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D-Rider · #1 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:08 pm

Well that was more excitement than I want on a commute home from work.

Trundling along the outside lane near the hospital it came time to pull in to the inside lane as I would be turning left at the junction.
Pulled in to a suitable gap and then some Range Rover from the outside lane decided without warning or indicators or anything to cut right in infront of me. Not amused as he basically used up the majority of my gap to the car infront. Didn't need to brake as he wasn't going slowly but wound the throttle right off and let the engine braking do its stuff ..... while exercising the headlight flasher repeatedly.

It was at that point that the rear end went all a bit weird .... felt a bit like the rear tyre had been punctured and then it tried to catch up with the front wheel.
Yes, having just been cut up by a Range Rover, the car behind had decided to run into the back of me!
Nice!

.... and they say bikes are dangerous .... nope the danger comes from the 4 wheeler in front and the 4 wheeler behind (and also those from the sides)

BikerGran · #2 Post by **BikerGran** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:46 pm

Oh bugger!

Any damage to you? And how much to the car?

The driver of the car behing was probably goggling at the Range Rover that cut you up and forgot to pay attention to you!

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:54 pm

No idea whether the car sustained any damage - I didn't fancy getting close to the front of it again to inspect it!

There was a bit of gesticulating towards the driver though!

Dusty · #4 Post by **Dusty** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:22 am

I really do despair at the standard of driving that we have to defend against. I occasionally commute on the bike and despite the queue-beating advantages, it's my least favourite form of bike riding. In the morning, half of the car drivers are engrossed in make-up application or coffee drinking while the other half have managed to get up, presumably perform their ablutions and set off before they've wakened from their slumbers. In the evening, they're all so desperate to get home in as short a time as possible that they ignore 90% of the rules of the road. Texting and phoning are also included as the norm these days so probably not worth a special mention.

I'm glad that your scare did not damage you or the bike, Andy, although I'm sure the blood pressure had an unwelcome boost.

jonnie_r · #5 Post by **jonnie_r** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:31 am

I would suggest that being a 'biker' you are an adrenaline junkie and manufactured the situation to get your daily kick, how dare you blame poor defenseless car drivers, you could have killed one of them.........

Not, obviously. Hope the bike is ok, did you exchange details? I would have done and then claimed off their insurance for damage, that may or may not have been present at the time.

Some people need to learn to look properly. People are becoming to accustomed to driving in their safe big metal box with brain disengaged, thinking that they'll be safe.

D-Rider · #6 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:08 am

jonnie_r wrote: Hope the bike is ok, did you exchange details? I would have done and then claimed off their insurance for damage, that may or may not have been present at the time.

LOL no detail exchanging was done as nobody actually stopped. Said car moved in to outside lane and then "made progress". Of course I could easily make progress too but I needed to go the other way at the junction. No point me stopping if he was sailing off into the distance.

Clearly my super-human riding skills prevented me crashing

.... though had I been braking to avoid the Range Rover I think a punt from behind would have caused the rear to quickly overtake the front which may have defeated my incredible ninja-riding-skills.

Willopotomas · #7 Post by **Willopotomas** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:02 pm

You show far too much restraint. Personally, I would've made it so the car that hit you became undrivable.. Or at the very least followed them home.

Good to hear you're ok though bud.

#8 Post by **mangocrazy** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:08 pm

Will, the meek shall inherit the earth (as long as that's OK with everyone else, of course)...

D-Rider · #9 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:35 pm

mangocrazy wrote:Will, (as long as that's OK with everyone else, of course)...

I think that may be a misquote the "r", "a" & "t" having been lost in subsequent translations and transcriptions.

It may have been the meerkat shall inherit the earth

Simples (though it might be a better "policy" to stick with the conventional version .... well I say "conventional" but there is nothing conventional in proposing that it is the meek that shall inherit the earth - conventional thinking suggests great force is the way to go but conventional thinking is often wrong)

Blessed are the cheese-makers

<-- cheesy grin

Aladinsaneuk · #10 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:14 pm

I also despair....

Driving home from work on a quiet B road, I slowed down for the cyclist in front of me

Meanwhile spotty erk behind me was getting irate and started flashinghts and horns ago go

Cyclist was obviously concerned so he stopped and pulled his bike up the verge

I also stopped

Spotty was really going nuts...

I saw the cyclist start to laugh as I say there for two minutes before driving on....

Falco Frank · #11 Post by **Falco Frank** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:51 pm

Only rear-end shunt I ever suffered on the bike resulted in a cracked sub-frame...

I thought all was ok originally - glad I took it to a good dealer.

Hope its a good ending.

SimonDk · #12 Post by **SimonDk** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:29 pm

Yeah, tossers enough around.. Glad you're okay.

D-Rider wrote:. though had I been braking to avoid the Range Rover I think a punt from behind

Though if we should extract learnings, another point would be that applying slight brake pedal to activate lights, might have warned the follower.. - Riding a two weeks holiday with a friend, we quickly agreed that front man should do just that when slowing for enjoying the scenery or navigating...

fatboy · #13 Post by **fatboy** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:41 pm

One deaf dumb and blind driver closing the door on you....
another deaf dumb blind fucker behind you trying to push you into the first fucker...... AAAAAARRRGHHH
More than your fair share of deaf dumb blind fuckers, glad it was low speed and not worse
Left one behind the bar for you in Sams, when you unwind

D-Rider · #14 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:58 pm

fatboy wrote:One deaf dumb and blind driver closing the door on you....
another deaf dumb blind fucker behind you trying to push you into the first fucker...... AAAAAARRRGHHH
More than your fair share of deaf dumb blind fuckers, glad it was low speed and not worse

Yeah - guess I know what it's like to be a Mean Pinball !

fatboy wrote: Left one behind the bar for you in Sams, when you unwind

That's very kind of you - cheers

TBH although my head tells me it could have ended very differently it didn't feel that big a deal. Don't think it even raised my heart rate. It felt just like the usual stuff when you loose the rear and correct it - no biggie - certainly not like when you loose the front in a big way and are somewhat astounded when you get it back again (not that I try to make a habit of either).

What's more, it's given me a rather good idea .... can't say more at the moment .....

HisNibbs · #15 Post by **HisNibbs** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:08 pm

May the space be around you...