F***king cage drivers!

**oneofsix** · 24th May 2011, 10:51

Originally Posted by Willie_Ranger

Sorry if I've posted in the wrong section?

I've not been riding very long and it was my 1st 'holy shit' moment with a car.
I ride with an 'every asshole is out to get me' point of view, and don't get have the confidence to lane split etc.

I appreciate I've got a lot to learn and it's the risk I run by choosing to ride a bike.
I was just ranting, as the post thread states.

nah you posted in right thread. This is just the typical 'sympathy' everyone gets on KB. some of it is light hearted but sadly some people take themselves seriously.
You survived to learn which is good.
Your rant was about a good point. Even if they didn't like what you were doing it is wrong for them to do what they did. There has been a manslaughter case in the UK and a more recent dangerous driving case based on it not being up to the cager to try to enforce their view of the world on the biker.

**Grubber** · 24th May 2011, 10:58

Funny, i often see these threads from time to time,yet i seldom have the same issues myself. In fact i just don't seem to have any problems with cages at all really.
Might be just more aware of them perhaps and not realize it, not sure what that's all about to be fair.

**bogan** · 24th May 2011, 11:00

Originally Posted by Willie_Ranger

Sorry if I've posted in the wrong section?

I've not been riding very long and it was my 1st 'holy shit' moment with a car.
I ride with an 'every asshole is out to get me' point of view, but don't yet have the confidence to lane split, so I'm pretty cautious when it comes to overtaking.

I appreciate I've got a lot to learn and it's the risk I run by choosing to ride a bike.
I was just ranting, as the post thread states.

Thanks for the welcomes

I think they were just illustrating the futility of getting angry at cage drivers "Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering" etc... After all, you're on a bike, that's a happy place

You in Palmy North? or that other Palmy

**bogan** · 24th May 2011, 11:01

Originally Posted by Grubber

Funny, i often see these threads from time to time,yet i seldom have the same issues myself. In fact i just don't seem to have any problems with cages at all really.
Might be just more aware of them perhaps and not realize it, not sure what that's all about to be fair.

You must be in the zone mate

**yod** · 24th May 2011, 11:03

Originally Posted by Willie_Ranger

I ride with an 'every asshole is out to get me' point of view,

..and that is exactly the correct way to ride.

Just out of interest, was this the Napier road? I come in that way a lot of mornings and a depressing number of people seem to have this strange idea that the 100k zone is actually a 70-80k zone for the last 1.5kms.....

The car wasn't signwritten was it? We have quite a few Swifts in our fleet.....

Originally Posted by DrunkenMistake

+1

I wont even mention my antics when it comes to cars speed matching or speeding up to close the gap between them and the car infront.

FUUUUUCK, I fucking HATE that!!! Fucking children who have the attitude that because they're stuck in a line of traffic with no hope of ever passing, nobody else should be allowed past either. FUCK YOU, YOU FUCK!

rant over.

**Willie_Ranger** · 24th May 2011, 11:06

Originally Posted by bogan

I think they were just illustrating the futility of getting angry at cage drivers "Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering" etc... After all, you're on a bike, that's a happy place

You in Palmy North? or that other Palmy

Admittedly, I thought I was an aware driver until I got my bike licence, now I seem to notice a lot more!
Still, the guy was a fucking idiot!

I'm in 'sunny' Palmerston North - it's been 3 months and I still don't like it lol

**Oscar** · 24th May 2011, 11:07

Loud pipes save lives....

**oneofsix** · 24th May 2011, 11:09

Originally Posted by Oscar

Loud pipes save lives....

in this case it would have just helped the driver know where to aim

**Maha** · 24th May 2011, 11:13

When that Suzuki Swift owner logs on later he/she will be highly apologetic im sure.

**Katman** · 24th May 2011, 11:14

Originally Posted by Willie_Ranger

Dear Suzuki Swift Owner

I realise that because you couldn’t afford a car that can exceed 170km/h, you feel a strong need to compensate for yourself. I also realise that you wake up each morning and put on your “I’m going to drive like an inconsiderate fuck face” hat.

I’d just like to say thank you, for driving at 80km/h in a 100 zone. I’d also like to thank you for whatever dumb fuck brain cell in you imbecilic mind thought it was a smart idea to try to cut me off.

It must have been hard hearing the roar of my 250 as I travelled behind you; I can understand how that would upset you whilst driving a 1.5L. And as you watched me indicate to overtake you, your inconsiderate fuck face hat clearly kicked into overdrive, as you swerved almost completely out into the oncoming lane, in a pathetic attempt to prevent me from getting past you.

I’m not sure what was sweeter, giving you the finger as I passed you, overtaking the other 8 cars you were stuck behind in one sweep, or finally taking the next corner AT SPEED, which I’ve been trying to do for weeks.

Mr cage driver, you are an ignorant feeble excuse for a road user, I hope your POS swift gets sucked under a truck!

Sincerely

Willie Ranger

How long have you been shooting up testosterone?

**bogan** · 24th May 2011, 11:16

Originally Posted by Willie_Ranger

Admittedly, I thought I was an aware driver until I got my bike licence, now I seem to notice a lot more!
Still, the guy was a fucking idiot!

I'm in 'sunny' Palmerston North - it's been 3 months and I still don't like it lol

Yeh, plenty of em out there, you learn to notice em pretty quick and either hang back, or pick you passing point carefully.

The trick with Palmy north, is never go anywhere else, and it won't seem so bad due to lack of comparison