Is it wrong what I did?

[Mej]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

He has no reason to hate bikers as it wasn't a random attack, the guy told him to **** off...as he was trying to help another to be safer.

Thats probabably what would have done it for me, the **** off.

Originally Posted by J2UK

Thats probabably what would have done it for me, the **** off.

Yeah that would put anyone's back up, but sometimes it's best not to rise to it if it puts you in a confrontational situation. As people have said, people go by stereotypes, one "rebel" motorcyclist makes everyone likely to be tarred with that same brush.

[timwilky]

This morning I had to take the wife to work, as I returned home and was driving round the block I was confronted by a woman/child driving in the middle of the road and forced to stop whilst she got herself back to her side of the road.

As she passed me I saw she was gassing mobile in hand and mouth "Put the effing phone down", carried on my way and pulled up outside my home to see her emerging opposite my house.

Her response on seeing me was to point to her nose and mouth "keep it out".


Idiots don't learn, they think they are in the right. yet if her precious had been injured as a result of her not concentrating on her driving. Of course it would be somebody else's fault.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I would have probably gone for the one who was in the way instead tbh.

+1.

Originally Posted by timwilky

Idiots don't learn, they think they are in the right. yet if her precious had been injured as a result of her not concentrating on her driving. Of course it would be somebody else's fault.

So true. There is almost no point in debating people's actions rationally with them and even then only in fairly limited circumstances, certainly not whilst your out on the road and they're in control of a vehicle. They'll always seek to justify them, or somehow blame you, just because they're angry at being told off. At the back of my mind, I think only the threat/fear of reprisals is what stops people the few times they do stop what they're doing when you have a go at them. I've noticed people are far more inclined to argue back when I calmy discuss it with them. It's when I'm snarling and shaking my fist that they tend to stop what it is that they're doing...

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by timwilky

This morning I had to take the wife to work, as I returned home and was driving round the block I was confronted by a woman/child driving in the middle of the road and forced to stop whilst she got herself back to her side of the road.

As she passed me I saw she was gassing mobile in hand and mouth "Put the effing phone down", carried on my way and pulled up outside my home to see her emerging opposite my house.

Her response on seeing me was to point to her nose and mouth "keep it out".


Idiots don't learn, they think they are in the right. yet if her precious had been injured as a result of her not concentrating on her driving. Of course it would be somebody else's fault.

Silly sl4gs like that do annoy me a lot. When they get in the way I have been known to take great pleasure in expanding their little brats vocabulary for them. ... "mummmmy, what does that word meannn..."

Seems a perfectly legal way of causing annoyance without getting all flakes of paint stuck in my toesliders.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

So true. There is almost no point in debating people's actions rationally with them and even then only in fairly limited circumstances,

You can't educate pork.

However you can make sausages out of it. So, new law, numpty drivers will be chopped up and fed to the poor. Could be onto something there...

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

Yeah that would put anyone's back up, but sometimes it's best not to rise to it if it puts you in a confrontational situation. As people have said, people go by stereotypes, one "rebel" motorcyclist makes everyone likely to be tarred with that same brush.

It's worst when they jump an amber light in there posh 4x4 they don't need and don't guess the traffic right because they were on the phone and end up blocking the side road who's light's just turned to green for the whole duration of the green light. effing tanker

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by timwilky

This morning I had to take the wife to work, as I returned home and was driving round the block I was confronted by a woman/child driving in the middle of the road and forced to stop whilst she got herself back to her side of the road.

As she passed me I saw she was gassing mobile in hand and mouth "Put the effing phone down", carried on my way and pulled up outside my home to see her emerging opposite my house.

Her response on seeing me was to point to her nose and mouth "keep it out".


Idiots don't learn, they think they are in the right. yet if her precious had been injured as a result of her not concentrating on her driving. Of course it would be somebody else's fault.

Still you know where she lives/can get a record of her reg number and phone the plod.

[Kalessin]

Originally Posted by touch107fm

So i then got on my bike started it up and then drove calmly by his car and decked his wing mirror off.

You know that's criminal damage, right? Makes you worse than him, in the eyes of the law.

Still, at least it made you feel better. Thank goodness he didn't try and return the favour, eh?

You shouldn't be on the road.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Kalessin

You shouldn't be on the road.

Originally Posted by touch107fm (actually Soulkiss)

"Yes sir, I'll go sell my bike tomorrow, sorry sir."

Is that the response you expect?

Pesonally I sit alongside them and lean on my horn, keeping pace with them.

They soon put the phone away.