Road Rage.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I often find its quite funny to give them a little friendly wave or a thumbs up. Then leave them wandering what it was I was waving at them about.

That's exactly what I do now too

I commute up the A316 every day into town and I found myself not too long ago getting really wound-up at people on their phones etc, ending up with me really pi$$ed off by the time I got to the office. I then realised that it's not worth it and karma will get them one day.

If I get cut-up now it's a quick rev of the engine and a sarcastic wave

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Originally Posted by plowsie

It's not f*cking big and it's certainly not f*cking clever son.

Unlike swearing

Originally Posted by plowsie

It is people like you that give the good bikers a bad name!

read previous comments about tarring with same brush. This is just another fault that shouldn't be tolerated. It's called prejudice.

Originally Posted by LK-SV

Well ... I will be getting some before long !!! I'm not sure how much longer I can stay calm on my daily commute !!!! Its driving me mad .....

If I see one more person on their phone ..... reading a darn map .... doing their make-up ...... eating their breakfast......or even this morning - reading the papers ........ and we're not talking sat in traffic, we're talking driving along A roads at 40mph !!!!!!

Don't get me wrong .... I'm not moaning ... I wondering how everyone else stays so calm .... I'm concerned I'm going to let rip one of these days ...

Any advice welcomed !!!

I don't, I used to get in some epic rows. Was great fun.

These days (now out of London) they get a head shake, maybe your a fuel tanker signs, and some noses cut off (middle laners). You can't do anything, carry on.

I miss those rows sometimes. Don't miss the filtering.

Originally Posted by ophic

It's called prejudice.

Yeah, but Barwell is an example of what bikers get tarred as...So he is portraying anyway...

I am not classing him, far from it, it would appear he is classing others...

Oh, laughing at someone is fun too.

When you point at your indicators becuase they can't use them and your just pointing at your own indicators, and tehy give you the bird, the mouth, the im ard innit bruv attitude, you just look at them, look them up and down, point and burst out laughing.

Gets their goat even more

Originally Posted by Daimo

Oh, laughing at someone is fun too.

When you point at your indicators becuase they can't use them and your just pointing at your own indicators, and tehy give you the bird, the mouth, the im ard innit bruv attitude, you just look at them, look them up and down, point and burst out laughing.

Gets their goat even more

I used to point at the indicator, the best one is when they purposely try to ignore you

I wear ex-police jacket to and from work...amazing how many people drop their mobiles if you sit next to them wearing it.

Also seems to get cars to move out the way for some reason.

I laugh in my helmet when people block your progression you don't need a lot of space to get past on a bike.

Chill even with the numpties in cages you still get there before them and have more fun getting there.

Originally Posted by plowsie

Yeah, but Barwell is an example of what bikers get tarred as...

from my experience we get tarred as suicidal loons, not thugs.

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Originally Posted by thulfi

from my experience we get tarred as suicidal loons, not thugs.

Tell that to all the non biker friendly pubs in the peak district... lol

[Dave20046]

My big bug bear (to add to the above) is people driving with their mirrors folded in - you can spot them a mile off "they obviously give a **** ". Contemplated trying to unfold someone's today in the car but that would have caused a bigger hazard, much easier on the bike.