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Old 12-03-07, 12:48 PM   #41
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Default Re: Other bikers who sneak up behind you..

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Originally Posted by Kate View Post
Surely its the responsibility of the person behind to overtake safely? If you are behind a lorry and there is another biker behind you, you shouldn't have to do anything more than check your mirrors and your blind spot before overtaking. It doesn't matter what the biker behind you is doing, unless he is already overtaking.

Yes, you are quite correct Kate. I think the majority of people who get upset at being overtaken do so when they themselves make a manouvre without proper observation and find themselves drifting into the path of an overtaking bike etc.
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