Almost got killed today..

**Ehgreiz** · 11th August 2008, 20:34

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Yes... she's definitely a newbie at KB... much newer than you...

actually ive only really been around for a month or so if i remember rightly..

and now i realise you were being sarcastic lol

NC · 11th August 2008, 20:35

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Yes... she's definitely a newbie at KB... much newer than you...

I'm a n00b troll

**Big Dave** · 11th August 2008, 20:37

NC - Noobo Cop.

**MDR2** · 11th August 2008, 20:39

I don't mean to criticize the way you handled this situation.. I wasn't there, but I was wondering why you bothered tooting your horn frantically and keeping pace alongside the dipshit in the car.

Why not focus on the matter ( you've just been put on the wrong side of the road) and slow down and tuck back in behind the car. Next set of lights kick a tail light out or have a word with the driver (what ever makes you feel better).

Again, i wasn't there, and im not trying to be anti rant or anything. just pointing out another option :P

**bikerboy011** · 11th August 2008, 20:40

Originally Posted by Ehgreiz

yeah, generally the way i try to approach anything on the road be it driving/riding or what have you is treat everyone around you like they are deaf dumb and blind idiots..

sadly shit like your van and my bloke pulling up right next to me are things that ya just cant predict ><

glad you got out of that one okay as well mate.. i have actually found taxi's to be notoriously bad, even worse than old ladies in mercedes.. i have a story about one of them too haha

ya man shit happens ...

**Ehgreiz** · 11th August 2008, 20:41

Originally Posted by MDR2

I don't mean to critizise the way you handled this situation.. I wasn't there, but I was wondering why you bothered tooting you horn frantically and keeping pace alongside the dipshit in the car.

Why not focus on the matter ( you've just been put on the wrong side of the road) and slow down and tuck back in behind the car. Next set of lights kick a tail light out or have a word with the driver (what ever makes you feel better).

Again, i wasn't there, and im not trying to be anti rant or anything. just pointing out another option :P

part panic part rage i suppose, i realised this option after the matter myself aswell, both options shouldnt have been needed however, i must have been in one of his blind spots when he pulled out, kinda wish i was in a car cos he would have gotten pounded hah..

but yeah, live and learn hehe

**mattian** · 11th August 2008, 20:45

glad you got out of that one okay as well mate.. i have actually found taxi's to be notoriously bad, even worse than old ladies in mercedes.. i have a story about one of them too haha[/QUOTE]

Today, about 11.30 am.......me on my bike coming around a rather gentle blind corner, doing a sedate 50 or so

I came face to face with a courier van stopped in the middle of my lane with his reversing lights on ! He wasnt even at the side of the road he was smack dab in the middle of it

reversing ! Thankgod I had my wits about me and I wasnt travelling very fast. You always have to be prepared for this kind of "unpredictable" behaviour on the road. Every close call or scare is a learning experience for you to think about, and at the end of the day review what (if anything) you could have done differently. Its really the only way to learn.

**1 Free Man** · 11th August 2008, 20:45

Originally Posted by Ehgreiz

yeah im actually getting a suzuki vl250 next thursday... with my scooter as a tradein - would have been almost as pissed if i had died as i would have been if i totalled my scooter.. although a writeoff isnt a bad thing in some ways >.>

getting a 250 insured though is hard enough when you are 22 still on your learners let alone having a previous claim lol

but yeah i am normally really extra alert in town also, but he literally came out of nowhere >.<

I ride a VL 250. A nice ride you will be happy with it but believe me THE BIGGER YOU ARE THE LESS THEY SEE YOU.
You still have to ride as if they are all out to get you.
Had a bitch, today, pulled out from a sevice station not 50 metres in front of me tonight as if I just didn't exist. Just for the record she was white european.
Bad drivers come in all colours and races.

**Ehgreiz** · 11th August 2008, 20:47

Today, about 11.30 am.......me on my bike coming around a rather gentle blind corner, doing a sedate 50 or so

I came face to face with a courier van stopped in the middle of my lane with his reversing lights on ! He wasnt even at the side of the road he was smack dab in the middle of it

reversing ! Thankgod I had my wits about me and I wasnt travelling very fast. You always have to be prepared for this kind of "unpredictable" behaviour on the road. Every close call or scare is a learning experience for you to think about, and at the end of the day review what (if anything) you could have done differently. Its really the only way to learn.

truer words have never been spoken

**Ehgreiz** · 11th August 2008, 20:48

Originally Posted by 1 Free Man

I ride a VL 250. A nice ride you will be happy with it but believe me THE BIGGER YOU ARE THE LESS THEY SEE YOU.
You still have to ride as if they are all out to get you.
Had a bitch, today, pulled out from a sevice station not 50 metres in front of me tonight as if I just didn't exist. Just for the record she was white european.
Bad drivers come in all colours and races.

oh believe me i know, i have seen more european idiots than any other race in all honesty hehe

**1 Free Man** · 11th August 2008, 20:50

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Er, did I just miss something there? Sounded like a not-too-unreasonable rant to me.

I think for NC it's that time of the month Princess. PMT or some such shit.
I thought it was a reasonable thread to. Something we can all relate to and Identify with.

**Big Dave** · 11th August 2008, 20:50

Originally Posted by Ehgreiz

part panic part rage i suppose,

Never rage.

Just exit any potential road rage situation - without getting riled yourself - U turn, ride up the gutter or footpath - whatever.

And then smile deeply on the inside because you have won - and won handsomely - regardless of the circumstances.

Put that gem between you and your helmet.