Blind cagers - what I just saw on my walk

[rocketman1]

Just came back from my evening walk a couple of hours ago.
I was walking up to this T intersection, lady in a little yellow car stops to go out into the main road, Big white Van coming down the road past her side road when I saw the lady look up the road at the van, then she pulled straight out in front of it.
I was that close to her that I could see her eyes looking up the road at the van, I could not believe what I was seeing, she took off, then she luckily stopped just in time for the van driver to take evasive action.
She looked at me with a half hearted smile on her face as if to say, whoops.
I thought what chance is there that if she cannot see a white van in perfect conditions, then what chance is there that she will see a motorbike.
I just shook my head, i know she felt stupid.
Got me beat, I think I will paint my bike flourescent yellow or something.

[MarkH]

Apparently we should wear hi-vis vests - then no car driver would ever fail to see us! Yeah, right!

[avgas]

I now ride naked.
Its difficult if I am missed at all.

NGATT

Of course I imagine accidents are still caused

[slofox]

I now ride naked.

I bet that promotes evasive action though...

[mazz1972]

Apparently we should wear hi-vis vests - then no car driver would ever fail to see us! Yeah, right!

Get one of those pink high viz vests....people might actually look twice

[avgas]

I bet that promotes evasive action though...

- bees
- birds
- stones

all easy to catch than an STD when riding on a motorbike naked.

[varminter]

Was following some fuckhead home tonight, prick had a map in front of him, one of the big fold out types

[NONONO]

I now ride naked.
Its difficult if I am missed at all.

NGATT

Of course I imagine accidents are still caused

NGATT, classic.

[Spearfish]

Was following some fuckhead home tonight, prick had a map in front of him, one of the big fold out types

I've seen a dipshit with a coffee in one hand and holding a half eaten muffin on the lid with his index finger while trying to turn the pages of a newspaper with the other, while (driving ?) on the north western motorway. No worries mate?

Its equivalent to me:

Riding with only the one knee to steady the bars, anyway bikes are turned by weighting the pegs only so it will go straight with both feet up, trying to read a paper is hard but magazines don't catch the wind the same. Drinking a coffee and eating a muffin is easy with a half arse helmet especially at the moderate speeds reached while using a cycle lane, if I'm really lucky I dont spill any on my anti road rash shorts and safety T shirt, plus the bonus of the new laws regarding headlights on all the time its now up to the pedestrians to look out for me if I don't look up and run a red light or three.
Ah the joys of a no consequence passive attitude to safety while riding the predictable road to work.

[Techno]

I now ride naked.
Its difficult if I am missed at all.

NGATT

Of course I imagine accidents are still caused

Hey I ride naked to!!!!!

No wait, I ride a naked bike. As you were.

[jack_hamma]

I now ride naked.
Its difficult if I am missed at all.

NGATT

Of course I imagine accidents are still caused

Good for a laugh, got to be able to take a good rubbin then!

[hellokitty]

Get one of those pink high viz vests....people might actually look twice

I wear a bright pink leather jacket - doubles as an invisibilty cloak too apparently......

[DarkLord]

Maybe get one of those 139db horns.... yet set it up so that it's constantly going?

That way you would ALWAYS be making your presence heard.... only side effect would be a rather rapid loss of hearing....

[MarkH]

Maybe get one of those 139db horns.... yet set it up so that it's constantly going?

That way you would ALWAYS be making your presence heard.... only side effect would be a rather rapid loss of hearing....

You say that, but when your neighbours come around with flaming torches & pitchforks you might think of another side effect - made worse by not hearing them coming.

[AznNinja]

People do some dumb shit on the roads. Especially in rush hour.

I've also seen the coffee and paper thing on the way home - was driving my car toward the Greenlane roundabout and the dude next to me kept on leaving a mile and a half gap, then blasting up and almost hitting the car in front of him when he noticed. He finally caught up to me, didn't put his brake on properly and kept creeping until he was an inch off the bough of the bumper in front.

Couldn't believe it when I saw a newspaper up against the steering wheel (folded right out) and a coffee in his left hand!!

This sort of behaviour absolutely befuddles me, particularly as I drive a manual car. Eyes and hands on task!! If these are the idiots behind the wheel, no wonder so many bikes get taken out with 'oh I didn't see you' as the excuse. Of course you can't see, there's a book/paper/map in your way!!