Ah hem, yes that's right you are changing lanes into me!

[Ms Piggy]

Sheesh! 1 foolio in a blue boi-racer car that goes pfffssstt decided after the lights that he'd change lanes and move into the lane I was riding in...FFS he'd been sitting beside me at the lights...where did he think I'd gone!??

Actually I'm amazed how calm I was and apart from tooting and shaking my fist at him I just kept riding, even after at 1 stage I saw the median barrier kerb looming toward me - he on the other hand looked like his eyes were about to pop out their sockets and will probably need to change his boi-racer boxer shorts.

The guy in the vehicle in front of me was very sympathetic and did the old :weird: as we moved on...while the boi-racer slinked back in the traffic obviously thinking it was a much better idea to steer clear of me.

The best thing is that it meant my brand new bottle of Plymouth Gin was unharmed! Phew!! I would have been very cross if it had been smashed!!

[slofox]

The best thing is that it meant my brand new bottle of Plymouth Gin was unharmed! Phew!! I would have been very cross if it had been smashed!!

Can't be havin' with THAT now can we...?

[p.dath]

Probably thought we could out pace you at the lights.

I wish I had the presence of mind to be able to use the horn when that happens. I find I'm concentrating so hard before the shit hits the fan, to try and stop it hitting the fan, I don't get around to thinking about the horn to its way to late.
That and the horn is so quiet probably only I would hear it!

[slofox]

That and the horn is so quiet probably only I would hear it!

A Stebel Magnum will soon fix that...

[Ms Piggy]

Can't be havin' with THAT now can we...?

Hell no!!!! Not my Plymouth, oh and my tonic water. It could have been a serious tragedy!

[Ms Piggy]

Probably thought we could out pace you at the lights.
Yes well he did indicate but then when he started moving across I couldn't believe it! I assume I was in his blind spot due to the 'Oh fuck I almost squashed that biker rider that waving her fist at me!' on his face.

[steve_t]

Gin? Does that make biker chicks emotional as it does many others i know?:chase:

[Ms Piggy]

Gin? Does that make biker chicks emotional as it does many others i know?:chase:

Not this one, just makes me more pissed. :shifty:

[p.dath]

Yes well he did indicate but then when he started moving across I couldn't believe it! I assume I was in his blind spot due to the 'Oh fuck I almost squashed that biker rider that waving her fist at me!' on his face.

If you were in his blind spot then I'll cut him a bit more slack. Motorbikes can be hard enough to see - but if you were riding in his blind spot then he wouldn't have seen you till you he had started lane shifting.

I've been in your place before. I just try harder not to ride in cars blind spots now. Call it survival desire. :)

[McJim]

This is why I gun the shit outta the old girl away from the traffic lights. that way I'm in front and comparatively safe.

It takes one helluva souped up car to beat a mediocre bike from a standing start.

[Ms Piggy]

I've been in your place before. I just try harder not to ride in cars blind spots now. Call it survival desire. :)

Yeah I do try to avoid cagers blind spots too but in this case we'd just pulled away from the lights and driven through the intersection. And I'd been sitting in the lane beside him at the lights.

Always a lesson to be learnt eh.

[Swoop]

Mirrorectomy.

[Rhino]

This is why I gun the shit outta the old girl away from the traffic lights. that way I'm in front and comparatively safe.

It takes one helluva souped up car to beat a mediocre bike from a standing start.
I agree with McJim. Either get the hell out and leave em behind, or alternately take it easy and let them get ahead. I try and avoid traveling alongside another vehicle on a two lane road for that reason. I have had trucks try and change lanes on me even when in the cage. :(

[steve_t]

Mirrorectomy.

LOL. U must miss Katman :laugh::laugh:

[bezajel]

I wish I had the presence of mind to be able to use the horn when that happens. I find I'm concentrating so hard before the shit hits the fan, to try and stop it hitting the fan, I don't get around to thinking about the horn to its way to late.
That and the horn is so quiet probably only I would hear it!

Ditto, I never think of it 'til the whole thing's over. I think if I practised using it perhaps my thumb would go there automatically, hmm!

[Katman]

LOL. U must miss Katman :laugh::laugh:

The homo dreams about me.

[YellowDog]

Probably thought we could out pace you at the lights.

I wish I had the presence of mind to be able to use the horn when that happens. I find I'm concentrating so hard before the shit hits the fan, to try and stop it hitting the fan, I don't get around to thinking about the horn to its way to late.
That and the horn is so quiet probably only I would hear it!
My 'Parp' 'Parp' thumb is like a coilled spring.

If they aint looking at me, I always 'Parp' first, ask questions later.
(BTW: I'm talking about the horn)

[Swoop]

The homo dreams about me.
Quite true. Whenever I need an image of a pathetic, whining, narcissist, my thoughts are of you.

[sunhuntin]

Probably thought we could out pace you at the lights.

I wish I had the presence of mind to be able to use the horn when that happens. I find I'm concentrating so hard before the shit hits the fan, to try and stop it hitting the fan, I don't get around to thinking about the horn to its way to late.
That and the horn is so quiet probably only I would hear it!

same here. on the ginny, the horn was right next to the start button. the few times i needed it [to wake up dozy drivers at a green light, lol.] i hit the start instead. opps. had to actually look for it. ive only needed it once on the virago, but by the time the guy behind me was on his, i had already stopped and avoided disaster. however, i still went for the horn and must have given the driver who changed her mind from turning left to turning right and nearly hit me a hell of a fright.

[vifferman]

I actually find it funny when people don't see me, because I'm invariably acting as if they don't, so it doesn't come as much of a surprise. So, when they start to move across, I take great delight in waking them up and watching their reaction to the Three Horns of AntiDumbarsedness. It's a bit of a game seeing how close I let them get before the thumb descends on the button. Second to last one was a woman who moved into the T-intersection before stopping and looking right. I parked my front wheel about 20cm from her door before saying with my horn, "HELLLO!!! Here I am! Wake up!"
The last one was a guy at Spaghetti Junction. I was watching him, and could see him thinking, "Oh - this lane's not moving... that one is, and has a gap..." then he flicked on his indicator, and started to move. I moved over a bit to make sure I had a buffer, then said "LOOK OUT! Here I am!!" less than a metre from his door. He was more than a bit surprised to hear so much noise from an invisible bike. Dumb arse didn't bother to turn his head before turning the steering wheel.

The trick too is to hold the button down long enough to get other people turning around - increases the embarrassment factor.

[Dave Lobster]

Dumb arse didn't bother to turn his head before turning the steering wheel.

That is the crux of the problem. People seem to think that their mirrors are there to see behind them, and there are 'blind spots'.
NO! The mirrors are there for bits you can't see with your eyes when moving your head.