Made a cage driver cry this morning

[Tank]

Today riding along the road (60km area) having to move to the right hand lane because left was blocked with a big truck with the flashing arrows. No problem.

I indicate, wait for the car in the right hand lane to move forward, look over my shoulder and start crossing into the right lane.

Car behind me driven by some poncy bitch hits the accelerator and screams into the area where I was moving, causing me to have to pull back into left with a big fucken truck stationary in front of me. (due to its location I couldn't have pulled into right lane any earlier). I toot and wave hand - she pulls the finger at me. (btw she could have just gone to the right lane and there would have been no issue - its the fact she surged forward into "my" space that is the issue.)

Then GOD says "That's not on" and turns the lights red - allowing me to pull up beside her. (At this point I didn't know if it was a bloke or a chick - same action was going to happen anyway)

I tap on her window - but apparently she couldn't hear me as she was looking at something really intently out the front window.

So I bang on the window and yell at her how stupid her actions were and that bitches like her should keep of the road if they were going to drive like that.

Apparently she couldn't hear that either.

So Im now behind her as the cars move from the lights - and as luck would have it the twisty route that she followed just happened to be the route I need for work - she obv thought I was following her.

She is looking in the mirror every 2 secs. She is txt'ing someone and as such is litterley going over two lanes.

She actually stops in the middle of a roundabout txting (annoying a ton of cars) - but because of her erratic driving I wasn't willing to overtake. At that point she turns and see that she was clearly upset.

Anyhow a little later I simply turn into the work car park.

I guess having a largish black cruiser behind you with a big guy dressed in black would be imitating, but with a bit of luck this is one person who may now think twice before cutting cut a biker.

[Mikkel]

Hmmm, I think you should have stayed on her until you had the opportunity to explain to her in great detail, at length, just how unacceptable that kind of behaviour is and that no amount of flipping the bird at you could justify it.

Anyway, good thing to hear that you made it out of there without injury!

[jonbuoy]

Would you have done the same thing if it was a bloke bigger than you?

[The Pastor]

i pissed off a cage driver this morning too, but it was because i cut in front of him at the petrol station. Man he went ape.

[NOMIS]

Good fucking shit, I hat bitches like that she desrved it, I cant do that as im small and ride a lil naked honda lol ill still get of and but my helmet thru someones window if it came down to it but i don't have that "intimidating" look.

[skelstar]

Youre awesome mate.

[Livvy]

Sounds like it was worth it, though.

Pity with this government is that as long as you're a certain age you can do pretty much whatever, and the government can't take into account mental age. I know 12yr old kids I would trust on the road driving, and 40yr olds I wish would be locked up from the way they drive.

[DMNTD]

Would you have done the same thing if it was a bloke bigger than you?
I know it wasn't directed at me but...YES,but with a greater vigour. I've never understood why it's ok for others to bully motorcyclists or whomever on the roads.

[Tank]

Would you have done the same thing if it was a bloke bigger than you?

Yep!

When I pulled up I had no idea if it was a bloke or a chick. (I could obly see the back of her head when she pulled the bird)

And I have previously done the same with a guy bigger than me. But - then I have always been someone who backs them-self.

[Badjelly]

You Aucklanders do seem to have trouble merging.

[Mikkel]

Would you have done the same thing if it was a bloke bigger than you?

Can't see how that is relevant. Nobody is talking about starting a fight here - just a chat about how they could improve their skills and attitude as a fellow roaduser. :yes:

And should it come to an altercation - picking a fight with someone wearing armour, helmet and gauntlets is probably not the best idea. The bigger they are...

[breakaway]

Dumb fucking bitch. I hate text drivers.

[jonbuoy]

Can't see how that is relevant. Nobody is talking about starting a fight here - just a chat about how they could improve their skills and attitude as a fellow roaduser. :yes:

And should it come to an altercation - picking a fight with someone wearing armour, helmet and gauntlets is probably not the best idea. The bigger they are...

She must have been pretty freaked out to start crying.

[Trudes]

I'm sure she would've been bawling like a little girl if she'd actually caused you to crash and killed you, so I hope she maybe learnt something by you scaring her a bit.

[Steam]

Great story Tank, cheers for that, made my morning a little brighter. And the best thing is you didn't intend to follow her and freak her out, it was just where you were going, so you are blameless.

Once a woman passed me on double-yellow lines in a 100 zone, so close that I reached out and touched the car. ( just instinct to push something away I guess )
She pulled into the next town. I stopped beside her open drivers window, and told her what she'd done. She said "fuck off".

So then I just sounded my horn. My Stebel. The biggest, loudest model. For about a minute. Jeez, you should have seen her jump in total panic! She couldn't get out of the car becasue I was parked too close to her door, and her dignity didn't allow her to clamber over to the passenger door, so she just sat there, amidst the deafening blast.
My handlebar was on the windowsill, so she couldn't close the window, Stebel pointing directly into the car.
Then, point made, I simply rode off.

I did bad that day, but it felt good.

[Badjelly]

Hmmm, I think you should have stayed on her until you had the opportunity to explain to her in great detail, at length, just how unacceptable that kind of behaviour is and that no amount of flipping the bird at you could justify it.

Hmmm, I don't. Sometimes you just have to walk away.

[Finn]

Chicks aye. When all else fails, cry.

[Livvy]

I did bad that day, but it felt good.

Sounds like you did damn great that day! I think the law should apply that you need to give a bike as much room as you would a car, and anyone teaching this lesson deserves to be rewarded.


Chicks aye. When all else fails, cry.

I'm a girl and when all else fails I just get angry. I make others cry!

[oldrider]

Not disagreeing with your attitude and actions but another side of the story could be:

The young "woman" was Helen Clark, an upcoming politician who later becomes Prime Minister! :shit:

She has a good memory and especially about the nasty motorcyclists on our city roads. :Oops:

The future could be thus:

Ex motorcyclists get together to drink and talk about the good old days when we were free to own and ride our now illegal bikes. :argh:

What we sow, we will most likely reap! :eek5:

Oh well, I bet the bitch wont do that again. :clap: Cheers John.

[Tank]

Not disagreeing with your attitude and actions but another side of the story could be:

The young "woman" was Helen Clark, an upcoming politician who later becomes Prime Minister! :shit:

She has a good memory and especially about the nasty motorcyclists on our city roads. :Oops:



pfffft - Like New Zealand would ever vote in another woman. :laugh::laugh::laugh:





















just kidding - honest - I like women.






esp hot ones.

[Livvy]

pfffft - Like New Zealand would ever vote in another woman. :laugh::laugh::laugh:





















just kidding - honest - I like women.






esp hot ones.

At least you're honest.

... And hang on... You're telling me that Helen Clark is a woman?

[90s]

You Aucklanders do seem to have trouble merging.

Nah, we do it like a zip.

With complete contact between scraping planes of metal until the two are fused. Just like we are told to.

[Jimmy B]

When this sort of stuff happens to me I normally raise an eyebrow. However since I installed my tinted visor it seems to have lost its effect.

I may have to consider waggling my finger. :blink:

[oldrider]

[QUOTE=Tank;1428036]pfffft - Like New Zealand would ever vote in another woman. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Unfortunately, she will be back at the end of the year, courtesy of the media! :yes: John

[Badjelly]

It's my experience that when Aucklanders lane-merge the people in the right lane act as if the people in the left lane are second-class citizens. There are a lot of places where single lane roads break into 2 lanes (both marked straight ahead) at the lights and merge again shortly after. People tend to stick to the right lane and get grumpy about cads like me who use whichever one seems best at the time. I found this particularly noticeable when I borrowed my sister's partner's BMW (car) and drove round the south central area for a day. I could *feel* the resentment.

[Finn]

[quote=Tank;1428036]pfffft - Like New Zealand would ever vote in another woman. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Unfortunately, she will be back at the end of the year, courtesy of the media! :yes: John

John, please stop talking like that. Have some hope.

[Tank]

You Aucklanders do seem to have trouble merging.

Actually she was behind me - so instead of just merging to the right (we both had space) she kicked up and was overtaking me as I pulled into the lane (was indicating, looking over shoulder etc).

Just clarifing.

C

[Tank]

Unfortunately, she will be back at the end of the year, courtesy of the media! :yes: John

You have to stop reading the Red Press!

[Number One]

[QUOTE=Tank;1427927]Car behind me driven by some poncy bitch hits the accelerator and screams into the area where I was moving, causing me to have to pull back into left with a big fucken truck stationary in front of me. (due to its location I couldn't have pulled into right lane any earlier). I toot and wave hand - she pulls the finger at me. (btw she could have just gone to the right lane and there would have been no issue - its the fact she surged forward into "my" space that is the issue.)[QUOTE]

Nice one dude but I wish I could say I have confidence that she had any clue what the 'issue' was...especially given she was a poncy bitch...those girls are just like... CLUELESS

[Tank]

Id tap that and the one in your sig.

[Swoop]

Nah, we do it like a zip.
I thought D'auckland driver's merged like velcro...

[Mikkel]

She must have been pretty freaked out to start crying.

Being freaked out doesn't mean that you got the message. Just that you realised that you might be in the shit. It's like "almost getting caught by the fuzz" probably won't do much to make a crim think twice about his choice of career.


Hmmm, I don't. Sometimes you just have to walk away.

Indeed - and sometimes it pays to man up and speak your mind.


Oh well, I bet the bitch wont do that again. :clap: Cheers John.

Love the drama - sounds like a very likely case...

However, I'm just not sure that you can count on her not doing it again.


Id tap that and the one in your sig.

You'd tap a bitch's window wouldn't ya ;)

[Number One]

Id tap that and the one in your sig.
Bwahahahaaa

I can assure you there is no photoshopping in my signature - I AM THAT HOT!:innocent:

[Badjelly]

When people (neighbours, strangers) do something that offends or irritates me, I have long believed that the best thing to do is eitherSTFU and forget it or to approach them and calmly discuss the issue with them. The third option being to make rude gestures, etc.

I must say however, that I have never actually managed to have a calm discussion in this situation. Part of the problem is that I am not able to be assertive without looking rather fierce. (I don't know why, perhaps it's my dark bushy eyebrows.) Part of the problem is that people really don't want to have calm discussions with jerks who are criticising their behaviour. Anyway, these calm discussions seem to end with verbal 9but never physical) violence. I haven't entirely given up on the calm discussion idea, but I have resigned myself to the fact that it's not actually going to achieve anything. (Hell, it doesn't even make me feel better!)

On the road you have the added complication that you are both controlling lethal weapons and the chances of a successful calm discussion are close to nil.

I'm afraid the woman in question has no idea why the bloody biker was threatening her, though maybe, just maybe she has the glimmer of an idea that it was something to do with bad driving on her part. Let's hope so.

[skidMark]

Would you have done the same thing if it was a bloke bigger than you?


Hes called tank for a reason....

There aint many fellas bigger than him lol

[Slicksta]

I thought D'auckland driver's merged like velcro...

Are you sure its not like a chainsaw?

[Tank]

Hes called tank for a reason....

There aint many fellas bigger than him lol

Overweight yes - but I'm no huge guy by any means

But then .... its not always the size of the dog in the fight ... The nickname came from my old boxing gym. As you may know boxing is a beautiful sport full of subtleties. Apparently I wasn't very subtle.


Edit - it also fits with my surname.

[Mikkel]

Edit - it also fits with my surname.

Murdock? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077523/)

"Right turn, Clyde!"

[SVboy]

Anyway, I think you did good, WTF did she think after she gave you the finger!

[BiK3RChiK]

Great story Tank, cheers for that, made my morning a little brighter. And the best thing is you didn't intend to follow her and freak her out, it was just where you were going, so you are blameless.

Once a woman passed me on double-yellow lines in a 100 zone, so close that I reached out and touched the car. ( just instinct to push something away I guess )
She pulled into the next town. I stopped beside her open drivers window, and told her what she'd done. She said "fuck off".

So then I just sounded my horn. My Stebel. The biggest, loudest model. For about a minute. Jeez, you should have seen her jump in total panic! She couldn't get out of the car becasue I was parked too close to her door, and her dignity didn't allow her to clamber over to the passenger door, so she just sat there, amidst the deafening blast.
My handlebar was on the windowsill, so she couldn't close the window, Stebel pointing directly into the car.
Then, point made, I simply rode off.

I did bad that day, but it felt good.

Ahh... I love it!

[BiK3RChiK]

On the road you have the added complication that you are both controlling lethal weapons and the chances of a successful calm discussion are close to nil.

I'm afraid the woman in question has no idea why the bloody biker was threatening her, though maybe, just maybe she has the glimmer of an idea that it was something to do with bad driving on her part. Let's hope so.

Except he beat on her window and told her! Unless she is deaf she sure does know what the problem was!! Hope she get's a bloody clue in the future.

[Badjelly]

Unless she is deaf she sure does know what the problem was!
Unless she was trying not to hear, or look.

"What happened to you today dear."

"Nothing much. Some crazy biker banged on my window and yelled some nonsense about cutting him off and then followed me for the next ?? kilometres."

"Yeah, bloody bikers."

[oldrider]

Chicks aye. When all else fails, cry.

Read your post this morning Finn, thought to self, why not, it always seems to work for them!

Thought I would give it a try myself.

Wife gets a bit bossy so I lay down on the floor, kicked and screamed and "cried like a baby"! :cry:

Inwardly smirks to self....hey this should really get results!

Hey, will have to finish this later, some cunts backing up our drive in a bloody "AMBULANCE"...:shit:..............:buggerd:......:bye: John.

[90s]

Last week I went over to the land on the other side of the bridge. In both directions the same thing happened. Both times I was in my lane and a car in the lane next to me just decide to move into my lane, despite me being there. No looking over.
I was aware of them and suspicious so was able to pull forward. My reaction is to bang my helmet with my first. Makes my eyes go a little blurry and I am not sure what it achieves.
I don't like rude gestures. I favour the helmet tap. If I can't talk to them through the window of course.

[Badjelly]

Last week I went over to the land on the other side of the bridge. In both directions the same thing happened. Both times I was in my lane and a car in the lane next to me just decide to move into my lane, despite me being there.
He was just wanted to share your lane. Surely you could have made room for him?

[HTFU]

You big meanie she was only trying to kill you. :bye:

[Tank]

You big meanie she was only trying to kill you. :bye:

you're right - I need to HTFU.

[Fatjim]

I think if you had started to rip her wing mirror off she might have noticed you.

Women nowadays are soo aggresive.

[Swoop]

My reaction is to bang my helmet with my first. Makes my eyes go a little blurry and I am not sure what it achieves.
Why beat yourself up about it? You are wasting time beating you own head about this... tap on the cager's roof instead.

[Str8 Jacket]

Women nowadays are soo aggresive.

Yes, I think I saw you waiting at the lights on Vivien St this morn and almost kicked your bike as I crossed, but then I suddenly thought, "what if it's not Jim". You got a sprakly shark helmet now?

[woodboats]

Not doing much city travelling I don't encounter to much agro with cagers.
Once upon a time I was happy to follow up discretions with the offending vehicle.

Now-a-days I just lift my visor and stare at them until they carry on their way forward. Once they are ahead of me I am happy, because that's just where I want them, in front and under my visual control.