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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwifruit View Post
    I agree with katman, the driver will probably not look kindly upon motorcyclists in the future (if he sees them!)

    You're lucky you didn't get the shit beaten out of you.

    Just my opinion of course
    I'm with you on this one. The result is another fool on our roads that purposefully won't give motorcyclists any safety margin or room for error in his future travels.

    I remember vividly the instructor of Roadsafe Motorcycling explaining to me how if somebody made a mistake, it would be wiser to remain polite and wave at the guy. Because the guy would drive away thinking "that poor motorcyclist nearly got done by my stupidity and he seemed like such a good bloke!".
    Otherwise you can hurl abuse and turn a guy anti motorcyclists for a long long time. Which could suit you but could cost another motorcyclist.

    For this reason, I've never abused drivers when they're in the wrong and made a song and dance about it, I've often wondered if it may divert a bad situation for one of you in the years ahead. I also think you actually end up riding away calmer and feeling better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahameeboy View Post
    Telling bad drivers off is not the most important thing in terms of making the world a better placed....save energy for more important things.
    Like getting home in time for the 6pm news?



    Cultivating awareness and empathy in other road users can potentially save lives. I consider that worth putting effort into, when circumstances allow.

    Making the world a better place isn't a matter of grand, occasional gestures - it's done one baby step at a time, by not deciding that things 'aren't important enough' to put effort into.

    Having the balls to give some polite advice to a stranger who's fucked up and thereby endangered you is just one of those baby steps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
    Great, another car driver who'll be determined to run the next motorcyclist he sees off the road.
    Have to agree. Although the post has it's funny side, ultimately it's going to make the life of motorcyclists tougher. A bad mistake was made but road rage doesn't help.
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    Confrontation will have a positive effect on some and a negative effect on others. Unfortunately you will never really know how your actions will influence another individual.

    In a near miss I will generally shake my head when they do finally see me and I would have to be knocked off my bike before I would enter into an argument.

    I'm glad you pulled this one off Steam, gave me a good laugh.
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    Fat fucking Jesus what a pile of bullshit!

    If I had to take a dislike to all white cars the road just because I found that some white cars behaved like dicks I'd have a hard life TBQFH!

    Steam, mate, you got your point across I'm sure. I am also sure you could have done that more elegantly. If the villian in the 4x4 ever takes it upon him to bring punishment upon all bikies I suspect it will not be through Steams actions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grahameeboy View Post
    ... I just don't think that we can expect all drivers to have the skills to deal with bikes or for that matter the busyniss of roads....
    Yet these same people have managed to "aquire" a licence to drive a ton of steel that can endanger other road users and also bystanders?
    If they haven't got "the skills" as you put it, then they do not deserve to be on the roads in the first place.

    This evening's example of a fat-necked cager who had indulged in a bucket of kfc too many, and didn't care to look out of the driver's side window, let alone glance at any mirror prior to a lane change.
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    My personal view is that road users need more and continuous eduction. It is terrifying that the middle aged man or woman who passed a test in the 1970s can drive today on the same licence.
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    Well steam, had it been me in the cagers position i would have beaten the iving shit out of you. Just because you are in body armer means jack shit, it just means that you need to be smart about where you hit. The better solution is to point at the mirror, point at your eyes then give the thumbs up to show that the cager needs to do this in future and no harm done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McDuck View Post
    Well steam, had it been me in the cagers position i would have beaten the iving shit out of you. Just because you are in body armer means jack shit, it just means that you need to be smart about where you hit. The better solution is to point at the mirror, point at your eyes then give the thumbs up to show that the cager needs to do this in future and no harm done.
    http://www.prometheus6.org/images/toughguy1.jpg

    Yada yada yada - let's face it. Most of the times we get exposed to these situations we just kinda curl up into outselves and continue, a bit more shaky, on our merry way.

    Whether Steams actions have caused said driver to look more in the future is frankly impossible to judge. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't. However, Steam at least spoke his mind...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    http://www.prometheus6.org/images/toughguy1.jpg

    Yada yada yada - let's face it. Most of the times we get exposed to these situations we just kinda curl up into outselves and continue, a bit more shaky, on our merry way.

    Whether Steams actions have caused said driver to look more in the future is frankly impossible to judge. Maybe it did, maybe it didn't. However, Steam at least spoke his mind...
    But was it the most effective way to make the guy reconsider his actions? No.




    Just out of curiosity what would you have done if you were in the car? If it was a genuine mistake it was a genuine mistake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McDuck View Post
    But was it the most effective way to make the guy reconsider his actions? No.
    The last time I saw someone do something in the most effective way was... Fuck me, I can't remember.

    Quote Originally Posted by McDuck
    Just out of curiosity what would you have done if you were in the car? If it was a genuine mistake it was a genuine mistake.
    I'd have been scared shitless TBH. I would certainly not have considered going out there to duke it out. The fact that the person got defensive enough to consider that option would certainly suggest that he was aware that he got caught out being in the wrong...

    And, personally, I don't think I could have made the same mistake if I had looked properly - actually I know I couldn't, because if I had looked properly I would have seen the motorcycle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    And, personally, I don't think I could have made the same mistake if I had looked properly - actually I know I couldn't, because if I had looked properly I would have seen the motorcycle.
    Whats to say it was the same level of mistake in a different way, IE not stopping for a stop sign etc etc? For what its worth i have (per kms travelled) had more near misses in the car caused by motorbikes than on the bikes caused by cars.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McDuck View Post
    Whats to say it was the same level of mistake in a different way, IE not stopping for a stop sign etc etc? For what its worth i have (per kms travelled) had more near misses in the car caused by motorbikes than on the bikes caused by cars.
    Which ones have concerned you the most?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post
    Which ones have concerned you the most?
    To be honest, the ones where i was in the car. It would have been like a train driver hitting a car on the tracks. Happening and not jack shit i could have done about it, blaiming self etc even when i didnt do anything wrong etc.

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    What Katman ironicly forgets is the same approach Steam used is the same approach he takes to his mad ramblings about road safety that we all love & enjoy



    ps: if some clown is happy enough to put my life on the line & lets not over look this point, your life IS on the line when you are on a bike, then they are going to have to take a verbal tyraid & whatever transpires. And by God they will know they caused a near major accident because the system sure doesn't do anywhere near what it should to avoid it in the first place. It happened to me yet again not so long ago, minding my own business, riding in the correct lane position at the correct speed & some clown does a U turn just over the brow of a hill when on either side of him there are easy turning area's and heres me coming over the hill to see him in the middle of the road!!! Braked & avoided collision with no thanks to him he just looked at me like a stunned mullet & drove off, I turned & chased after him & gave him a bloody good telling off, I went off at the prick, had his daughter in the car with him as well (hes late 40s) so I got stuck into him about setting a good example for ya kid, that I gaurantee he won't do again.

    It's hard for others to say if they weren't there how it went down but if its done correctly then it can be very effective, for me its far to an important issue to sit back & do nothing when someone so recklessly endangers my life I got something to say about that, it aint gunna be pretty & I make no appoligy for it.
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