Moan for the week!

[Genesismatrix]

Heres my bitch for the day.

Yesturday i was riding to work in the dark and -1 degree frost and I got tailgated the whole way!

Understandibly i wasnt riding like a bat out off hell but i wasnt driving slowly either. I just cant understand people that sit up riders arses, If the rider falls are they really going to be able to stop in time?

[Smorg]

no they arent.....squished fxr pie

[Morepower]

I know it goes against the grain , but your best action is to pull over and let the tailgater past. Better that than to be run over when you need to stop in a hurry.

Dave

[UrbanMyth]

or you can rip down your mainstand (if you have one) and spark them !! muhaha

[Genesismatrix]

yeah it easy to get rid of them in a car. Just chuck your hazard lights on a they piss right off.

[Oakie]

I just tap the brakes ... not enough to slow the bike but enough to make the brake light go. Usually makes them back off a few metres.

[myvice]

Grenades in your tank bag with magnets glued to it...
Pull pin, drop grenade, open'er up!

[Harry33]

Yip I hate that...and people who don't know how to give way

[mdb]

Don't take it personally, I'm constantly amazed at how some cagers drive in the wet. The other morning (when it was wet) here there were about 5 different car accidents causing mayhem on the morning commute. I heard that the best one was a 10 car nose to tail pile up on the Ngaranga.

[smokeyging]

Grenades in your tank bag with magnets glued to it...
Pull pin, drop grenade, open'er up!

Yep, that would just about do it, and even if you missed the tailgater and got the one in behind him, WTF, they’re making grenades every day, just biff another……
Your best bet would be to pull over and let the silly bugger go, and give him the fingers when he’s got his car tied in a knot around a pole down the road.

[raster]

I think peoples brains short circuit in the rain.

[Grahameeboy]

I think peoples brains short circuit in the rain.

or the space just fills up!!!

[scumdog]

It's not that they are conscious of their tail-gating, it is just the are focussed on 'more important' stuff than driving - go figure!!

When they are stopped and spoken to they say (In 90% of the time) "oh sorry, I never noticed I was following too close, I was thinking (they were really thinking?) of what I was going to have for tea,/ where my gym gear was,/ running late to pick up the kids
etc etc"

NONE ever admit txting but often that is the case though.

Keep dabbing your brakes to make the brake-light flash and move over when you can, they'll soon pass. (But probably just to make room for the NEXT tail-gater )

[Grahameeboy]

It's not that they are conscious of their tail-gating, it is just the are fucussed on 'more important' stuff than driving - go figure!!

When they are stopped and spoken to they say (In 90% of the time) "oh sorry, I never noticed I was following too close, I was thinking (they were really thinking?) of what I was going to have for tea,/ where my gym gear was,/ running late to pick up the kids
etc etc"

NONE ever admit txting but often that is the case though.

Keep dabbing your brakes to make the brake-light flash and move over when you can, they'll soon pass. (But probably just to make room for the NEXT tail-gater )

So they are just not conscious then.....you'd think it was obvious you are tailgating wouldn't youuz...

[scumdog]

So they are just not conscious then.....you'd think it was obvious you are tailgating wouldn't youuz...

Not when you speak to a woman who has been tail-gating and ask here how long in distance it would take her to stop from 50kph and she says in all seriousness "Oh, I think about a couple of metres?"