Tank
3rd October 2007, 09:18
There are so many - bloody cage drivers threads - I thought I would share what happened to me yesterday.
Last night I was driving down to Cambridge from Auckland there is a right turn with a driveway that joins via way of a merge just at the end point of the corner.
I went thru the corner faster than the car in front of me - making ground with the intention of passing him on the straight that follows (having done this trip 100's of times and knowing the roads well).
Now that Im riding - Im far more aware of bikes (and I like to look at them) and I just happened to notice a bike's lights coming down the driveway behind the trees - he wasnt going very fast but I noticed him (thank god).
I exited the corner and indicated and started to pull out to overtake the car in front and as I do this the guy on the bike pulls out from the car behind me (no indicating - nothing) and puts his wrist fully down overtaking me as I'm overtaking. Its only because I was looking for the posibility that the bike was 'back there somewhere' when I moved out to overtake (he wasnt there when I started indicating or pulling out) that he is alive today.
I had to pull in as it looked like he was going to go into the back corner of my car - he didnt have control of the speed or the condition of the road.
By taking an agressive manover that almost caused me to hit another car I managed to get out of his road giving him an extra couple of feet saving him going off the road.
So - if you are the guy / gal with leathers full of brown stuff and are reading this - remember that its wankers like you who give bikers bad names, and stop riding like someone with a death wish.
Id rather be posting this than a Biker dead thread.
Last night I was driving down to Cambridge from Auckland there is a right turn with a driveway that joins via way of a merge just at the end point of the corner.
I went thru the corner faster than the car in front of me - making ground with the intention of passing him on the straight that follows (having done this trip 100's of times and knowing the roads well).
Now that Im riding - Im far more aware of bikes (and I like to look at them) and I just happened to notice a bike's lights coming down the driveway behind the trees - he wasnt going very fast but I noticed him (thank god).
I exited the corner and indicated and started to pull out to overtake the car in front and as I do this the guy on the bike pulls out from the car behind me (no indicating - nothing) and puts his wrist fully down overtaking me as I'm overtaking. Its only because I was looking for the posibility that the bike was 'back there somewhere' when I moved out to overtake (he wasnt there when I started indicating or pulling out) that he is alive today.
I had to pull in as it looked like he was going to go into the back corner of my car - he didnt have control of the speed or the condition of the road.
By taking an agressive manover that almost caused me to hit another car I managed to get out of his road giving him an extra couple of feet saving him going off the road.
So - if you are the guy / gal with leathers full of brown stuff and are reading this - remember that its wankers like you who give bikers bad names, and stop riding like someone with a death wish.
Id rather be posting this than a Biker dead thread.