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#16 mini.30

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 05:49 PM

I'm afraid I have no sympathy, if you are admitting to doing 140 on a public road then you deserve what you get. Bikers complain a lot about having a bad reputation with car drivers, i wonder why!!

Just my opinion, nothing personal

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 05:57 PM

over 96mph is an instant ban, i no this as an aunt got caught doing 108mph in a 1series beamer.
the police pulled here and showed her the footage from the on board camera in the car.

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 07:18 PM

I'm afraid I have no sympathy, if you are admitting to doing 140 on a public road then you deserve what you get. Bikers complain a lot about having a bad reputation with car drivers, i wonder why!!

Just my opinion, nothing personal

140 was just an example, i'm not going to give out the full fat figure to anybody i don't know. Just because i have used excessive speed, doesn't mean that a clown that pulls out to overtake on the motorway with out checking mirrors is blameless. I have seen many close calls on the motorways with people not paying attention and thats in the car.

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 07:41 PM

over 96mph is an instant ban, i no this as an aunt got caught doing 108mph in a 1series beamer.
the police pulled here and showed her the footage from the on board camera in the car.



it still depends on circumstances i believe, obviously 97 on an empty 4 lane is alot less dangerious than a duel in the fog

Edited by mini93, 12 January 2011 - 07:59 PM.


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Posted 12 January 2011 - 08:27 PM

Ive seen this before, i seem to remember he calls himself the russian devil

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 08:36 PM

I'm afraid I have no sympathy, if you are admitting to doing 140 on a public road then you deserve what you get. Bikers complain a lot about having a bad reputation with car drivers, i wonder why!!

Just my opinion, nothing personal

140 was just an example, i'm not going to give out the full fat figure to anybody i don't know. Just because i have used excessive speed, doesn't mean that a clown that pulls out to overtake on the motorway with out checking mirrors is blameless. I have seen many close calls on the motorways with people not paying attention and thats in the car.


He is completely blameless, motorbikes are small and hard to see, especially when approaching at the speed. I find it hard to believe someone would just pull out into the third lane.

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 08:38 PM

Was I the only one wishing he was about to crash into a lorry and die?

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 08:40 PM

Was I the only one wishing he was about to crash into a lorry and die?

see my post on the first page ;)

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 09:24 PM

Awesome video, makes me want to go wheel my VFR400 out the garage ;)

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 09:48 PM

I find it hard to believe someone would just pull out into the third lane.

Try doing some motorway miles. People pull out of junctions in front of bikes, even when they are not speeding, and give the same excuse you say they are small and hard to see.

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 09:48 PM

He is completely blameless, motorbikes are small and hard to see, especially when approaching at the speed. I find it hard to believe someone would just pull out into the third lane.


I guess you've never driven on a UK motorway when there's other traffic about then? I see this every day I travel to work and I mean every day! Two days ago I watched one car driving quite happily along the middle lane at 60mph oblivious to the rest of the world, then with no warning or indication decided the right hand lane suited him better, he wasn't overtaking anything, just changed lanes, the transit van passing him at the exact same time nearly hit the central barrier avoiding him. Not looking in mirrors or over your shoulder into your blind spot before changing lanes will eventually catch you out when a faster moving vehicle "appears from nowhere"
I ride bikes regularly and the standard of driving here is worse than terrible recently. I'd take a guess the video looks far worse then the actual event really was anyway, observation of other traffic and your surroundings when on a bike is far better then being in any car due to being seated higher generally, the trouble is, a lot of bikers ride to the same poor standard that they drive cars to and when the accident happens the consequences and injuries are much worse than the equivalent accident when caged. Bikes can be quite safely ridden if you have the forethought to anticipate the roads and traffic around you.

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Posted 12 January 2011 - 10:23 PM

I guess you've never driven on a UK motorway when there's other traffic about then? I see this every day I travel to work and I mean every day! Two days ago I watched one car driving quite happily along the middle lane at 60mph oblivious to the rest of the world, then with no warning or indication decided the right hand lane suited him better, he wasn't overtaking anything, just changed lanes, the transit van passing him at the exact same time nearly hit the central barrier avoiding him. Not looking in mirrors or over your shoulder into your blind spot before changing lanes will eventually catch you out when a faster moving vehicle "appears from nowhere"
I ride bikes regularly and the standard of driving here is worse than terrible recently. I'd take a guess the video looks far worse then the actual event really was anyway, observation of other traffic and your surroundings when on a bike is far better then being in any car due to being seated higher generally, the trouble is, a lot of bikers ride to the same poor standard that they drive cars to and when the accident happens the consequences and injuries are much worse than the equivalent accident when caged. Bikes can be quite safely ridden if you have the forethought to anticipate the roads and traffic around you.

;) i've never been knocked off a bike or hit anyone. Plastic tyres on a bike a few years ago meant i was reguarly pulling myself out of the ditch in the wet though ;)

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Posted 21 February 2011 - 11:29 AM

I'm afraid I have no sympathy, if you are admitting to doing 140 on a public road then you deserve what you get. Bikers complain a lot about having a bad reputation with car drivers, i wonder why!!

Just my opinion, nothing personal

140 was just an example, i'm not going to give out the full fat figure to anybody i don't know. Just because i have used excessive speed, doesn't mean that a clown that pulls out to overtake on the motorway with out checking mirrors is blameless. I have seen many close calls on the motorways with people not paying attention and thats in the car.


He is completely blameless, motorbikes are small and hard to see, especially when approaching at the speed. I find it hard to believe someone would just pull out into the third lane.

bikes arent hard to see at all thats just a lame excuse people use when they hit them. if people pay attention and use there mirrors they will see them easily. i pressume you have never used a motorway? because you wouldnt think people would just pull out but they do alot and also useless people that think its ok just to sit in the middle lane they should be using the slow lane because there is noone else in it argh

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Posted 21 February 2011 - 01:08 PM

Alot of bikers are sensible.

However this one is not. Im supprised hes not another statistic.

To be fair, if someone pulls out infront of you when your doing 140 say. Its your own fault.

So you look in your mirror, see a black dot 200 meters away. Its 200 meters away. You pull out. why wouldnt you?

Literally in a matter of seconds perhaps 6 or 7 youve got a biker waving his hands at you about 3 foot off your rear bumper.

Someone doing 100mph will catch you up in perhaps 15/16 seconds. 15/16 seconds. Youve overtaken the car thats doing 65 infront of you. Youve pulled back in no issue to the guy doing 100.



At junctions, if you position and overtake like you would on a bike as you would in a car. I can imagine alot of crashes for bikers are caused by this. In a car, if another car pulls left into a junction in a car infront of you. You have to wait a little, and your revealed to the car waiting at the junction.

On a bike you can fit through a small gap. So say you were on a bike you were behind a van, they indicate in left. so you overtake on your bike at speed perhaps. a car turns left out of the junction infront of you.

They have not seen you as you were behind the van. Technically its the person who pulled out fault. But, it doesnt mean that bikers shouldnt use common sence.

Edited by Sam Walters, 21 February 2011 - 01:15 PM.


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Posted 21 February 2011 - 01:25 PM

wow now thats a good way to get to work in the morning, its also a good way to have an early funeral!




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