Invincible?

[tj2]

On wednesday on a road not far from sheffield.........
I was sitting at the entrance to a major (ish) roundabout, waiting for the oppertunity to pull away. I watched the approach of an L plated bike from my left, he/she entered the roundabout with no indication........ I started to pull away, just getting going and the L plated bike came all the way round to exit the same junction as he/she came on. I stopped....... gave a signal to the "biker" that I had seen him/her and that maybe indicators in that situation may have been good. Response was a mouthfull of abuse and the middle finger.


Why do most young people think they are invincible when they are on a bike?

Its's not like I was not noticeable waiting there after all a 45' trailer in brilliant white does not blend in with the background.....
If I had less than half a load on, there would have been a very dead learner......

Posted by an all year biker who has 35 years experience and a profesional driver.

Natural selection. And nobody likes to be "educated" on the road.

Chavs is all I can say, they're the most cocky species of human...

I nearly had a head on with a learner 125. They had no gloves on, trackies and a hoodie with some dodgy looking trainers. They were on my side of the road on a bend a long not too sharp bend. They were overtaking and after nearly going into the ditch avoiding them they gave me the finger. Unfortuanlty for them it wasnt the first time they had cut me up . So I followed them back, where they met a group of fizzy fifthies xD then didnt feel cool in front of thier mates after I had words xD

However Not all young people are the same. Im on 19 and do maybe 20,000 miles a year and took part in the DSA advnaced rider sheme with was very informative.

But i definatly know what you mean about they seem to feel invinciable.

No gloves and trainers makes me shudder to think about - it's crazy.

Originally Posted by lx_online

No gloves and trainers makes me shudder to think about - it's crazy.

I used to. Have got to the point now with the local chavtastic scooter riders round here that I just think "more potential Darwin Award candidates". I'd probably feel sympathy for their families when they grate themselves along the tarmac in their surf shorts and Hilfiger t-shirts though. Maybe it's just part of being teenager, although I don't remember being quite such an @rse personally!

[Jayneflakes]

The ones I feel for are the people who have to scrape bits of mangled chav out of truck radiators, off of the roads and out from under cars and buses. What a job that must be to be going around and seeing first hand the effects of nature removing nonviable genes from the pool!

Some people are just aunts!

If only we could be so sure that the recently splattered chav had not already contributed to the gene pool by way of teenage pregnancies!

[johnnyrod]

No-one uses indicators in Sheffield in any vehicle. I drive a pickup truck and I've takento just driving out in front of them if they can't be bothered to indicate, as long as I think I can get away with it. Allegedly.

Originally Posted by Risenphoenix08

If only we could be so sure that the recently splattered chav had not already contributed to the gene pool by way of teenage pregnancies!

Maybe we should lower the age to ride scooters?