Drivers and wing mirrors. Today's odd experience.

[shiftin_gear98]

Might have done it a couple of times riding through town on a pushbike, but no number plate then.
They soon see you when you have taken part of their car with you... funny how they don't normally.
Even clad in nasty lycra..


Bit older now, more chilled.

I once removed a wing mirror when a car got too close to my horse, I suspect that they were too terrified by a teenager on a large horse to complain. I am sure people are scared of people on bikes, my Mum definitely is even though my Dad and I both ride bikes, she is sure that we are all going to push past her and somehow send her off the road, I have no idea how.

[PyroUK]

To be fair most of what has been said could explain it. Could have been faulty, she could just be dumb.

Personally I'm going with stupid and not paying attention.

And to add I have not as yet taken a wing mirror off. I have however had a very heated and semi physical discussion with one numpty who tried to take me out on a roundabout.

[Red ones]

The best wing mirror incident I have ever seen was a rider filtering in front of me. Filtering between lanes he had tried to get past the same car probably 5 or 6 times. Each time the driver moved to the left and blocked him. The driver I don't think knew what they were doing - too busy sending emails on her BB.
In the end the bike draws level with the passenger window and taps on it. The driver turned to look and then could only watch as he extended one finger and .....




...



...adjusted the passenger mirror so it looked straight at the ground.



Sheer class. Cool. Calculated. No damage. But we all know how bloody annoying readjusting a passenger side mirror is.

[NTECUK]

Some people just live in their own little microcosm.
Sat can back from Mersea via peldon got a right turn to get to Tiptree.
3 cars in front not moving . They are trying to do same. So i slip up the inside looking into the junction there's a car stopped on the wrong side of the road. So I pull up and get along side. Tap on the window.
Me.You Ok?
Her.Yes
Me.You realise that your blocking the road.
Her. It's ok.

????
I just left her to it.
Weather the car drivers got out and explained her future I don't known

I have played with the idea in my mind on occasions when a ride has been more stressful than the day that I was trying to shrug off by going for a ride in the first place. For all the drivers who purposely try and run you off the road - a front and rear mounted paintball gun mechanism (hidden by the registration plate and one tucked in nicely at the front).

Originally Posted by PuggledPrune

Scary how little folk see. I alwasy think if folk don't spot the big white van I drive at work how will they see me on a bike?

Like this: LINKY

That link should come with a warning - graphic. I never want to see that vision first-person!

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by PuggledPrune

Like this: LINKY

Hmmm, I don't see lane markings so that appears to be a single wide lane. To be fair to the car driver, how many of us would check for a bike overtaking us on the INSIDE on a single lane urban street? That was a bit of a dodgy manoeuvre by the biker and it put him in danger.

[PyroUK]

Regardless the outcome doesn't bear thinking about.

[Red Herring]

Some people really need to grow up and get a life. Most of the clips on this thread started of with someone just making a simple mistake that any half competent rider would/should have seen coming, to then go on and behave in the way some of those individuals did is just plain wrong, no matter how justified they thought they were.

With regard to the OP plenty of people out there don't bother looking in their mirrors, at least if it's folded back it's a good clue that you can spot and allow for.