Big Bad Al
10-10-06, 08:28 AM
I came across a real plonker today. Sitting behind me at lights sounding his horn, trying to get me to move forward and let him come through so he could cut left across the traffic like I was doing. I had nowhere to go, with out totally blocking the pelican crossing which at that time of day is used by hoards of schoolkids trapsing to school. So I'm almost 45 degrees across the car at the head of the queue, a cyclist on my left who is undoubtadly going straight on (not many push bikes take a left onto the A40!!) and this idiot on the triumph tries to force me across and forward even more by just sitting on his horn. I moved as much as I could without totally blocking the crossing, and he still sat on his horn. Even the cyclist spoke to me and said the guy behind you is tooting (as if I hadn't heard)
I just shrugged my shoulders to the biker behind me. I mean I always move out the way, but I'm not gonna block the crossing, intimidate the guy on the bike just cos this guy has made a bad decision to come up behind me instead of tucking in one car back. Anyway the lights change and around I go onto the A40 slip road waiting for this guy to come past (I'm not into racing specially in the weather we had this AM.) But he doesn't / can't. Instead I keep hearing the horn - he kept on tooting his horn all the way down the slip. Onto the A40 and I keep left to let him through and guess what, I get the nod of dissaproval from this guy before he filters off. Now here's the funny bit, I can still hear this guy blipping his horn! Every time he goes to filter past a vehicle, he's tooting! Is this some newly discovered method of safely filtering? No joke, he is just tooting and hesitantly passing each car. I'm very slow at filtering. I like to keep it at a speed I feel comfortable with and always move over to allow the many London bound couriers and commuters past, but I am just sitting behind this guy who seems to have no idea. Needless to say, within a short time, a stream of bikes go past me and end up behind the guy on the triumph, backing up like a procession. Ironic that he dissaproved of me at the lights!
So should I have gone through the junction, blocked the crossing and carved up the cyclist just to get in this guys favour? Shame to see such a great looking Triumph, being ridden by an idiot. Of course he may be part of this forum and like to put his side of the story over......
I just shrugged my shoulders to the biker behind me. I mean I always move out the way, but I'm not gonna block the crossing, intimidate the guy on the bike just cos this guy has made a bad decision to come up behind me instead of tucking in one car back. Anyway the lights change and around I go onto the A40 slip road waiting for this guy to come past (I'm not into racing specially in the weather we had this AM.) But he doesn't / can't. Instead I keep hearing the horn - he kept on tooting his horn all the way down the slip. Onto the A40 and I keep left to let him through and guess what, I get the nod of dissaproval from this guy before he filters off. Now here's the funny bit, I can still hear this guy blipping his horn! Every time he goes to filter past a vehicle, he's tooting! Is this some newly discovered method of safely filtering? No joke, he is just tooting and hesitantly passing each car. I'm very slow at filtering. I like to keep it at a speed I feel comfortable with and always move over to allow the many London bound couriers and commuters past, but I am just sitting behind this guy who seems to have no idea. Needless to say, within a short time, a stream of bikes go past me and end up behind the guy on the triumph, backing up like a procession. Ironic that he dissaproved of me at the lights!
So should I have gone through the junction, blocked the crossing and carved up the cyclist just to get in this guys favour? Shame to see such a great looking Triumph, being ridden by an idiot. Of course he may be part of this forum and like to put his side of the story over......