The other side of the coin

**slofox** · 14th July 2008, 17:52

Originally Posted by musicman

From your description the rider seemed completely oblivious to the close call and so will continue riding like so in the future. A short tootle of the horn (not a long angry blast) would have alerted him/her and hopefully make them more careful in the future.

You could be right - food for thought if it happens again. But I genuinely was concerned about scaring the rider - didn't look all that stable to me.....I was quite close when the lane change happened.....had I been a bit further back I might well have "utilized the warning device"...hard to know what to do in that sort of split second situation.

**carver** · 23rd July 2008, 17:59

Originally Posted by slofox

hehehe Yeah - s/he was screaming along at at least 45km/h..........

your in hamilton!
come for a ride!

**varminter** · 23rd July 2008, 18:18

I rode a scooter over 40 years ago, spent a lot of time looking up at the sky saying WTF, mid teens with shit for brains. Wife wanted to get one to save money blah, blah, I took one look at the cruiser next to it and fell in love (good marketing) I’ve started off with the ubiquitous GN250 but the big one will come. Reasons, apart from the small wheels, I’d look a total twonk wearing the armoured gear on a scooter and I’ve got to look after this old body. Hope 60’s not too old to learn.