey-hey!!!!) but since I've been riding bikes, parking is awfull.