InstantForum.NET v4.1.3UK Bike Forumhttp://forums.ukbike.com/forums@ukbike.comSat, 11 Feb 2012 00:03:59 GMT20http://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspx<div class="Quote"><b>Ems (23/10/2007)</b><hr noshade size="1" class="hr">some teenager got banned and fined in oxford for texting while riding a scooter while speeding!.</div></P><P>Reeespect!Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:29:38 GMTBlack Doghttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxsome teenager got banned and fined in oxford for texting while riding a scooter while speeding!. They should give harsher fines. and make them permanently banned from 2 wheels. They know it's wrong, full stop.Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:11:15 GMTEmshttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxNice one, Lady P, and good idea Ems.</P><P>Serious point - if you're on a bike and someone's tailgating you in a car, you aren't going fast enough! I don't regard myself as a particularly quick rider (compared to some) but normally-driven cars don't stay with me, either through traffic or on the open road. I've only been tailgated at my "normal" speeds a couple of times, and each time it has been a BMW or some "sporty" car with a middle-aged man at the wheel, driving too close and obviously trying to give me grief (often because I have overtaken them quite properly a mile or so back). In such cases, my personal built-in danger meter goes into the red, as I know that a car going as fast as I am is being seriously thrashed, inches from my tail-light. I slow down, back off, let them through - it ain't worth the risk.</P><P>Anyone using a mobile phone in any vehicle is dangerously distracted and should be hung, drawn and quartered. Twice if they are texting. And twice that if they are on two wheels. If they last that long.Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:04:46 GMTBlack Doghttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxWAHEY, good one lady P!!! You should have taken a pic saying, 'if i see you at it again, this goes to the police'!!!Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:58:28 GMTEmshttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxIf someone gets right up my bumber I slow down to about 10 mph below the speed limit, they hate that, talking of tail gating you wouldnt believe what happened to me last Friday night, was coming home from work stuck in traffic you know stop start stop start and a moped was behind me either in my boot or miles back and kept looking at something in his left hand yep you have guessed it he was flipping texting, so me being the patient driver I am and thoughtful got out of my car in the middle of rush hour traffic with a deep breath screamed at him "put that F**king thing away before I knock you off that bloody bike. To my suprise he did and was well behaved behind me until he turned off about a mile later. I must have scared him tho cos I was in my suit all prim and proper. Ha flipping idiot.Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:39:32 GMTlady phttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxThats just mad. How can they seriously get away with doing stuff like that. If someone tailgates me in the car i stay at the speed i'm at, but on a bike i'd be too scared they'd nip the rear and send me flying, so i prob would accelerate off.</P><P>I guess it just supposrts the stupid stuff like that Policeman that got caught doing 3 times over the limit or something stupid, but got away with it coz he was 'seeing what the car could do'!Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:09:52 GMTEmshttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxHere in Swansea (and it does the rounds around South Wales) they have an unmarked Evo VIII for "tempting" the boy racers. With tactics like that it's no wonder that the public in general feel the way they do about traffic police. I prefer high visilbility policing, not this underhand sneaky Pete way of doing things, undercover cars, hidden speed camera vans, ninja gatsos.</P><P>As for the original issue of falling into their trap, well, as I know that we all follow the Highway Code to letter every time we go out in/on our vehicle of choice that if someone does drive too close behind you then the correct course of action is to slow down.</P><P>Yes, slow down. There's nothing like slowing down when some a$$hole is right up your chuff to make them reconsider their tailgating. Yes, slowing down will immediately quell the impatience of the driver behind you. It won't make them even more impatient and more likely to do something really stupid.</P><P>Certain parts of the Highway Code were clearly written a buffoon. And the theory exam was written by the son of said buffoon.Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:45:06 GMTSlackerhttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxI never have enough room to keep a dove up my sleeve to flip on the appropriate occasion. Tried it once made an awful mess of my body armour. Though a sparrow or something similar may be a better option as they are inherently smaller.</P><P>Also, they generally ask for your license. If it's obvious they are going to nick you regardless say no Currently it's not mandatory to have your license with you when perambulating down the Queens highway, even if you have it means lots of form filling and processing etc, you might as well make them work for their money and the downright nuisance of stopping you in the first place. Very occasionally they realise what is in store for them if they carry on and may even decide it's not worth it and let you off.Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:43:07 GMTroadhooverhttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspx<div class="Quote"><b>Mazz (22/08/2007)</b><hr noshade size="1" class="hr"> flip them the bird as well, however this is optional!!</div></P><P>I do that anyway......<img align="absmiddle" src="http://forums.ukbike.com/Skins/Classic/Images/EmotIcons/Tongue.gif" border="0" title="Tongue">Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:02:54 GMTlady phttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxYou're right there! I knew several guys in Capris - red ones, black ones, spoilers, bodykits, the lot. They all complained of getting pulled on a weekly basis. I never got pulled once [1]. That's the benefit of having a nice anonymous silver car - you don't look like a boy racer, so you can get away with more [2].</P><P>[1] Not true. I got pulled on the way to work one morning. A copper in a car said he couldn't see my tax disc. It was there, but the curve of the windscreen had hidden in from his angle of view. He seemed very reluctant to let me go, as if a guy in a 2.8i HAD to be doing something wrong. Luckily, on that day, I wasn't even speeding.</P><P>[2] A good argument for quiet pipes on a bike.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:11:03 GMTBlack Doghttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxSo, is this a common place event on our roads? Unmarked Police patroling the roads, actively tempting people into a race? That seems incredably underhanded... but at the same time, a fair way to catch the idiots out there!</P><P>You didn't get pulled over because you didn't take the bait. You didn't want a race and therefore demostrated to the Police Officer that you were in no mood and probably would never race another car on the road. A younger, more immature 19 year old grot bag in his/hers Nova would've excepted the challenge and been duely cautioned.</P><P>A wolf in sheeps clothing me thinks!Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:00:20 GMTMazzhttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxHappened to me too, in a car though. M1, three lanes, lots of traffic. I was pushing up in lane 3 following the traffic at about 70-ish. Wife noticed extra aerials on a Volvo in lane 2, so I slowed to 69.999 to pass him. Sure enough, the driver had the police shoulder tabs on his shirt. I pulled in a few cars ahead. A minute or so later, he came past in lane 3, looked over at me and jerked his head, as if to say "wanna race?". He can't have realised that I had clocked him earlier, but I left him well alone. I'm pretty convinced that he had spotted the fast car (Capri 2.8i) and was trying to tempt me into an offence. Lucky for me, I am too old to start racing strangers.</P><P>It did strike me as being a bit underhand, though.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:37:20 GMTBlack Doghttp://forums.ukbike.com/Topic996-20-1.aspxearlier this week my cousin was pulled over for speeding down the A23. we was duely cautioned and recieved a fine. What made me slightly miffed was his story behind it... </P><P>He was travelling along at 70 when a car came up behind him and started to get right up his backside. Now usually when this happens you get a bit annoyed and open it up a bit to put some distance between yourself and the car, which he did. Unfortunatly this particular car was an unmarked Police Volvo and it caught up with him and clocked him at 90mph.</P><P>Now, I'm not defending him, he shouldn't've been doing 90, but it worried me slightly the Cops may have intentionally pushed him into exceeding the limit. Why? I'm not sure, perhaps it was slow day and they wanted something to do, but riders beware. If you see a Volvo or Focus estate pull up close behind you, don't crack it open... Hold your speed and pull in when you can... flip them the bird as well, however this is optional!!Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:29:58 GMTMazz