What proportion of car drivers hate filtering?

[Fallout]

I've always wondered how many drivers actually hate us filtering past them. Quite a lot of people post about accidents and incidents where road users get pished off with them. For the most part though, I don't seem to have had any problems. On monday there was one person who seemed to purposefully pull across their lane to make it harder for me to get past (made no difference! :rolleyes:), but far more often people pull across to the curb to give me space. So in my experience, for the most part, people either don't seem bothered, or are actually happy to give me space.

So I propose a poll to see what other people think, and invite your comments about how much you think the practice is accepted or hated!

Edit: ALSO, it may be interesting to post your location, as I suspect people behave differently in different areas of the country. I do mostly rural / suburban riding in the south.

[Dicky Ticker]

As a car driver I move over if I can and for simple overtakes use my LHS indicator if the road ahead is clear and to let them know I have seen them.
As a bike rider I have been taken off twice filtering by people changing lane without signals.
I am very wary filtering and tend to only filter through near stationary traffic now[20mph] max.
I am very cautious if a gap appears in any lane and expect some numpity to try and dive into it.
I is a wimp.

[Spank86]

I'd say most of them hate it even those that do nothing about it.

My mum always says that bikes come out of nowhere and blast past her... Tried to point out that they don't come out of nowhere, just somewhere she wasnt looking so dont blame me if she takes you out, I can assure you it'll be accidental.

[Cymraeg_Atodeg]

When I lived north of Cardiff my daily run was up and down the A470 through North Cardiff.

Drivers around there hate people filtering because it is always busy on the stretch of road. I had a guy in a Ford Mondeo try and block me in between his car and the Ford Fiesta next to him, I just managed to squeeze through, but, was tight.

Had many do similar things, or, purposefully make the gap between their car and the car next to their’s very small.

They do the same in and around Gt Yarmouth. I am always looking out for bikers on the A12 section by my work, I am always driving with my wheels in the near side or off side gutter as to leave gaps, but, can look behind me and see cars with their wheels running along the white line

[Bibio]

only time i get people deliberately blocking my path is in edinburgh or glasgow, fife on the other hand is like the parting of the waves :-)

the rush hours excluding the forth bridge are almost non existent and usually entail a line of about 10 cars at traffic lights. get past the central belt and it's a case of 'what traffic' :-)

[Spank86]

I love it when people in moving traffic try to squeese my filtering lane.

Theres so few of them that have the ability or bottle to close the space to something I wouldnt ram a bike through.

[christopher]

Filtering in Germany on the autobahn I'd say 99.9% let you through (and move over even further than you'd expect/need). But one guy moved over to block a bike ahead of me that I was catching up. But by doing this meant he'd left enough space to the opposite side to go between him and the central reservation barrier... so I did that. He wasn't too impressed :D

Over here I find the general attitude to bikers a lot worse, but then I'd also say the standard of riding / filtering over here is a lot lower (especially around the M25 for example compared to somewhere like the Brussels ring road) so for me it's relative.

[NTECUK]

low speeds most seam ok with sitting in there lane .
More people block you on dual A roads when your doing the correct speed not what there over optimistic speedo reads or they are saving fuel speed is.

[joshwalker094]

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/car-drivers-dont-hate-bikes/21343.html

Not many people :D

[AndyBrad]

No one really minds people filtering with care and consideration but it's the tits that do it at speed I've got an issue with.

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[Fallout]

Interesting Josh! 21% of women find us irritating, but I'm sure they secretly fantasize about us too. Can't believe that question wasn't in the survey.

[Spank86]

Irritating as in gives them an itch they need to scratch?

[-Ralph-]

Try posting a poll on a car forum and you might getter a better idea. As we are all bikers, but none of us are mind readers, you won't get the answer to what proportion of drivers hate us filtering, though you may get an answer as to what proportion of drivers make it clear they hate it.

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[missyburd]

My mum always says that bikes come out of nowhere and blast past her... Tried to point out that they don't come out of nowhere, just somewhere she wasnt looking so dont blame me if she takes you out, I can assure you it'll be accidental.
To be fair, out of the car drivers I've spoken to concerning bikes, it's the female ones who appear to adopt this opinion...read into that what you will.

I don't think it's too bad here in Yorkshire, not out in the country anyway. When in busy towns and cities people seem to have more to say about bikes "jumping" queues, they're only jealous cos we get home quicker.

[Wideboy]

Interesting Josh! 21% of women find us irritating, but I'm sure they secretly fantasize about us too. Can't believe that question wasn't in the survey.
i was in fact visually and verbally molested by a group of rampant women in a convertible when marking a junction back on AR10 and they weren't munters, i was a single man at the time

[Fallout]

I'm assuming you rode after them and gave them a piece of your mind for their obscene behaviour?

[DJ123]

i think that its to do with the way you are filtering/riding. If you're being courteous, not trying to create gaps and shoving your way around, most are quite nice and will create a gap/move for you to make it easier.
Where as some will try and block a gap because of some reason-they're in a bad mood/a bike cut them up/some other poor excuse.

I just keep it safe and sensible! Whether i'm the in the traffic or filtering through it

[Spank86]

I'm assuming you rode after them and gave them a piece of your mind for their obscene behaviour?

Yes, that's why he's got so little left now.

[dkid]

No one really minds people filtering with care and consideration but it's the tits that do it at speed I've got an issue with.


+1

[Wideboy]

I'm assuming you rode after them and gave them a piece of your mind for their obscene behaviour?
no! i was marking a junction! i cannot ignore my responsibilities as a marker
Yes, that's why he's got so little left now.
its all gone to my groin, can you not tell from the hair loss that i have a rough head board

[Cymraeg_Atodeg]

i was in fact visually and verbally molested by a group of rampant women in a convertible when marking a junction back on AR10 and they weren't munters, i was a single man at the time

They must not have gotten a good look at you, poor women

[keith_d]

This morning a white van moved over to give me room to pass when the traffic was moving at around 20mph. Either I've just seen the only white van driver who knows what his mirror is for, or I'm going insane

If I stop posting it means that the men in the white coats have .....

[Spank86]

I drive a white van and I always move over, just long enough to lure keating into my trap of course.

[keith_d]

I drive a white van and I always move over, just long enough to lure keating into my trap of course.

So does your van have dead flies all over the front, and power ranger coloured stripes down both sides??

[L3nny]

Brussels ring road

The BEST place for filtering in the world!

I was following a Goldwing at 50 mph and cars half a mile away were moving out of the way to let us through, then the Police caught us up and 2 of them flew past, weaving in and out. A 20 mile tailback was dealt with in no time.

[Spank86]

So does your van have dead flies all over the front, and power ranger coloured stripes down both sides??

Have you been following me?


Although the flies are quite spaced out at the moment as its recently had a service and the stripes are thin and wavy.

[Thunderace]

Most seem quite courteous although there are tossers out there who think we should queue with the cages, but on the continent every body seems quite happy to pullover and let you by, I lived in Germany for 3yrs and always found the Germans and Dutch very courteous.