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Old 01-07-10, 06:56 PM   #45
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Default Re: That Filtering & Insurance Letter.

I ride to work 5 days a week all weathers. Motorway for about 22 miles then ring road dual carriageway. Filtering has become a way of life for me and it is very easy to get complacent, I take stock every now and then and the risks become real again.
I can spot a driver using the mobile phone well in advance, car or van just doesn't behave like others and when I pass, there they are, on the blower.
I am quite careful I think, especially observing the relative speed thing when in between cars.
I witnessed the unexpected one morning when a rider in front and myself were filtering on the dual carriageway in stationary traffic, the other rider was maybe 3 cars in front of me when a rear passenger from a car on the left decided to exit the vehicle causing a head on with the door edge !
Rider and other person were fine but bike and especially the car door were a mess.
Left my name etc for a witness but never heard anything.
So also be aware of rear passengers 'I'll get out here thanks' situations
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