Stupid cager

[hXc]

Going down a street, minding my own business and some wanker decides to pull out on me. Well I slam on the brakes and give him a blast with the air horns. Nothing more becomes of it. Well, we get to an intersection and it seems we are both going the same way.

We get to another intersection and it seems we are still going the same way. By this time, the road opens into a double lane and he way over to the left, so I pass him. All is fine.

We come to a set of traffic lights and I turn left, he turns left. Go down a street about 400m and I turn right, he turns right. I'm still not thinking all that much of it as the street I'm turning onto is still a fairly busy, well used street.

But then I turn left onto a street with 70 houses, not much traffic and a fairly quiet neighbourhood -apart from the bikers at number 17 with that rowdy drummer- and he follows me. By now, I'm getting a little worried. So I zap down my street and turn into my drive-way, only to see him come onto the wrong side of the road, coming up to a practically blind croner and I'm thinking, here we go...

He pulls up outside my house as I pull my helmet off and says, "What seems to be the problem matey?"
"Well quite frankly, car drivers like you are the problem. The ones that cut off innocent bikers like me."
"Well where did I cut you off?"
"You don't even know? Jesus mate, you shouldn't be on the road! It was Meanee rd by the roadworks."
"Oh did I? Well you should slow down. It's only a 50kms area."
"I should slow down huh? You should fucking look! I was only going 50, as I had just turned out of an intersection myself."
"Well I followed you all the way here through 50km areas the whole way and you weren't going 50kms."
"Well, it's not your problem if I go over 50kms is it? Who are you to tell me how I can ride my bike. I didn't go over 60kms and I could have safely stopped in time if I had to. And if I wasn't going 50kms, yet you were right behind me the whole way, then you're just as bad."
"Well ugh ummm...Have a nice day"
"No! I won't! Now get the fuck off my property."

Bloody wanker!

[Colapop]

I wonder if he'd followed you to the cop shop? Or if you were older?

I was always told in the event of an accident never admit liability. This sounds like a slightly more agressive form of that. He probably thought he was being a "Big man".
Did ya get his lisence plate number?

[froggyfrenchman]

fiesty little bugger aint ya

[yungatart]

This 'might' be your mother, and I might have to take your keys off you. For your own good, you know.

[hXc]

Did ya get his lisence plate number?

Nah. Was just one of those things that happens when you ride a bike. I was just not expecting him to follow me. It was certainly an interesting experience , that's for sure!

[hXc]

This 'might' be your mother, and I might have to take your keys off you. For your own good, you know.

Shut up dad

[Colapop]

Squabble offline.

[Indiana_Jones]

F*ck him up!

-Indy

[Switch]

Good to hear nothing bad happend after he pulled up, i thought someone that would follow you to have a go at ya would be more aggressive. Did he admit to not hearing your horn at all?

[Madness]

Certainly seems the season for road-rage. And car theft for that matter. I'm convinced it's a Lunar phenomenon.

[R6_kid:Me]

sounds like you need to get over yourself, shit happens to me 5 times + a day in auckland, you learn to deal with it - pull the fingers then fuck off. Unfortunately it's part of biking, and it seems that a lot of cagers are oblivious to the fact that we are there. The sooner you adjust you riding to that fact, the sooner you arent gonna have people like this man, who probably could have kicked your ass if we wanted too, following you back to your house while you wet your pants about it.

[R6_kid:Me]

alternative - buy some 'problem solvers' from quasi, that is his 'bling' style 'race' gloves... havent had any confrontation since i started wearing them, infact people have started asking me to back them up in fights

[BuFfY]

But Gareth... who said they don't actually see you and try to run you off the road!! 5 + times a day is ALOT!!

[R6_kid:Me]

when you are coming from behind in traffic, or coming around corners in town at 50kmh+ (+traffic speed when splitting) they dont normally see you. You just treat them as moving lanes when im splitting - EBC HH fully sintered pads have help a lot when they do decide not to see you.

And as for the horn, you are wasting your time honking your horn, truth is that they are gonna end up in a position to your detriment. Best thing is to have your escape route pre-planned, which when lanesplitting in auckland you do a couple of thousand times between getting on and getting off the motorway.

Oh and its mostly retarded people on cellphones/doing makeup/drinking lattes that tend to pull out/ squeeze over on me, so no grudges held - YET

[Finn]

I was splitting stopped cars at the Ponsonby / K Road intersection yesterday. The car at the front at the lights was in the right lane but was way over to the left. I accidently bumped her mirror, no damage. I waved to say sorry but she rolls down the window and starts mouthing off something. I rolled the bike back and said "Sorry but it's a shitty car anyway. Has it got a warrant and Rego?" This obviously made her feel much better.

I think she was on the rag.