motorcyclists behaviour out for their sunday drive

divillybit

So I just got overaken this morning by a pack of 8 motorcyclists in high powered bikes out for a sunday drive.. the thing is it was a 60k zone and they were doing well over that and accelerating...and one nearly clipped me trying to swerve back into the lane to avoid an obstacle on the road.. one lad or lady going hard, setting the pace for the rest of them... disgraceful behavior. I dont want to tar all motorcyclists with the one brush, its people that have bikes capable of very high speeds I have an issue with... its hard to have sympathy for these motorcyclists when you hear they've have been hurt badly in some accident when you can guess that a major factor has been excessive speed.

D3V!L

Give me a minute, just getting some popcorn.

not yet

In other news: I've a banging hangover..

the beer revolu

I saw a bad man littering this morning.

S_D

Thanks for that post.

Whos watching the football?

ShamoBuc

S_D wrote: »

Thanks for that post.

Whos watching the football?

Football on the telly, Rugby on a tablet and the hurling on another tablet, quiet afternoon!

McDermotX

Don't you hate pants ?

Is there some rule in the AH charter that you're not allowed use paragraphs or punctuation in an OP?

I hate grammar nazis, but that is really hard to read (on a phone, at least).

beertons

My dad has a pet ladybird that lives in the sitting room.

blade1

hairyslug

I'm really badly constipated.

kneemos

hairyslug wrote: »

I'm really badly constipated.

Full of ****.

Gwynplaine

No sympathy for motorcyclists. A shiver goes down my spine when one whizzes past me when I'm doing 100km.

divillybit

divillybit wrote: »

its people that have bikes capable of very high speeds I have an issue with....

My bike is capable of very high speed. What's your problem with me?

Pinch Flat

Seems to be badge of honour to travel well in excess of the speed limit on a motorbike these days

kneemos

I've never seen a bike going anywhere near the speed limit in fairness,unless it's a cub50 or something.


Don't think the cameras can read bike plates.

Sonics2k

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Seems to be badge of honour to travel well in excess of the speed limit on a motorbike these days

:pac:

kneemos

kneemos wrote: »

I've never seen a bike going anywhere near the speed limit in fairness,unless it's a cub50 or something.


Don't think the cameras can read bike plates.

Yes they can.

Chestvalve

They are allowed go twice as fast because they have only half the wheels of a car.

kneemos

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes they can.

In one direction only obviously.

LillySV

Gwynplaine wrote: »

No sympathy for motorcyclists. A shiver goes down my spine when one whizzes past me when I'm doing 100km.

I’d hate for you to have sympathy for me cause I’m a motorcyclist

Deagol

divillybit wrote: »

So I just got overaken this morning by a pack of 8 motorcyclists in high powered bikes out for a sunday drive.. the thing is it was a 60k zone and they were doing well over that and accelerating...and one nearly clipped me trying to swerve back into the lane to avoid an obstacle on the road.. one lad or lady going hard, setting the pace for the rest of them... disgraceful behavior. I dont want to tar all motorcyclists with the one brush, its people that have bikes capable of very high speeds I have an issue with... its hard to have sympathy for these motorcyclists when you hear they've have been hurt badly in some accident when you can guess that a major factor has been excessive speed.

Won't somebody think of the children!!??

SCOOP 64

At the end of the day will most likely will only kill themselves anyway unless its a head on and they go through the screen and give you a nasty headbutt.

There's a really instructive video out there, where a Mum has posted online footage of her son's helmet-cam (he was a motorcyclist) leading to his death, after having an impact with a car.

Having trouble posting videos from my phone, but maybe someone else knows what I'm on about. It should encourage all of us, motorists and (motor) cyclists to be more wary on our roads.

Alkers

divillybit wrote:

high powered bikes

What bikes were they?

gctest50

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

At the end of the day will most likely will only kill themselves anyway unless its a head on and they go through the screen and give you a nasty headbutt.

just aim for the door

SCOOP 64

Number of deaths in them 2 photos?
the speed on impact must have been high.

gctest50

Both driver and passenger in the red car & the bike rider - the force flipped the car

dunno about the other

gctest50

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

At the end of the day will most likely will only kill themselves anyway unless its a head on and they go through the screen and give you a nasty headbutt.

hmmm #2

blade1

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Seems to be badge of honour to travel well in excess of the speed limit on a motorbike these days

You're stuck in some different age.
The badge of honour these days is getting the elbow down.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes they can.

Well they could if the tax disc blocking the plate trick isn’t being used, most bikes employ this trick though.

LillySV

The biggest factor in motorcyclist accidents in Ireland is assholes pulling out in front of them ...

Mundo7976

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kowloon

I lost a mirror to the tyre on the back of a jeep as it reversed on to a main road. If I hadn't gone on to the grass at the side of the road I would have been joined in holy splatrimony with the side of it. The guy in the jeep just hadn't seen me.
It's easy to zone out and be less situationally aware in a car, you don't have that luxury on a bike. As well as other traffic road conditions become more of an issue too. Taking chances on a bike is another level of risky.