Passing on the inside..

[Dangerous Dane]

Hey all, Whats the guts with passing a slow vehicle on the inside of a lane?
I was baited into doing so yesterday by some clown who slowed right down and moved to the right then actually tried to ram me and chased me home.

He was bloody close to hitting me too.

Dont know how he could justify endangering me as he did and then the 90km+ speeds (in a 50) he had to do to chase me home.

Whats the legalities of passing on the inside?

[bobsmith]

I believe the car you're overtaking MUST be indicating right for you to overtake on left (inside?) FULL STOP

[edit] - yes I was assuming single lane

[Swoop]

So long as there are seperate marked lanes and each vehicle keeps within their lane... legal.
If it is only 1 lane.... Edit: see above post ^
Sounds as if you located one of the "intelligensia" of cagers out there.

Are you displaying an "L" plate?
Were there any reasons that would have caused this event to take place?

[Squeak the Rat]

Passing on the left is most certainly illegal unless he was stationary or indicating to turn right. [edit: assuming single lane....]

When you say you were baited into passing him, how slow did he go and what were the events that led him to do this? Did he have a reason to be pissed with you?

Regardless though, trying to ram some one is not excusable. Did you get his rego? If so you should report this to the cops.

There are too many unstable people in cars these days. Glad you survived this one, but I'd suggest that next time a car driver wants to play games you simply let them go. Better to concede and live than to be dead right.....

[bobsmith]

I just don't understand the psycho idiots who decides to agressively follow bikes with anger.

If they think bikes are half as dangerous as they say it is, they must be prepared to kill us if they follow us in that manner. Fucking psychos.

Refer to:

http://www.chuckhawks.com/motorcycle_firearms.htm

[Dangerous Dane]

No no L plates, part of the reason I didnt pull over and rip him out of his car was that I dont have a license or reg at the moment. (stupid, I know, but I'm rebuilding my bike at the moment I was just taking it for a ride to see how the carbs were running) Cause it was just a tuning ride I was only a tshirt and no gloves. It would have hurt haha.

I hadn't done anything to him, He put his brake lights on and slowed, I stayed behind him, He slowed more to less than 40km, I weighed it up went for it (Its a very wide road) And as soon as I dropped it down a gear and moved to the left he slammed on his brakes and swerved left, leaving me no gap at all. I managed to avoid hitting him and he pulled back out and toyed with me at 20km moving left and right as I did so I couldnt pass. I came to an intersection and flipped him the bird and he slammed on his brakes and did a very quick U turn with no indication then chased me home.
Came on our property and threw a tantrum about how he was going to call the cops for trying to pass him.
Stupid son of a bitch shat himself when I grabbed him by the throat and removed him from our property.

I would love to see how the cops would have handled that one if it wasnt for the fact I had no license and reg (the bike had a wof atleast)
The fact of the matter is that I never passed him anyway. At the point he braked and swerved I would have still been 2m behind his big compensation of a 4WD.

[aff-man]

No no L plates, part of the reason I didnt pull over and rip him out of his car was that I dont have a license or reg at the moment. (stupid, I know, but I'm rebuilding my bike at the moment I was just taking it for a ride to see how the carbs were running) Cause it was just a tuning ride I was only a tshirt and no gloves. It would have hurt haha.

I hadn't done anything to him, He put his brake lights on and slowed, I stayed behind him, He slowed more to less than 40km, I weighed it up went for it (Its a very wide road) And as soon as I dropped it down a gear and moved to the left he slammed on his brakes and swerved left, leaving me no gap at all. I managed to avoid hitting him and he pulled back out and toyed with me at 20km moving left and right as I did so I couldnt pass. I came to an intersection and flipped him the bird and he slammed on his brakes and did a very quick U turn with no indication then chased me home.
Came on our property and threw a tantrum about how he was going to call the cops for trying to pass him.
Stupid son of a bitch shat himself when I grabbed him by the throat and removed him from our property.

I would love to see how the cops would have handled that one if it wasnt for the fact I had no license and reg (the bike had a wof atleast)
The fact of the matter is that I never passed him anyway. At the point he braked and swerved I would have still been 2m behind his big compensation of a 4WD.

yeh sounds like he is one of the few " bastard motorcycles I'm gonna play with him" people... I've overtaken on the left on one or two occasions when someone slows right down as you say... but usually it means they are turning.. without indicating. Following ya home though? Sheesh something is really in his bonnet.. You should've dialed *555 when you got home with an account of his driving. Swerving at 20km/h is dangerous driving.

[crashe]

Tell him to call the cops....

And then when the cops arrive tell them what he was doing...
As he was being a dangerous driver..

But in saying that if it is a single lane unless he was indicating to turn right then you cant undertake on the left...
(Check out lane splitting threads)


There are always going to be dickheads out there on the road trying to be right arsewipes to bike riders. I have struck them many a time and they wont learn a thing.

Best thing is turn off to another road away from where he is going or stop and wait a few minutes and the dickbreath will be long gone.

Yep they then end up dictating to us that they think they are right...which we know they are not right, but at the end of the day, you are still alive and the pratt will get his own karma one day.


Also when a driver starts to follow you - NEVER EVER go home.... take them on a tikitour and somehow end up at the local copshop... they will soon get tired following you around the backstreets.... just make sure that you dont ride into a cul de sac as you need to be able to get away in a hurry in necessary.

The reason you dont let them follow you home, as the dickhead can come back later with a group of his mates... and either trash up your bike and/or do you over. So never let them know where you live.

[ogr1]

As above........this knob jocky now knows where you live.

[Dangerous Dane]

The reason you dont let them follow you home, as the dickhead can come back later with a group of his mates... and either trash up your bike and/or do you over. So never let them know where you live.

I think I'd be more of a risk to him off the bike..

Yeah it was a judgement error in doing a runner, I was aiming for an alleyway then I realised It was gonna be a struggle to get the bike through the entrance I was aiming for. Thought I could put enough space between us that he wouldnt see where I lived, he must have just seen the bike in the drive I think. It was pretty close.

Haha I prefer to keep the cops out of things like this. They know me all too well.

[kiwifruit]

its illegal to pass on the inside but u were only avoiding a collision so its "ok" i guess....
why was the driver toying with you? seems wierd, musta been having a shit day!

[Macktheknife]

Also when a driver starts to follow you - NEVER EVER go home.... take them on a tikitour and somehow end up at the local copshop...

I second that! I had a guy once who wanted to play a similar game and very nearly hit me, I rode the footpath, alleyways and anything else I could to get away from the bastard, he still followed me for nearly 25 mins, until I pulled in to the cop station, then he drove off like a maniac and 2 mins later he crashed into a building! The cops were very helpful and ignored my not having a WOF, the driver was caught and charged with dangerous driving, DIC and a couple of other things.
IMO, this is by far the best option, it also helps if you can get the rego in your head for later informing the cops.

[crashe]

I second that! I had a guy once who wanted to play a similar game and very nearly hit me, I rode the footpath, alleyways and anything else I could to get away from the bastard, he still followed me for nearly 25 mins, until I pulled in to the cop station, then he drove off like a maniac and 2 mins later he crashed into a building! The cops were very helpful and ignored my not having a WOF, the driver was caught and charged with dangerous driving, DIC and a couple of other things.
IMO, this is by far the best option, it also helps if you can get the rego in your head for later informing the cops.

Snap - I had a taxi do it to me...
I got the name of the taxi and the rego.... PLUS also get a discription of the driver, as they can say it wasnt them (the owner) driving the vehicle.... (there were two in the taxi van trying to get me to pull over and opening up the side door to try to get me to stop)

I also contacted the taxi company - It was the son of the driver who had the taxi out for the day...The main driver had finished night shift and was asleep. The taxi company was really pissed off, as it was giving them a bad name.
When I spoke to the police they said that they didnt care how I rode as I was saving my life from being attacked. Yep I rode up footpaths and shot down roads I knew.. these bastards were after me all cos I past them on the right at the set of lights and I got past them... oh gee what a shame.

But I fair shite myself being chased around streets..... and getting past cars at intersections... I finally lost the arsewipes and shot back home and laid a official complaint with the police.

[Dangerous Dane]

Bugger that. This guy was a joke. Probably about 40 years old and had his wife in the car. Comes strutting onto our property like rambo then shat himself when I grabbed him. Wife on the rag the whole time etc.

Haha due to a few incidents in the past I think the local constabulary would be more inclined to aid him haha.

Ah well, he wont get off this easy next time I bump into him.

[crashe]

Well I feel for his wife/partner/girlfriend...
If he gets this angry with you, what does he do to his wife/partner/girlfriend that was in the car with him when he gets home. And she was made to witness what he was doing...

She may have been telling him to let it go... but like a dumbarse idiot, he dosen't have an ounce of sense in him and don't listen.


What you have done in your past is your past..... people do grow up and change and become good citizens...