Something happened today, well at 7:10 this morning to be pedantic, happily riding along the Great South Rd on my way to the motorway a gentleman (I wont call him a mindless troglodite as that may be seen as petty and mean, I am but dont want to come across as that) undertook me, so what? nothing new there...
But there was a car infront of me so as he had nowhere to go he just pushed me into on-coming traffic, while eating his breakfast pie.
A bigger person would have just backed off and let him go, I'm not a big person so I gave his car a size 9 dent in the drivers door and fucked off smartly for two reasons.
1: The afore-mentioned traffic.
2: lots of nutters on all sorts of strange chemicals out there and I didnt need to find out that he hasn't slept since May and his pie's cold. But heres the reason behind this, I'm not a large guy by any means, but I can 1:Run fast, and 2:Defend myself if need be (martial arts, but prefer option 1 cause theres less paper work).
So just a thought before you remove the mirror, kick the door, firebomb the 4x4 wank tank or tell the U.S. "Hey guys, Osama lives here!" That maybe discretion is the better part of valour.
I dont know, my act this morning probably wasn't the smartest move, and the mirror on Monday on the Southern (Bad week so far) could have used a little more of the oh well, shit happens, type thinking. Many of us dont do this sort of anti-social/self-defence call it what you will type behavior, and I know many do, the thing is the other non bike riding road users do make mistakes, and these mistakes can cost us our lives and limbs, giving the cage a rattle may just infuriate the sheep inside and not educate them that thay aren't alone on our roads and looking really is a good idea. To sumarize:
The bastard this morning had it coming and rightly or wrongly I'd do it again. However, maybe a tap on the window of the car that moved into my lane on Monday would have been a more gentle reminder that he has a window and to use it, cheaper than a new mirror. I've been riding on-road for about 15 years and don't consider myself a "newbie" any more, (Dont take offence at this if you are starting out, we where all newbie's once and we are ALL still learning) Maybe I'm gaining maturity (I hope not) Who knows? Any way, your views/comments are welcome. Lets see what hornets nest I've stirred up.
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Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
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