Asshole

[Rhinorebel]

Hey Squizz, did this idiot have an accent by any chance??? If he did and you can identify said accent, I may know where this asshole works!!

I can do much better than the police!!!!!!

Dave

[Squizz]

Hey Squizz, did this idiot have an accent by any chance??? If he did and you can identify said accent, I may know where this asshole works!!

I can do much better than the police!!!!!!

Dave

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Couldn't catch an accent through the helmet etc but he was a damn sight larger than I am and would be in his 40's.

[Mud]

Check the rego number of his bike Dave!

[85URK]

was it a qld plate???? bcoz the qld perso plates have 2 numbers and 3 letters. maybe it was XYT30???

[Squizz]

was it a qld plate???? bcoz the qld perso plates have 2 numbers and 3 letters. maybe it was XYT30???

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It's a motorbike dude.

[53XYN]

thats just low.. will keep my eyes peeled out... make sure he understands that he never should do it to anyones car or bike or any thing in fact..

[85URK]

It's a motorbike dude.

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well i didnt know that motorbikes had 3 numbers on there plates, never really looked at one up close, hate the bloddy things with a passion. too many ppl i know have been either killed or injured severly on them. stupic things they are. /end rant <_<

[Mase]

For all those people who are getting agro about the bike riders that go up the middle... here's some food for thought...

On a bike you have nothing to protect you, you have people who merge on top of you without seeing you and you have people who just don't care as they're driving something up to 10 times the size of you and your bike. Its an unwritten rule, you either sit behind the traffic or you get in front, otherwise you get killed!!!!

Fair enough this guy is seriously in the wrong and i hope you get your car fixed etc at his expense, but that doesn't mean that because a bike rider goes up the middle of traffic that he's a loose cannon or complete asshole. Yes they are skipping the traffic cue, but also looking after themselves as there's nothing to protect them once you hit them!! This is just aimed at the people who were getting agro at those riders who go up the middle of traffic

Edited November 22, 2005 by Mase

[nismo33]

HMM... im always tempted to open my door everytime i see them coming up behind me in traffic and say -- ooppss.

i'd say report the plate and get him to fix the bar.

[Dynamix]

For all those people who are getting agro about the bike riders that go up the middle... here's some food for thought...

On a bike you have nothing to protect you, you have people who merge on top of you without seeing you and you have people who just don't care as they're driving something up to 10 times the size of you and your bike. Its an unwritten rule, you either sit behind the traffic or you get in front, otherwise you get killed!!!!

Fair enough this guy is seriously in the wrong and i hope you get your car fixed etc at his expense, but that doesn't mean that because a bike rider goes up the middle of traffic that he's a loose cannon or complete asshole. Yes they are skipping the traffic cue, but also looking after themselves as there's nothing to protect them once you hit them!! This is just aimed at the people who were getting agro at those riders who go up the middle of traffic

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Its his choice to ride a bike, with that comes its risks as with anything, something you have to keep in mind when riding a bike. Sure enough there it is alot more dangerous riding a bike on the roads, but thats the gamble you take if you want to ride sadly. If i can get fined and lose points for driving normaly on the roads than this guy should be fined and made to pay back what damage he has done. Its his choice to break the law by going up the middle of cars during stoped traffic.

[Oz]

For all those people who are getting agro about the bike riders that go up the middle... here's some food for thought...

On a bike you have nothing to protect you, you have people who merge on top of you without seeing you and you have people who just don't care as they're driving something up to 10 times the size of you and your bike. Its an unwritten rule, you either sit behind the traffic or you get in front, otherwise you get killed!!!!

Fair enough this guy is seriously in the wrong and i hope you get your car fixed etc at his expense, but that doesn't mean that because a bike rider goes up the middle of traffic that he's a loose cannon or complete asshole. Yes they are skipping the traffic cue, but also looking after themselves as there's nothing to protect them once you hit them!! This is just aimed at the people who were getting agro at those riders who go up the middle of traffic

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That's fair but I have no regards for the safty of a biker who rides up the middle of traffic WHILE ITS MOVING!!!!!!! Hey if they want to do that expect me to give them hell as I always do......

Nothing any one can say will ever change my view on that, coming from a bike rider in the past too.......

[Revhead]

Please don't group all bikers in with the mentality of the moron listed at the top of the thread. Regardless of whether you're on a bike, in a car, you're a pedestrian, or whatever, if you damage someone else's property you should take responsibility for it. I suspect that this "person" would be an arrogrant prick regardless of what mode of transport he was using at the time.

I don't understand the problem that people have with bike riders cutting through STOPPED traffic, except in situations where (like in Squizz's case) they don't leave enough space. If you have to worry about handlebars taking your mirrors off, it's too close. If they are obviously taking considerable care, then I don't have a problem with it.

Don't forget that nearly all bike riders drive cars too and are exposed to exactly the same things from bike riders when in their cars. In my experience, car drivers are a lot worse to bikers than vice versa. On my bike I've had people merge onto me while looking me in the eyes (so they knew I was there), obviously thinking "he'll move or get run over".

And before I start, for what it's worth I don't split moving traffic, or traffic stopped at lights. I *only* split lanes during a traffic jam, and then it's at a pace where I can literally stop on the spot (usually <20km/h). That said I don't care if people want to split lanes, as long as they're sensible about it. I've seen idiots split lanes on the back wheel. Feel free to open your door/swing your hiab out on them.

Any bike that lane splits when I'm up front gets a rude shock when the lights go green. Report the plate....take the f**ker down.....then laugh at him when you see him again.

And no amount of cake can shut my hole on that topic.

I agree *if* the biker is causing a problem by splitting. If he is going up the middle and leaving plenty of space, and makes a decent effort not to hold up traffic when the lights go green, then I don't care if one goes past my window. Note that deciding to hold the throttle flat just to make it hard for the bike to pull back into traffic does not mean that the bike was the one causing the problem. That's like blaming the toaster for electrocuting you, when you were the one jamming the knife in it.

HMM... im always tempted to open my door everytime i see them coming up behind me in traffic and say -- ooppss.

I had some moron in a car do that to me one time when I was idling through completely stopped traffic (as in, people were locking their cars and walking across the road to the shops). I was doing all of about 15km/h, and this guy got all agro and kicked his door open in front of me and screamed "why can't you <bleeeep> just wait like everyone else has to?". I calmy asked him that if there was a perfectly safe way for him to get through the traffic jam, would he take it... he said "that's not the <bleep> point" etc. It's just a case of people getting the shits that you can get through when they can't. I gave up trying to reason with him when he began threatening violence... I ended up having to tell him to either try hitting me (me in full suit of armour and kevlar knuckles = teh win), or to shut his door and let me get the f*ck on with my day.

That's fair but I have no regards for the safty of a biker who rides up the middle of traffic WHILE ITS MOVING!!!!!!! Hey if they want to do that expect me to give them hell as I  always do...... 

Nothing any one can say will ever change my view on that, coming from a bike rider in the past too.......

Exactly. Splitting moving traffic is stupid.

Off-topic: longest post EVAR

[Rhinorebel]

If there isn't room, then don't do it. I cannot stand it when wankers on Harley's try it and end up having to lean the bike way over to avoid a mirror and they almost always look like they couldn't lift it if it fell!!

I repeat.... If there isn't room, then don't split the traffic.

Having said that, if they get to the front and cannot beat me, then pick a lane at least and be gracious in defeat, don't get nasty and try to kick my pride and joy. I will follow you to the ends of the earth and snap you in two!! Rant over....

[madbung]

Yeah report the tard...splitting lanes has always been illegal, no it's not a safety for bikes thats why they do it kinda thing.

It's a dangerous thing to do and the impatient prick deserves what he should get, a fine and a repair bill.

[PTR33]

Yeah report the tard...splitting lanes has always been illegal, no it's not a safety for bikes thats why they do it kinda thing.

It's a dangerous thing to do and the impatient prick deserves what he should get, a fine and a repair bill.

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It's only illegal if the traffic is moving. You cannot overtake a moving vehicle in the same lane. BUT you can pass a stationary vehicle in the same lane.

It is a case of being pedantic with laws that don't really apply to the exact situation. There is no actual law that deals with "splitting" lanes on a bike.

BUT this incident has naff all to do with that.

His vehicle collided with your stationary vehicle that was in a valid and legal position on the road. He is at fault and liable for damage that he has caused to your vehicle.

Book him Danno

(heh, just realised, probably no-one under at least 30 will get the Hawii Five-O referance)