Let's talk about drivers who wash their windscreen - while you're behind them

[@ndy]

Once again... Riding in the sunset... SUV in front of me just slow down, driver has no sunglasses can't see a thing obviously, and there it goes, once again, full on spray of misty water and bugs killer all over my face and my freshly washed Bike... I beep to him, guy pulls the finger at me... :eek5:
Wasn't even that close to him... But apparently is my fault, I should have brought a towel on my ride! :lol:

[AllanB]

Ah, so you think car drivers should only use their window washers when there is no one behind them?

Feck I'd be more worried about the car in front not washing their window and having a prang because of it!

Now rubbish being thrown out of the window/sun roof of the vehicle in front - that pisses me off!

[The End]

Now rubbish being thrown out of the window/sun room of the vehicle in front - that pisses me off!


Saw someone toss a cigarette butt out the window at a traffic light next to me once, it landed by my front tyre. Promptly picked it up, projected it towards their open window and took off when the light went green...:clap:

[@ndy]

Just a curtesy thing to look behind, all is good on a full helmet but flip up make for a nice drink of windows washer. Same goes for the ones that throw cigarettes from cars :mad:

[Ender EnZed]

Do you honk when it rains as well?

[swbarnett]

Ah, so you think car drivers should only use their window washers when there is no one behind them?
No, just adjust the f'in things correctly. It's not that hard.

[James Deuce]

First World problem. Third World grammar.

[haydes55]

So you get free washing liquid on your helmet and bike, then complain about it?

[Madness]

Bloody foreigners.

[rastuscat]

Just a curtesy thing to look behind, all is good on a full helmet but flip up make for a nice drink of windows washer. Same goes for the ones that throw cigarettes from cars :mad:

I'm a really helpful Popo.

Coz I ride a motorbike patrol vehicle Im in touch with the environment. If I see someone cast a cigarette butt out the window I pick ut up, ride up next to them and say "Hi, you dropped this" and throw it back in their window.

Haven't had a complaint yet but it's only a matter of time.

[Kornholio]

I'm a really helpful Popo.

Coz I ride a motorbike patrol vehicle Im in touch with the environment. If I see someone cast a cigarette butt out the window I pick ut up, ride up next to them and say "Hi, you dropped this" and throw it back in their window.

Haven't had a complaint yet but it's only a matter of time.

What's your badge no, I'm taking this International!

[Tazz]

Doubt they even know what's happening, or care :p


Saw someone toss a cigarette butt out the window at a traffic light next to me once, it landed by my front tyre. Promptly picked it up, projected it towards their open window and took off when the light went green...:clap:

An ex used to live down a dead end by a KFC and had little bastards in cars parking up at all hours of the day and night, eating then tossing their rubbish out the window. Neighbour used to rush out and fire all the rubbish back in their window and tell them next time he might 'accidentally' drop a match and some petrol in with it. He was a big bugger so was the right man for the job.

[awa355]

I get pissed off when they throw beer cans out the window. So much time wasted stopping and checking, just to find they are all EMPTY :angry::angry::angry: Same with fish and chip paper:laugh:

Windscreen washing liquid, I can live with. Spray from stock trucks not so nice.

[YellowDog]

The problem is that they do it when their vehicle is stationary and the jets are set to be most effective at around 80Kph with the associated airflow :shit:

[Grizzo]

I get pissed off when they throw beer cans out the window. So much time wasted stopping and checking, just to find they are all EMPTY :angry::angry::angry: Same with fish and chip paper:laugh:

Windscreen washing liquid, I can live with. Spray from stock trucks not so nice.

:laugh:^^^That^^^:laugh:

[Mike.Gayner]

Fuck, people will whinge about anything, wont they?

[tigertim20]

if this is all you have to complain about, you must have had a great day:blink:

[oneblackflag]

Fuck, people will whinge about anything, wont they?

Have a whinge about it... :yawn:

[ducatilover]

Fuck, people will whinge about anything, wont they?

KB, the home of leaking vaginas.

[F5 Dave]

Just a curtesy thing to look behind, all is good on a full helmet but flip up make for a nice drink of windows washer. .
Might save their life. People who ride around with a hinge helmet open are considerably risking a broken neck.

[Mushu]

I actually agree, although not strongly enough to start a thread about it.
Only when they're already facing into the sun though, just because the water reduces your ability to see through the glare, if they had done it earlier (like when they know they are about to head toward the sun with a dirty windscreen) it would have been much safer and only requires about 30 seconds of forethought.
People who leave the jets way out of adjustment kind of annoy me if I cop a lot of water but only if I'm wearing my leather jacket as its not waterproof at all.

But really, I tend to just mutter asshole or something similar under my breath and go on with my life, I wouldn't usually care enough to whinge about it over the internet though.

[G4L4XY]

I must admit when they throw their ciggy butts out the window and the sparks fly everywhere, thats a lil offensive, I mean cars have a god damn ashtray use the f'ing thing!

[scumdog]

People who leave the jets way out of adjustment kind of annoy me if I cop a lot of water but only if I'm wearing my leather jacket as its not waterproof at all.



Is your jacket made of blotting paper??:lol:

Or do these window washers you speak of pump out 45 gallons a minute or something??;)

[EJK]

God, I miss thread tags :(

[FJRider]

I'm a really helpful Popo.

Coz I ride a motorbike patrol vehicle Im in touch with the environment. If I see someone cast a cigarette butt out the window I pick ut up, ride up next to them and say "Hi, you dropped this" and throw it back in their window.

Haven't had a complaint yet but it's only a matter of time.

Should anybody does complain ... remind them of the penalty for "depositing dangerous litter" ....

[FJRider]

Is your jacket made of blotting paper??:lol:

Or do these window washers you speak of pump out 45 gallons a minute or something??;)

He's allergic to water maybe ... :crazy:

[Mushu]

Is your jacket made of blotting paper??:lol:

Or do these window washers you speak of pump out 45 gallons a minute or something??;)

Have you never gotten water down the neck our up the sleeves of a jacket? Not really that fun, unless it's a warm day.

[ellipsis]

...it's raining and my roof is wet and the grass is wet and a little bit of my verandah is wet...who do I complain to...obviously not god...far to busy a time of year for him, what with a third of him having a birthday and shit like that...Jim Hickey I suppose...anyone got an email address for him...

[vifferman]

Look, it's just typical of the way most people drive their vehicles: with very little thought given to what they're doing, totally unaware of what's going on around them, and generally not taking it seriously. So many of them (especially when commuting) are too busy sending txt msgs, playing with their genitals (or those of their passenger's), or acting like they're sitting in their lounge. Don't be surprised if they're inconsiderate, miss potential dangers, run red lights, or otherwise give driving less than 100% of their attention.
The "windscreen washer spray on the helmet" thing happens to me not infrequently, as our road is sort of north-easterly oriented, and when they get near the end it turns more easterly, so in the morning the dopey fuckers with dirty windscreens suddenly go, "Oh fark! Where's the road gone?!?" and hit the washers. If I'm behind one of these brain-dead tools, I tootle them melodiously (well... more like discordantly) with the three (3) horning apparatuseses, and they usually go, "Oh - me sorree!!" and stop watering me. (But unlike Dog#2, they don't roll over on their backs, exposing their tender and fluffy underbelly, more's the pity...)
Hey - I'm not a bleater :no: (...um, yes I am :laugh:), but I am very situationally aware of my surroundings, and my car/bike/someone else's car/bike is not a mobile snoozerama. And my helmet's not equipped with wipers, so an unexpected sprinkling of secondhand windscreen crap+fluid is not appreciated, no sirree. (/rantything)

[FJRider]

KB, the home of leaking vaginas.

Most of the guy's will have a "plug" that will fit those ... :innocent:

[@ndy]

It seems I might complained about something silly by popular opinion... Must be a foreigner thing to complain about...
Me sorry.
:Oops::Oops:

[Flip]

I have to admit I have washed my winscreen from time to time while I have been tail gated by a rider :baby:.

It's not a nice thing to do but my car has much better brakes than any bike.

[Berries]

I have to admit I have washed my winscreen from time to time while I have been tail gated by a rider :baby:
Those Harleys have all the accessories.

[caspernz]

Bit late to this party...but if I'm catching the window washer spray from the car in front I'd be reconsidering my need to tailgate :eek5:

[skinman]

yet another reason not to ride directly behind cars..as if you needed one more

[swbarnett]

Bit late to this party...but if I'm catching the window washer spray from the car in front I'd be reconsidering my need to tailgate :eek5:
I've had my windscreen (in the car) washed by the car in front while maintaining more than a 2 second gap.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Once again... Riding in the sunset... SUV in front of me just slow down, driver has no sunglasses can't see a thing obviously, and there it goes, once again, full on spray of misty water and bugs killer all over my face and my freshly washed Bike... I beep to him, guy pulls the finger at me... :eek5:
Wasn't even that close to him... But apparently is my fault, I should have brought a towel on my ride! :lol:

1:Get a life.

2: Maybe don't follow so closely.

[yoyo 2wheels]

two minutes of my life i will never get back

[@ndy]

1:Get a life.

2: Maybe don't follow so closely.

Got the message. My bad. Please stop replying to this thread.
Thank you.

[The Reibz]

Got the message. My bad. Please stop replying to this thread.
Thank you.

Fuck mate you live 3 houses down the road from me and it looks like you work for the same cunts. Recognize that helmet in the display pic. You were on the patriots run too.

[eelracing]

Got the message. My bad. Please stop replying to this thread.
Thank you.

Don't worry about Crasher mate,he's about as welcoming on KB as herpes.
In fact if you meet him in person he'll more than likely greet you with a cheery smile and a hot coffee.
A word to the wise is be wary because one or both could mean a HD sales pitch or a dose of the clap...


...either way,your fucked.

[R650R]

It seems I might complained about something silly by popular opinion... Must be a foreigner thing to complain about...
Me sorry.
:Oops::Oops:

I think no one wants to admit there is something a cage driver can do to you that you can do nothing about... well without risking a jail term so everyone pretends it doesn't happen lol... It don't bother me if its a genuine wash, but those tuggers who hate bikes and do it as a joke when your stuck behind them on a no passing stretch... I still laugh and think how sad must their life be that they need to do that for kicks...

[Kickaha]

In fact if you meet him in person he'll more than likely greet you with a cheery smile and a hot coffee.
A word to the wise is be wary because one or both could mean a HD sales pitch or a dose of the clap...
.

I got lucky then, I called in to see him yesterday and he wasn't there

[ital916]

1:Get a life.

2: Maybe don't follow so closely.

I see your transition to grumpy old man is now complete....

I better be careful next time I ride down to welli...you might hit me with your walking stick. ;)

[ital916]

Got the message. My bad. Please stop replying to this thread.
Thank you.

And just to spite you....I am going to reply to this thread.

A little water doesn't hurt and it is better that cage in front of you has a clean windscreen than not. If you get a big dose....you are too close. If it's yellow.....then you have a right to be angry. The time spent worrying about something trivial is time not paying attention to the shit that you should be.

Take it as a lesson learned, if the old bastards on here who have been riding since bikes were powered by steam think you should be paying more attention to the road or your riding, it is advice possibly well heeded.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I see your transition to grumpy old man is now complete....

I better be careful next time I ride down to welli...you might hit me with your walking stick. ;)

I've always been a grumpy old man. But for the record...we (motorcyclists) wank on about how we hate to be told what to do. You know...lights on...helmet wearing...fluro vests etc etc. So don't you find it incredibly queer if someone thinks a car driver should be told by us when and where they can use their fucking windscreen washers? I mean seriously... I obviously ride bikes and drive cars...but I'll wash my fucking screen anytime I see fit, and I'd expect any other driver to be able to do likewise.

[pratik8890]

Saw someone toss a cigarette butt out the window at a traffic light next to me once, it landed by my front tyre. Promptly picked it up, projected it towards their open window and took off when the light went green...:clap:

Youre a legend mate :headbang:


Just a curtesy thing to look behind, all is good on a full helmet but flip up make for a nice drink of windows washer. Same goes for the ones that throw cigarettes from cars :mad:I totally agree on this cos the road rules says we have to be considerate of other and even as humans we should be..

Do you honk when it rains as well? lol



I'm a really helpful Popo.

Coz I ride a motorbike patrol vehicle Im in touch with the environment. If I see someone cast a cigarette butt out the window I pick ut up, ride up next to them and say "Hi, you dropped this" and throw it back in their window.

Haven't had a complaint yet but it's only a matter of time. :facepalm: lol.

[Madness]

Same goes for the ones that throw cigarettes from cars :mad:

Those BAT reps have no scruples.

[ellipsis]

...when the world was more fun and there were less complaints and and more living going on, we would target our mates who had just cleaned their car, with eggs or pies when they cruised past...it turned from fun to all out warfare for sometime...a bloke put a bigger pump on his windscreen washer system and turned the jets to the side, on his 100E Prefect...his fun was cruising around in the city and soaking people that pulled up beside him with their windows down...that used to fuck people off...

[swbarnett]

...when the world was more fun and there were less complaints
Just to add one more complaint that most would call frivilous.

"Fewer" is used for discrete entities. "Less" is reserved for the continuous e.g. you can have less rain but you can't have less raindrops you can only have fewer raindrops.

[ellipsis]

Just to add one more complaint that most would call frivilous.

"Fewer" is used for discrete entities. "Less" is reserved for the continuous e.g. you can have less rain but you can't have less raindrops you can only have fewer raindrops.

....fantastic...sometimes more is less or vice versa...