Was I in the wrong?

Shame on you, she was clearly a plain clothed superhero on her way to save the world and you held her up!

.......either that or she was a complete expletive and you did good =p.
Personally I'm positioned well onto the white line as so people can't easily overtake without going RIGHT over the wrong side of the road and undertakings not an option either.

If they do see a spot where they think they can do this *you'll usually be able to guess where but even after 9 years some peoples stupidity still suprises me* I'll pull in and slow down as they overtake unless I can see they may end up putting us both in danger in which case I'll pick up the speed if I have to to prevent it.

Classic examples of that are idiots trying to whip round in front of on coming traffic and have mis-judged the gap and will end up cutting you up badly or having to swerve into you etc, or having not seen a traffic Island resulting in the same.

Sometimes I'm tempted to slow down as we come upto a traffic island or some such to goad them into over taking there and writing themselves off ...not done it yet though =p
That said I'm taking my airsoft kit upto a mates tonight and will have Grenades in my tank bag....how hard is it to hit a moving sunroof at 30mph I wonder

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Pull up next to her at the lights and claim your free wing mirror...

Not the right answer AT ALL!!

But it's what I would have done. Me and my temper.......

Heh I've never taken a wing mirror though I've been tempted.
Have "Jousted" someone in the face before but that was for his own saftey! (no seriously!)

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by jamesterror

Next time just let them do it and leave it be?

Yep.. let them get on with it. No point being in the right and stuck underneath a couple of tonnes of Volvo is there. Your only ever going to come off 2nd best in the situation where the car driver decides to use their car as a weapon...

Let them past, take reg number and then let the Police deal with it...

[the_lone_wolf]

This thread reminds me of Elmer Wray, who died upholding his right of way. His rights were clear, his will was strong, and he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Yep.. let them get on with it. No point being in the right and stuck underneath a couple of tonnes of Volvo is there. Your only ever going to come off 2nd best in the situation where the car driver decides to use their car as a weapon...

Let them past, take reg number and then let the Police deal with it...

......is the RIGHT answer!

When I was stuck in an office on recup duties, we dealt with a lot of these, they get a call and a warning about their driving at the very least and an intelligence log on the local system, if they get enough of these logs then future offences wont be taken so lightly.

ooh that's nice to know!
I always assumed they'd take your call and put you in the "crank caller" bin.


By the way looking at your Avatar I think I know why your getting Tail gated =p

Originally Posted by PsychoCannon

ooh that's nice to know!
I always assumed they'd take your call and put you in the "crank caller" bin.

No they have to investigate, even if no prosecution takes place, the driver gets a call which kind of sh*ts them up for a while!

Originally Posted by PsychoCannon

By the way looking at your Avatar I think I know why your getting Tail gated =p

It's not that impressive in leathers tho!

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trouble is I find it darned hard to write down someone's numberplate whilst riding!

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

Pull up next to her at the lights and claim your free wing mirror...

Punch / kick the wing mirror then ride off! :d

Done that twice on my mountain bike where people have squeezed past me and clipped me. These are the joys of having no reg plates though...!