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[Claibo]

Pfft, I ride a motorbike most days - you lot don't know the meaning of 'being pulled out on'

No-ones hit me head on whilst in the mini, no-ones nearly side swiped me and no-one tried to share a single lane with me.

Yes maybe slightly more vulnerable looking than the average car, but if you are getting upset with the metal box around try being on two wheels without seatbelts or doors

Of course, annoying drivers are everywhere. In central london though, pedestrians are worse.

I find the tailgaiters usually hit traffic earlier though just drive for yourself

Actually I do know the meaning of being pulled out on, not through my experience but my sister's. She ended up having a broken leg, which has now had to be internally splinted with a chunk of metal, a stolen Vespa, which was also written off, along with nearly a year and a half out of work! Damn taxi drivers!!

[lapider]

Pfft, I ride a motorbike most days - you lot don't know the meaning of 'being pulled out on'

No-ones hit me head on whilst in the mini, no-ones nearly side swiped me and no-one tried to share a single lane with me.

Yes maybe slightly more vulnerable looking than the average car, but if you are getting upset with the metal box around try being on two wheels without seatbelts or doors

Of course, annoying drivers are everywhere. In central london though, pedestrians are worse.

I find the tailgaiters usually hit traffic earlier though just drive for yourself

Actually I do know the meaning of being pulled out on, not through my experience but my sister's. She ended up having a broken leg, which has now had to be internally splinted with a chunk of metal, a stolen Vespa, which was also written off, along with nearly a year and a half out of work! Damn taxi drivers!!

sorry i dont really understand the story was your sister driving a stolen vespa, or did she drive the vespa and then the crash happened and the vespa was stolen. or was she driving a car and pulled out on a rider driving a stolen vespa.

[minimissionary]

I thought the leg had been splinted with said stolen vespa.

[Claibo]

Pfft, I ride a motorbike most days - you lot don't know the meaning of 'being pulled out on'

No-ones hit me head on whilst in the mini, no-ones nearly side swiped me and no-one tried to share a single lane with me.

Yes maybe slightly more vulnerable looking than the average car, but if you are getting upset with the metal box around try being on two wheels without seatbelts or doors

Of course, annoying drivers are everywhere. In central london though, pedestrians are worse.

I find the tailgaiters usually hit traffic earlier though just drive for yourself

Actually I do know the meaning of being pulled out on, not through my experience but my sister's. She ended up having a broken leg, which has now had to be internally splinted with a chunk of metal, a stolen Vespa, which was also written off, along with nearly a year and a half out of work! Damn taxi drivers!!

sorry i dont really understand the story was your sister driving a stolen vespa, or did she drive the vespa and then the crash happened and the vespa was stolen. or was she driving a car and pulled out on a rider driving a stolen vespa.

Sorry I hadn't fully woken up when I posted this.

My sister got into an accident driving HER Vespa, a taxi cut her up knocking her off her Vespa, the impact of the taxi broke her leg which has now had to have a metal rod to support the bone attached. Then just after the accident whilst her Vespa was on the floor and she was at the side of the road with the broken leg, some guy jumped on the Vespa and stole it, even rode it around the block so he could wave at her before riding it off into the distance.

[coopdog]

wow! i cant see how someone would do that,
some wierd people about

[jinjrich]

I've had my Mini for a bit over a month now, and I have noticed people driving stupidly close to me and trying to overtake since I started driving it.
One event last week made me genuinely scared. I turned left at a roundabout and some guy in an old astra was following me ridiculously close, even though I was doing 30 in a 30.
I came to a zebra crossing and stopped to let some school kids cross. As soon as they got halfway, he started beeping his horn at me because I follow the rules of the road (mostly). There was a queue of traffic no more than 10 metres in front of me, so it's not like he could have got very far. Even so, he tried to overtake me, nearly hitting an oncoming car. Failing to get past me as I joined the traffic, he mounted the pavement to my left, nearly taking my car out in the process. He then jumps out of his battered up old astra and I quickly lock my doors, he starts swearing at me as he tries to open my door. With his hand still on the handle I just smiled and waved, then drove off. He did not look happy........

Anyway Claibo, I just want to say what a lovely looking Mini you have, I'm sure you'll have some better days driving it soon.

Wow, reminds me of my run in with a cyclist in my swift. Blimey these driver's, they seriously need to take a chill pill! I actually got scared for you reading this message, the cyclist who decided to try and open my door had a few punches at my window too, followed by swiping my wing mirror causing the mirror inside to fly off to the other side of the road, and then bent my aerial too!

I'm a cyclist first, a driver second. I've half dragged a taxi driver out of his car before for nearly killing my girlfiend on her bike, Most drivers treat cyclists as second class citizens, which we aint. I wouldnt care if you were in a ferrari or classic mini, you must of done something wrong.

and to the 'i wouldnt be responsible for my actions' brigade; Thats the attitude that causes so many problems on our roads.

[Claibo]

I've had my Mini for a bit over a month now, and I have noticed people driving stupidly close to me and trying to overtake since I started driving it.
One event last week made me genuinely scared. I turned left at a roundabout and some guy in an old astra was following me ridiculously close, even though I was doing 30 in a 30.
I came to a zebra crossing and stopped to let some school kids cross. As soon as they got halfway, he started beeping his horn at me because I follow the rules of the road (mostly). There was a queue of traffic no more than 10 metres in front of me, so it's not like he could have got very far. Even so, he tried to overtake me, nearly hitting an oncoming car. Failing to get past me as I joined the traffic, he mounted the pavement to my left, nearly taking my car out in the process. He then jumps out of his battered up old astra and I quickly lock my doors, he starts swearing at me as he tries to open my door. With his hand still on the handle I just smiled and waved, then drove off. He did not look happy........

Anyway Claibo, I just want to say what a lovely looking Mini you have, I'm sure you'll have some better days driving it soon.

Wow, reminds me of my run in with a cyclist in my swift. Blimey these driver's, they seriously need to take a chill pill! I actually got scared for you reading this message, the cyclist who decided to try and open my door had a few punches at my window too, followed by swiping my wing mirror causing the mirror inside to fly off to the other side of the road, and then bent my aerial too!

I'm a cyclist first, a driver second. I've half dragged a taxi driver out of his car before for nearly killing my girlfiend on her bike, Most drivers treat cyclists as second class citizens, which we aint. I wouldnt care if you were in a ferrari or classic mini, you must of done something wrong.

and to the 'i wouldnt be responsible for my actions' brigade; Thats the attitude that causes so many problems on our roads.

He was cycling on the road where there's a perfectly good cycle track, it does annoy me when cyclists refuse to use cycle tracks and insist on staying on the road, but then swooping back on the pavement to avoid traffic lights... If you're gonna use the road, stay on it and abide by the highway code, if you're gonna use the pavement don't decide you want to pull out onto the road in front of a car...

I may have shouted out my window and informed him of the cycle track, in my own words

[AndyMiniMad.]

Whats with cyclists and the need to have a go at car drivers....we pay our road tax to use the roads, a substantial part of which goes towards creating a safe zone for cyclists to use..or even provide them with a track all to themselves....but oh no! this still isnt good enough. you have to ride your bikes on the pavement swerving in and out of old grannys and small children. or ride your bikes three abreast on a single track road with your stupid tight lycra shorts...giving us the finger if we dare ask you to please move over.

I also cycle when its a nice day. But never in lycra.....yuk!!

[samsfern]

i actually stopped and got out my car and shouted at someone in town today, will probably have been reported to police for it,

anyway, said guy pulls out infront of me without even looking, so i take evasive action, mount the pavement (very shot curbs in town as its "shared space with pedestrians" then end up in front of the guy, i just shrugged it off andforgot about it, as its normal day to day life for me, then he has the nerve to toot and flash his lights at me, as well as hand gestures, w t f did i do wrong?!? i wasnt speeding and was no way in the wrong, so i stopped in the middle of the road, as there was no way i was going to put up with abuse and hand gestures, go out the car and walked up to his car, and shouted at him, he then wheelspan off, coward! so yeah, im expexting a visit from the police fairly soon as no doubt someone would have reported to the police.

Edited by samsfern, 23 October 2011 - 09:18 PM.

[Frank the Tank]

Whats with cyclists and the need to have a go at car drivers....we pay our road tax to use the roads, a substantial part of which goes towards creating a safe zone for cyclists to use..or even provide them with a track all to themselves....but oh no! this still isnt good enough. you have to ride your bikes on the pavement swerving in and out of old grannys and small children. or ride your bikes three abreast on a single track road with your stupid tight lycra shorts...giving us the finger if we dare ask you to please move over.

I also cycle when its a nice day. But never in lycra.....yuk!!

You do know that most cyclists will probably also own a car and pay the same Vehicle Excise Duty.

I ride to and from work as often as I can and what really annoys me with cars is the fact that they have to squeeze passed me when a car is oncoming. I will ride at least a drains width away from the kerb ensuring I don't hit said drain and possibly put me in harms way.

Why should a cyclist move over towards a more hazardous area, the 3 a breast thing can be annoying but it means that the motorist will at least give the cyclists proper space when passing.

Don't get me wrong not all cyclists are angels but I feel very confident in saying that motorists are far worse and more ignorant of cyclists.

[jinjrich]

No such thing as car tax. Roads are paid for out of the governments general tax fund. So yes, all cyclists pay for the roads just as much as car drivers.

Its 'vehicle excise duty' not 'road tax'.

And just for the record, the fact my excise duty doesn't go straight to the upkeep of the roads is what makes me so annoyed i have to pay it on my car!

And if bikes were 'taxed'.. how much wear and tear do you think my 35mm tyres cause on the roads?

I could go on and on...... but this is a car forum so i'd be banging my head against a brick wall.

Anyway, love Minis!

[jinjrich]

Whats with cyclists and the need to have a go at car drivers....we pay our road tax to use the roads, a substantial part of which goes towards creating a safe zone for cyclists to use..or even provide them with a track all to themselves....but oh no! this still isnt good enough. you have to ride your bikes on the pavement swerving in and out of old grannys and small children. or ride your bikes three abreast on a single track road with your stupid tight lycra shorts...giving us the finger if we dare ask you to please move over.

I also cycle when its a nice day. But never in lycra.....yuk!!

Nothing quite like a nice sweeping generalisation of a morning....

[Claibo]

Just to mix things up, the WORST thing is the idiots that drive like lunatics around horse riders!! I horse ride myself, and let me tell you it's a frightening world even when riding the most docile of horses!

[Duncy H]

I'd like to say something i don't like about people riding horses. Not all horse riders but there are a small group where i live, I live on a kind of built up estate where there is nowhere really to go to other than houses and back to where you came from on this loop road round it all. But horse riders seem to think it is a great idea to ride round it when it isn't the quietest of places. Surely they could so easily find somewhere else to go, a ten second walk from my house and you are in amazing countryside. They probably only do it so they can show off to people how much money they have.

It's not a dig at all horse riders, just them certain ones from where i live.

[MaxAndPaddy]

MrMax bikes down to the train station most days, scarey stuff!!....The school run mob in their 4x4's are the worst hes had a few lucky escapes.

As for horses on the road things have changed alot, I worked with them for years and had no problems, I was considerate to the drivers and they were to us.

But now road tolerance in general has dropped, our daughter now rides and sadly doesnt go out on the road much because some numpties find it funny to race up behind, some have beeped there horn at her (shes 13) and told her to get off the road. And to be fair some of the 'noses in air' horsey brigade do seem to think they own the road and make the problem worse

Everyones in a rush nowadays.... manners have deteriorated