Advantages of being a newbie

Having recently passed my test and having had an instructor that had a thing
about not pulling up to close to the vehicle in front (particularly hgv's)
in case they reverse or roll back, good advice eh?

Well, this good advice came to fruition today but not in a way I would have
thought, coming up to a set of red lights, queue of cars ahead, a nice
greaming bike overtook and popped in front of me at the queue, no problem

Anyway, I held back a little as brainwashed to do and the bike in front
pulled up tight to the car in front (A Merc A Class) it was at this point
that I pissed my self laughing and the other bike rider could be clearing
heard screaming every swear word in the French/English language.

Yep, the driver had decided to empty his entire washer bottle, through the
misaligned nozzles onto the poor sod on the bike, he looked like he had been
through a car wash

D

 

David Thomas wrote:
[snip]

I'm convinced some car drivers do this deliberately, that's why filtering to
the front of the queue is the only thing to do, YKIMS.

 

Des, by any chance ?

**** me, I nearly pissed myself ;-)
Mike.
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Not may HGV's roll back, but it is a good idea and common curtesy to
stay within the drivers visible area, ie if you can see his mirrors he
can see you, take it from me - when the traffic is busy and you know
that a bike has been aproaching from behind, and as it gets closer it
disappears, it can be a worry because you don't always know where it
has gone or when it can re-appear, especialy if there is other road
hazzards ie roundabouts or junctions ahead.

This is where gloves with armor are useful, broken pieces of mirror
glass left littering the road


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Kevin - Basildon
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Brainwashing is the technique used to get newbie's through a DAS. You
just don't have time to teach them to ride. That comes later.


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Alan

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Hehe, I think you need "Anger Management" classes!! ;o)

BTW, watched the movie last night. Bloody hillarious!!

Zeroaxe
<fx: looking up armored gloves. Christmas pressie perhaps>