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Bikers why are you queing in traffic??
Saw one today in a long traffic queue. Ok heads up bikers, Geezer ranting time.
You are a bike you do not wait in traffic, sad people in slow moving steel boxes wait in traffic. They have protection from the elements and safety, the price they pay for that is traffic queues. We are vulnerable and exposed, our reward is that we have been given superior road skill to filter past the SMSB's and avoid them doing stupid things. Capiesch?
So bikers you know who you are, you do not wait in traffic, otherwise you may as well get a car. That applies to even those among you who have seen fit not to get an R1 and also scooters, even the gay ones ok?
You are a bike you do not wait in traffic, sad people in slow moving steel boxes wait in traffic. They have protection from the elements and safety, the price they pay for that is traffic queues. We are vulnerable and exposed, our reward is that we have been given superior road skill to filter past the SMSB's and avoid them doing stupid things. Capiesch?
So bikers you know who you are, you do not wait in traffic, otherwise you may as well get a car. That applies to even those among you who have seen fit not to get an R1 and also scooters, even the gay ones ok?
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I was crawling in very heavy traffic on the M25 in my artic the other day, watching the maniacs on bikes weaving between lanes and gaps without indicating.
Surprise surprise, a car indicated and moved from lane 3 to lane 2 and caught a bike rocketing up. The biker stayed on, but by his body language he obviously felt it was all the car drivers fault. If the impact had been any harder he would have gone under my trailer wheels.
If I rode a bike any more I would be riding defensively Geez. Don't you?
Surprise surprise, a car indicated and moved from lane 3 to lane 2 and caught a bike rocketing up. The biker stayed on, but by his body language he obviously felt it was all the car drivers fault. If the impact had been any harder he would have gone under my trailer wheels.
If I rode a bike any more I would be riding defensively Geez. Don't you?
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well doc spock, I survived this long with numpties like you on the road, some and get me plonker!
There are some idiots of course but generally as a biker if you hit something it bl00dy hurts so we tend to ride in such a way that we don't hit things. If car drivers did time on a biker first there'd be a lot less accidents.
There are some idiots of course but generally as a biker if you hit something it bl00dy hurts so we tend to ride in such a way that we don't hit things. If car drivers did time on a biker first there'd be a lot less accidents.
One Million Illegal Drivers in UK
No justice when illegal drivers kill on roads
If you're a motorist with road tax, insurance, MoT and a valid licence then can you think of a good reason why one million other motorists are allowed to get away without any of these legal requirements?
These law breakers are not a small minority. The Department for Transport estimate that at least 1 million people are driving illegally while random police checks suggest the figure could be as high as 5 million. In 2002 there were 315,000 convictions for driving without insurance, up 18% on the previous year. However, the average fine was just �150, a snip considering the average insurance premium is �350 and far more for the young men who are the majority of offenders. Nineteen year old Lee Colligan, fined �75 in September 2004, said "There's a choice between the off-chance of a �75 fine or paying more than �1000 to insure a car for a year. That's not much of a choice for someone who is unemployed living in Liverpool." Or anywhere else in the country for that matter.
More Facts
Uninsured drivers are 10 times more likely to drink and drive and be involved in an accident. They are 6 times more likely to be driving an unroadworthy vehicle and 3 times more likely to be convicted of driving without due care and attention. By failing to register a car with the DVLA or giving false information allows drivers to appear as ghosts to speed cameras or any incident where a number plate is the only means of identifying the driver.
If the police focus less on speed cameras and more on tackling illegal drivers then the roads will become much safer. On top of that insurance premiums would fall because crashes involving uninsured drives costs �500m a year and adds �30 to �60 to each insurance policy.
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No justice when illegal drivers kill on roads
If you're a motorist with road tax, insurance, MoT and a valid licence then can you think of a good reason why one million other motorists are allowed to get away without any of these legal requirements?
These law breakers are not a small minority. The Department for Transport estimate that at least 1 million people are driving illegally while random police checks suggest the figure could be as high as 5 million. In 2002 there were 315,000 convictions for driving without insurance, up 18% on the previous year. However, the average fine was just �150, a snip considering the average insurance premium is �350 and far more for the young men who are the majority of offenders. Nineteen year old Lee Colligan, fined �75 in September 2004, said "There's a choice between the off-chance of a �75 fine or paying more than �1000 to insure a car for a year. That's not much of a choice for someone who is unemployed living in Liverpool." Or anywhere else in the country for that matter.
More Facts
Uninsured drivers are 10 times more likely to drink and drive and be involved in an accident. They are 6 times more likely to be driving an unroadworthy vehicle and 3 times more likely to be convicted of driving without due care and attention. By failing to register a car with the DVLA or giving false information allows drivers to appear as ghosts to speed cameras or any incident where a number plate is the only means of identifying the driver.
If the police focus less on speed cameras and more on tackling illegal drivers then the roads will become much safer. On top of that insurance premiums would fall because crashes involving uninsured drives costs �500m a year and adds �30 to �60 to each insurance policy.
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