I hear that. No idea what goes through these peoples heads that makes them think that braking is the right thing to do in this situation! My pet hate is the following: The School-Run Mum - Can often be seen driving a chelsea tractor which they have no idea how to properly control, and which makes them seem oblivious to everything around them. Jerky throttle/brake control as standard. No hesitation to pulling out in front of you, forcing you to make emergency maneuvers to avoid a collision with them. Constantly in a state of rush. Avoid at all costs (which is kinda difficult when you leave work at 8am after a night shift).
The Braker -totally in their own world you have followed them for the last mile and for the first time in 15 mins they look in mirror, see a bike headlight and slows right down or even brakes for no apparent reason, thinking it helps me (not to be confused with the emergency Breaker Is the emergency breaker the person who is steadily travelling at 50mph (causing a moderate que behind) and then spots you in his mirrors overtaking the car behind and then decides to slam on thus causing your perfectly safe overtake to turn into an emergency stop or a rushed 2nd overtake to avoid ploughing into the back of the sod ?? [/QUOTE]
How about the roundabout straight liners who go from left hand lane approach to left hand lane exit without thinking someone else may be on their right hand side using the roundabout correctly. They shit themselves when your elbow suddenly appears over their off side wing.
Now I take offence I have a car with no roof or windscreen. I wear a cap or wooley hat depending on the weather and a helmet if it's raining
'THE STRAIGHT LINER' can drive at a half decent pace in a straight line but as soon as it comes to the smallest kink in the road scared as shit to go round it! or the '45 MPH EVERYWHERE DRIVER' will do 45mph through a 30mph zone but wont do 50 mph in a 60 mph zone......feck i hate them ones the most!
Grrr they get on my tits! The shocker You have been behind them for about 10mins but as you overtake and get along sidethe drivers door they make a violent twitch in shock as they realise you are there. The Searcher Someone with no clue where they are going and searching for a road. They are prone to sudden braking and last minute changes of direction with little to no warning. Shiny
The 'diplomatic convoy'. 1 limo, 2 minicabs, 3 people movers, 8 motorcycle cops and a Merc 4x4 with 'Securiyy Keep Back', stopping all the traffic and causing congestion just because some foreign a*&se doesn't want to wait in the traffic. H
The Comfort Braker Repeatedly touching their brakes even in a straight line on an empty road, has no effect whatsoever on their speed just wears their bulbs out quicker, drives me nuts The Pedal Dancer The second their foot comes off the accelerator its on the bloody brake pedal, look like nodding dogs they do
The unusually aggressive female I have come across a few female drivers (don't know why female?) who seem to think you don't have a right to be on the roads, or at least less of a right than them. They can swerve at you, try to take you lane position especially on motorways and usually give you a lot of hand gestures. One time on the way up the M1 I had to kick out at one of these drivers doors as she was attempting to side swipe me and was yelling at me to get out of her way?!? I pointed at my tax disc before accelerating away to get some distance from her....
Well I probably should have specified Remal that I am of course only untrusting of people who wear hats inside cars with fixed hard-top roofs. Should you be fortunate enough to own a convertible or similar sporty little number that may present the opportunity for a bit of open air driving then hats are fine as a bug to the forehead can smart a bit, and wind and sunburn present a problem to the follicly challenged. This is fine; This is not;
Quick ride tonight and came across the.. Your not passing me - 3 cars in front and the 3rd guy in a focus sets of like a man possessed, takes the lot, double white lines, he's off.....to dangerous to attempt to pass once I caught him back up.....what a cock !
The two footer... Who drives with their foot on the brakes so you have no idea when they're using them...
The aggressive snail - pulls out into a inadequate gap in front of you and then proceeds to accelerate with all of the urgency of a tortoise. You were not speeding but had to brake or at least come off throttle to avoid going into the back of them and then you are lucky if they reach the speed limit.
The SMILER- That nobhead bloke normally driving some sort of executive saloon on his company car loan who likes to sit bang on the white line and grins at you in his mirror knowing you want to get past and that every car ahead of him has moved over to allow this apart from he. You don't wanna risk a dodgy overtake because there is traffic coming the other way however if he moved there would be more than enough space to filter through. You then finally find a space in oncoming traffic and pull past at which point he looks straight ahead because he's either too scared of the horror squatted over the bike, has too small a penis to look his enemy in the eye, or doesn't dare look at the machine that he so badly wants but isn't allowed to buy and will therefore hold up for 3 miles of the B1257!!!! I could have had so many wing mirrors but I try to rise above it.
The EUROPEAN Motorbikes are an intrinsic part of his society. He's more aware of them and more considerate. After all, you might be the next MotoGP champ. I love touring in Europe.
Forgot about this one! Few incidents riding tonight reminded me pretty loud and clear though! The Black cab driver - Doesn't like bikes, and bikes don't like him. Forever barging into gaps, stopping you from filtering so that he can move forward another 6" only to come to a complete stop behind a lorry. U turns in the middle of the road without observation, indication or warning. One of the biggest hazards I know when it comes to riding in London, second only to pedestrians.
The London cyclist, a species who appear to believe that any road traffic law only applies to other road users, and that no entry, stop, give way, one way signs are only manufactured by people to keep them off the dole and do not have any legal standing once concreted into the ground. The fact that when you are signalling and turning left at a junction its just part of the game to see if you can launch yourself up the inside of me before I turn in, as one muppet attempted this morning, funny how those in the wrong always shout the loudest. I remember the days when London dispatch riders were vilified and treated as the great unwashed, well they have nothing on the lycra clad morons who cycle in London.
