Somone tried to kill me today

[STRAMASHER]

Originally Posted by wyrdness

Sometimes these idiot drivers do get their just desserts:
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk..._police_chief/

Horrible that.

Why city cycling/commuting on a pedal bike IMO is more dangerous than any moto. "Know your place...an inch oot from the kerb!"

[yorkie_chris]

Just open the throttle, whether a car wants you to get in front at the lights or not is not even worth consideration.

If they do anything really daft then back off, be patient, then either pull alongside and see how they feel face to face, or rake your toesliders down the side of their car. With practice you can gouge every panel on one side of the car down to the metal.

[Grant66]

Sometimes these idiot drivers do get their just desserts:
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk..._police_chief/

From Burnley; his mum and aunt will be the same person, could explain a lot.

[phi-dan]

Just let them go, then wave sweetly as you pass them at the next set of lights!
Doesn't hurt that way, and winds them up waaaaaay more

So we carry on side by side for about 20 yards and then she swerves at me, causing me to slam on the brakes and nearly hit the kerb. I regain composure and by this thime she has (as expected hit the tail of the queue of traffic and I smugly filter past)

where you filtering down the inside ??

if so maniac or not, thats just asking to get slammed by someone..........

[Viney]

Average day for me

Originally Posted by Viney

Average day for me

What, getting burned off at the lights by middle aged women in Ford Fiestas?

F*ckin about in traffic is gonna get you killed.

Pin the throttle and get out of there!

[STRAMASHER]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Just open the throttle, whether a car wants you to get in front at the lights or not is not even worth consideration.

If they do anything really daft then back off, be patient, then either pull alongside and see how they feel face to face, or rake your toesliders down the side of their car. With practice you can gouge every panel on one side of the car down to the metal.

Ahhh, pin-striping.

[fastdruid]

You need to learn to launch, no way any car short of silly quick stuff is going to be anywhere near me off the line and that's *not* speeding.

The SV is a piece of p*ss to launch pretty quick[1] too, get it moving with a wiff of throttle and a tadge of clutch, drop the revs slightly to match road speed, let out the clutch and accelerate hard.

Druid

[1] Very quick involves 9k, lots of clutch slip, hanging over the front end and still waving the front wheel in the air, not a good idea on a regular basis unless you have a free clutch plates supply and a number of get out of jail free cards.