Educating the cagers...

[Donor]

Went for a squirt yesterday with gijoe1313 and a mate, first time on a bike for a couple of weeks!

Took a quick run to the ambulance station in Botany where I uplifted my sunglasses (can't be taken seriously without looking cool dammit!) then carried on to Motomail, where we met up with drider who showed us many toys and blingy things... (oh how my credit card tried to escape my wallet!)

Anyhoo, after a bit of browsing, gijoe1313 carried on to the Shore to peruse more bike porn while mate and I decided to appease our domestic controllers and head home.

Trawled K Rd for totty, but nothing to be seen in the cold wet weather, so's we cut a track for the moronway.

Waiting at the lights to get on at Symonds St, we were parked behind a blue car (Honda City?) with more "I love Jesus/Whales/Water Conservation" stickers than your average Greenpeace store stocks, plastered all over the vehicles derrière!

Lights went green, and off we went - and damn! The little blond bit of fluff driving took off! Must have thought we were filthy biker scum out to steal her purse or innocence, and entered the moronway at a sprint, carving up lanes and cutting people off! (S'okay, she had God and the whales on her side, and besides there were motorsicklists on the moronway, so clearly it was our fault.)

A few km down the road, she randomly jumped into lane 1 (the slow lane, most of you won't be familiar with THAT lane) and dropped down to the speed limit.

So, being a good stereotype, I gave My Bike a bit of throttle, and decided to have a good stare at her and saw... she wasn't wearing a seatbelt!

So fuggit thought I...

I pulled in to the middle lane, came along side her and gave the stebel a wee tootle (melodiously of course) to get her attention.

She looked at me and smiled, before going back to deciding her best escape route from this clearly homicidal rider hell bent on destroying her virtue.

So I tootled again, the melodious quality of a stebel can be a bit aggressive I suppose, but a long blast got her attention, and I made the inter-galactic over-the-shoulder "YOUR SEATBELT YOU DAFT BINT" gesture.

She smiled again (twas a lovely smile I ought to add) and then realisation dawned, and she put her seatbelt on, blushed and tootled me somewhat ashamedly back.

I of course did not return the acknowledgment, as I am a double hard bastard and do not care about anyone or anything. *koff*

Aaaaaand... well, that's about it - but let it be known, SOME cage controllers can be educated, now to work on letting them know about the danger they pose to others, not just themselves... *sigh*

[Mom]

Well done that man. One of the reasons I enjoy riding pillion is I can use the freedom to educate the great unwashed in cars.

Couple of weekends ago, a moron made a very unscheduled lane chnage in front of us. While Maha was taking the appropriate evasive action I was watching the driver. He seemed a bit distracted? We pullled up along side him and low and behold he was texting! Now this bloke was 60 if he was a day and should have known better. I sat right there and very pointedly made texting motions at him, complete with head shaking and finger pointing. He looked a bit like a possum in headlights really. Put the phone down and mouthed sorry to me. Dickhead!

[CB ARGH]

You shoulda made er pull over mate, she woulda been scared shitless.

[Donor]

Well done that man. One of the reasons I enjoy riding pillion is I can use the freedom to educate the great unwashed in cars.

Indeed - usually Mr Stebel gets a less than satisfactory result (probably can't be heard over the hippity hoppity music or the mormon tabernacle choir being thrashed in the 8 track player) but yesterday, had the result one desires. Huzzah!

You shoulda made er pull over mate, she woulda been scared shitless.

Education by intimidation... seldom works - hell, look at the youth of today, proof positive!

[CB ARGH]

aaah... ahaha.... haa... no

I've really got to study the dictionary. Half those words I don't understand mate.

[Mom]

Indeed - usually Mr Stebel gets a less than satisfactory result (probably can't be heard over the hippity hoppity music or the mormon tabernacle choir being thrashed in the 8 track player) but yesterday, had the result one desires. Huzzah!



Education by intimidation... seldom works - hell, look at the youth of today, proof positive!

The stebel on the Triumph was wonderful, the number of times I have actually seen a car driver jump on hearing what sounds a bit like a freight train coming up behind them, after doing some dick stunt causing evasive action to be taken. Must remind Maha to investigate one for the new wheels.

[Toaster]

Nice one Donor, amusing write up

[chubby]

good post, thanks for the laugh.

[Nordy]

agreed, that was a cool read.

while out driving on saturday we noticed alot of slower drivers but the level of stupidity seems to have gone up to make up for the lack of speed. The amount of drivers we saw going up offramps at the last second (from other lanes often cutting off more than one lane of traffic to get there) was astounding, let alone all those who left their indicator at home, and the one clown who indicated one way to go the other, we couldnt work that one out but stayed well clear! At least he was using it, unlike the other numptys out there.

[avgas]

i had a lovely 4wd try and cut me off on the western yesterday after my loop of the scenic dr.
Chopped the ol' girl down a gear, EXUP open - EXUP closed, i got past the car and the poor old coot needed a new seat cover for his Navara.
Never been a fan of horns - cos i don't like them being used on me.
Do on to others as you want shoved in your own face.

[sinfull]

Mate, ya missed your opportunity ! Ya should have given her a little nudge at the lights then pulled her over to swap names and numbers !
Wouldn't be the first time its happened deliberately !

[zeocen]

I bet you just wanted to see her tits, but failed when she put on her seatbelt.

[Donor]

...Never been a fan of horns - cos i don't like them being used on me.
Do on to others as you want shoved in your own face.

Well the thing is, if I'm doing something wrong that needs to be brought to my attention, and it requires a driver/rider to tootle their horn, then so be it - that's why they are 'warning devices' and are required by the Law(tm)

Hell, my work vehicle horn has eased my journey through busy traffic/intersections on countless occasions!

The stebel on the Triumph was wonderful, the number of times I have actually seen a car driver jump on hearing what sounds a bit like a freight train coming up behind them, after doing some dick stunt causing evasive action to be taken. Must remind Maha to investigate one for the new wheels.

Excuse for new bling! Always a good reason for the fitting of a stebel!

Mate, ya missed your opportunity ! Ya should have given her a little nudge at the lights then pulled her over to swap names and numbers !
Wouldn't be the first time its happened deliberately !

Fairly sure that A) Mrs Donor and B) the insurance company would have been suitably unimpressed!

(And the fact I don't really give a rats arse about whales could only have worked against me in the long run...)

[Donor]

I bet you just wanted to see her tits, but failed when she put on her seatbelt.

Actually, a seatbelt accentuates the norks, thus making it easier to see her pearly globes of fun...

[Swoop]

Interesting observation Donor. I have been working on a theory that the presence of Greenpeace/Save the whales stickers, has a direct relationship with the LACK of driving skills.
So far the stats. are running at 96% backing up this theory.