"I didn't see you..."

[Da Bird]

Just about got taken out by a cage today on my cop bike and the first thing the woman says is,

"Sorry, I didn't see you." (obviously wasn't looking too hard to see my dirty great fluro bike)

I replied, "Yes, and that's why motorcyclists get knocked off their bikes".

She says, "Yes, my husband has a motorbike."

Right.... so, if by chance your wife came home with a $150.00 ticket today for trying to put me into the pavement and giving me heart failure at the same time, she got off pretty lightly considering how mad I was.

BC

[scumdog]

Maybe she thought you were her husband?
Tell me it WASN'T your own wife?

[YamaHead]

I wonder how that Broad woulda reacted if you had center-punched her car with an Anvil of a Bike?....."Oops, sorry I didn't see you!"

Damn Cagers!......most of 'em don't see us because they're too busy Jaw-Jacking on their mobile phones!

[Da Bird]

Maybe she thought you were her husband?
Tell me it WASN'T your own wife?

haha, no, definitely not my Missus... a Pommy girl driving around on a UK licence.

[DogBreath]

Just about got taken out by a cage today on my cop bike and the first thing the woman says is,

"Sorry, I didn't see you." (obviously wasn't looking too hard to see my dirty great fluro bike)

I replied, "Yes, and that's why motorcyclists get knocked off their bikes".

She says, "Yes, my husband has a motorbike."

Right.... so, if by chance your wife came home with a $150.00 ticket today for trying to put me into the pavement and giving me heart failure at the same time, she got off pretty lightly considering how mad I was.

BC

$150 was cheap!
It sure would be nice to able to exact that kind of retribution on someone who wasn't paying attention and gave me the spooks.
Been in the grass a couple of times because someone thought I was turning, but I wasn't. God dammit, if I was turning I would have had indicators going...
Sometimes I wish I had a paintball gun so I could mark 'em as a warning to others.
Or maybe just to mark 'em!

[Gremlin]

You ride a bike twice as big as any other on the road, you have enough lights for a disco and all the fluro on you and it requires sunnies to still see you... and she still doesn't see you??

No hope for us then... who was it that said assume your invisible... only way out I reckon...

hmmm the advantages of being a cop. Somebody does something really dum and you get to write them a ticket for it Should put it on your recruitment drive posters...

She got off real light... obviously you were having a good day...

[Gixxer 4 ever]

I know I will get blasted for this but..... I have experienced this. It is very hard to judge the distance and the speed of a bike coming at you with the light on. I know, on is good and mine is always on but when you come up to an intersection and make the split second decisions it is easy not to judge the speed of the head light correctly. In fact in some cases the drivers brain is still trying to process the information as they drive out. No excuse but if we all slow down we have more time to react.
And it is not always the fault of the car drivers. I nearly killed my stupid self at the Taupo Napier turn off 6 months ago. I came out of the small township called Bay view and headed North. The turn was a left hander. I pushed the button for the indicators to turn them off and away I went. Came up to the Taupo turn and wanted to go straight ahead and noted a car at the intersection. I slowed down cos it is a very dangerous intersection. As I got with in 10 meters of the intersection the car started to pull out. Stopped and then moved forward again. I hit the brakes hard and locked the front for a moment and they stopped. I had a felling I was going to hit the drivers door hard. I went around the car and gave the drive the one finger solute. I noted a look of surprise on the drivers face. It occurred to me somethin was wrong here. I checked my dash only to see the left indicator was on. She assumed I was turning. So I was at fault. I wanted to turn around and apologise but realised if I tried to stop her she would have had a heart attack and probably think I was out to give her the bash.
Anyway my point is we need to slow down and show some tolerance as we get it wrong from time to time as well.

[Storm]

Youre a lot more of a calm man than me. I'd have made her the scapegoat for all the people who dont look so as to spread the word.
Still, she does need the extra money so as to get an eye test

[justsomeguy]

Happens every day as you must know- just happened to a KB'er, yesterday I think, as I read something very similar.

There's an article in this months Kiwi Rider - Th curse of the SUV-Driving S.S.B*

Would have probably been in hospital today if I didn't almost stop as soon as I laid eyes on a dumb female donkey pulling out, sure enough she just pulls out looking only at the otherside of the road instead of at the approaching traffic lane - then make a big grimace as she sees me stopped a few feet from her window beeping and shaking my head and this was on Old North Rd - a regular race track.... not some 45kmph Remuera poo street.

Glad you gave her the ticket - won't make no diff - but at least she has to pay:spudgrr:

* Stupid Society Bitch

[Blackbird]

Hi BC - so you don't have 100W bulbs in your Company vehicle then?

Since I fitted 100W Xenon Brite White (cough.... illlegal I believe ), I've really noticed how many cars move over when I approach from behind in daylight. I'd sooner be illegal and noticed than than the other way round.

Good on you for your action. You should fit rocket launchers

Cheers

Geoff

[Sniper]

Hell BC, Im glad you bloody gave her a ticket. Even though it is only $150 it may just make her that much more aware of her surroundings.

Silly UK cow.

[justsomeguy]

Anyway my point is we need to slow down and show some tolerance as we get it wrong from time to time as well.

No we don't, we're perfect riding Gods


- yeah you're right:spudbooge

Though we tend to get more alert after we nearly get rammed or have a rare much loved vehicle writen off by some SSB who can't follow give way rules.

[thehollowmen]

Ya know.. down here in otago there is a radio advert which seems to make it ok to use that excuse if the rider / pedestrian is not wearing a fluro vest from some road safety shop.

I've had a lot of people use that excuse after I pull up next to them at the next set of lights and give them a blasting... big red motorcycle with two huge lights always on... ya can't not see that if you looked.

But really.. people don't do the head check these days.

One day I'll get up the courage to ask them for their cell phone and tell them to pick it up from the police station.

[Stevo]

Silly UK cow.

That is hilarious......................................... coming from a South African!

[Stevo]

BTW, Mr Sniper........... seeing as you now have ten times MORE posts on here than I and I think I had more than you once upon a time you need a job where you actually do some work!!