Are wing mirrors fair game?

The one I hit to day(1) all but exploded and left a significant dent in
my pannier(2)So am I supposed to stop and exchange details or just say
**** it and carry on, the reason I ask is Advenures do not have reverse
gears and it was too hot to be bothered to get off and walk back, however
I do feel quite bad about trashing someones mirror. More to the point they
may have my reg number so by failing to stop at the scene of the accident
etc...


(1)Filtering
(2)what a bastard, why are car mirrors so low?

 

Watch out, maybe next time he'll chuck his door open as he sees you (in his
expensively replaced wing mirror) filtering through the traffic.

 

I have a Modified Bike rack permanently oon the back of my car I call it a
Cow Carrier with the front Bullbar(Cow Catcher) you knock them down and then
carry it home for the freezer on the back!!
I find it brilliant for touch parking!
Does that measn I am not in touch with my feminine side ??

 

Yep, chances for a mirror you'd have been able to sort it out cash and
not involve the insurance.

Well exactly, so worse case could be points and the claim being
settled by insurance.
It also maybe ages before the Police show up, I was accused of
clipping someone at some lights[1], it was 4 months or so later when
plod turned up.

[1] to the best of my knowledge I didn't

 

Lazy sod. How would you feel if someone did that to you?

 

I am *amazed* you have to ask that question. Try getting a price on an
electrically operated, heated, wing mirror for, say, a SAAB 9-5. Throw in
fitting at a SAAB dealership, then ask yourself this: "Would I be pissed off
that some gobshite, couldn't give a **** motorcyclist smashed my mirror and
then fucked off into the distance?"
That is exactly the sort of behaviour that gets everyone a bad name and if
you get collared. Good. Yes, I know there are some god-awful car drivers out
there, but that poor **** was just sitting in the traffic, minding his
own............till you came along.

 

You should have stopped off... but you didn't. Oh well. If they did
get your number then the police may send you a letter saying your
failed to stop at the scene of an accident. A colleague did this
recently (in her car) and sent a letter back to the police saying she
didn't know anything about it.

Evidently unless there are witnesses it's just your word against
theirs. I suppose you could always remove the dent from the pannier
(evidence) and hope not to do it again.

How many mirrors have you managed to 'reset' with your GS? I imagine
that filtering can be quite a task with a bike with a fat arse. Nice
bike though!

 

Personally, I'm ok with you knocking my wing mirror off and fucking
off.

Mind, you, you better fucking pray the next set of lights are green or
the cost of my wing will pale in comparison to the repairs your bike
will require.

 

Sometime around Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:51:35 +0100, RobbieWirral babbled on
about:

Gobshite couldn't give a **** motorcyclist eh? What a nice start, try
driving through a busy town where a percentage of the Merc, BM and yes
Vauxhall 9-5 driver actively resent someone moving faster than they are,
and will often intentionaly drift across lanes and glower if you manage to
squeeze past, regardless of the fact they have one ear glued to a mobile
in there repmobile boring unpaid for company boxes. I get the impression
they could not give a toss if they gain an extra scratch or not regardless
of the safety of a passing motorcyclist. I ride an Adventure and drive a
BMW Touring when needed, both are my own vehicles and are treated
accordingly so I do value property.

I did in fact advise the police when I got home as I felt mean about
my actions, and would also have resented loosing a mirror to a
motorcyclist, however if yours is the attitude of the average car driver
towards 'gobshite' bikers then **** it, I really wish I hadent bothered,
just like the car that will invariably pull out across me on a roundabout
tomorrow morning with the driver safely sat in his anonymous little
company box totally unaware of just another gobshite biker.

Perhaps some of them will come to realise they are not the only
people on the road.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ovenpaa

FWIW, I think you were out of order.

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Sometime around Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:57:51 +0100, BGN babbled on about:

Normally they hit me when I am stationary. I guess I should throw the
panniers away and just keep my laptop slung over my shoulder, or
maybe stick to a car and conform to the accepted form of commuting.

This week I have had a higher than normal percentage of car drivers drift
across me whilst I am in my own lane or filtering, culminating in one
actively crossing the centre of the road to try and force me out into the
path of an oncoming vehicle because he was crawling in 10mph traffic and I
had the audacity to overtake him.

 

Shoe size bigger than your IQ Sir?

 

Although I've had this done to me it's so rare, couple of times in 3
or 4 years of commuting. On the whole most don't seem to notice or
stay where they are which is fine and a significant minority actively
try to make more room which I appreciate.

 

I totally agree with most of what you say about cagers, but had this
*particular* guy done anything? No.
But that doesn't alter the fact that through *your* misjudgement, he is now
minus what could be a very expensive wing mirror.
Mine is not the attitude towards 'gobshite' bikers; I ride a bike and also
have a car remember. Like you, both are my own vehicles.
My bike was recently vandalised. The kids that did it were 'gobshites'. That
doesn't mean I think all kids are gobshites. Last week a fuckin 4X4 driving
gobshite put a crease in the passenger door of my car as he reversed out.
That doesn't mean I see all 4X4 drivers as 'gobshites. Do you see the
pattern of the way I think?
Perhaps you will come to realise *you* are not the only person on the road.

 

When I saw them in Derby they did seem a bit massive, great size for
touring, I imagine.

I'm not sure what the ideal location for a laptop is on a bike, when I
had to fix one for a friend I just put it over my shoulder (handbag)
and leaned a little further on left hand bends.

From what I remember, the official reply for this action is:

1) Stop bike in gear, turn off engine, put in side stand, get off.
2) Walk over to boxed in stationary car with no way to get out.
3) Lift up wiper blade, turn it over, put it back down.
4) Get back on to bike (very important) and piss off down the road.

I have not yet managed to put this into practice yet, but I am assured
it's very satisfying.

 

If yours is the attitude of the average biker then no wonder everyone hates
us. You're a twat.

 

Another goodie, especially if you're on the nearside, is to open his rear
door, before buggering off.

 

I wonder if that would count towards anything like a "attempting to
gain unauthorised access to a vehicle" or summut?

 

What, so you'd make a claim of your insurance rather than pay cash,
would you?

FWIW we had a new complete[1] wing mirror[2] unit fitted to the pug[3]
a while back, at a totl cost (including labour) of 104 Eu.

[1] Including the housing, mountings etc.
[2] Heated, electric adjustment, etc.
[3] I'd caught it in the hedge when reversing round in the drive.

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In uk.rec.motorcycles, Ovenpaa amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

Technically, yes.

That all depends on your conscience and wether you want the boys in blue
to come round, which they will and then you'll get nicked for criminal
damage.