You HAVE to be alert when sharing the road with DICKHEADS!

**peasea** · 15th January 2010, 18:00

Originally Posted by centaurus

being quite loud people won't ignore you.

Oh yes they will.

**peasea** · 15th January 2010, 18:02

Originally Posted by bogan

had a funny one up at massey the other day, was going 30kmhr round the ring road (so not like I came outa nowhere) lady just walks acroos the road looking to her right (opposite way that I was coming from) hmmm methinks maybe she will look to the left once she gets to half way... nope, just keeps walking, i rumble up rather close (after checking she wasn't carrying anything) clutch in, let rip, lets just say she will be looking both ways next time

Haha. I had one of them a few years ago, tart looking left as I came up on her right (on a reasonably loud Harley), she didn't look until my head was roughly level with hers. I just fucking screamed 'look out bitch!' as loud as I could. Fuckin' funny, she actually shuddered. Stupid bitch.

**centaurus** · 15th January 2010, 18:17

Some people are idiots no matter what...

I was driving a cage about two years ago and going down a narrow street (30-35kph), I noticed a woman on the sidewalk, preparing to cross and talking to someone at the same time. Funny thing is that she started looking up the road (in my direction) while talking like she was making sure there was no car but in the last moment, while looking directly at me (and continuing to talk to the person on her right that was with her back towards me) she stepped right in front of the car. Brake, swerve, horn, horn, horn... her eyes popped out of her head like two apples and she suddenly looked like she had just waken up from a long slumber and didn't understand what was happening - even though she was looking directly at my car and I was about 2-3m away, she still didn't see me.

**Leviticus** · 15th January 2010, 19:17

Its the age old problem, You have to treat every other road user like they are tryin to kill you. I had some idiot on the phone jump a read light yesterday as i was turning right, and a few hours later some old bastard pulled out on me. Both times I was aware enough of the situation to already be reacting before they got me, but it takes the enjoyment out of riding. And then i had the self conflict about going back to give them a piece of my mind/punching their lights out or continuing. I still wish I had gone after both of them, but sense (sometimes) prevails.

Lets continue to pray for ourselves and everyone elses safety, just trying to do something we enjoy. Fucking Ejots