Sound advice , let them go and be ridiculous somewhere else. Sadly road manners and consideration are things of the past. It’s all an ego competition now , I’m happy to be alive . Your helmet can seems useful , would you recommend the brand ? ( might it fit a flip front helmet ?)
I'm glad you came away from all three incidents safely. I ride motorbikes, horses and bicycles and while doing all three activities I have come across similar drivers many many times. Sadly I have far too many examples to go into detail. I was also 'on the road' for over 40 years, as an engineer and later manager and this sort of behaviour has undoubtably got worse in recent years and more so since the various lockdowns. Best you can do is stay safely out of the way (sometimes harder than it sounds), let them get on with their own personal madness and just shrug it off.... OK, one example. Riding my Suzuki into Marlborough, Wilts, behind a 42 tonne truck with no chance of overtaking or pulling over and being tailgated by a gent around my age (mid 60's). Looking in my mirrors and watching him pounding his steering wheel with both his clenched fists. His wife sitting impassively in the passenger seat.... obviously used to such outbursts of rage! Scary.
Coincidentally, I had a woman in a white Range Rover sitting at a green light recently, she was doing something on her phone and not concentrating on the road/lights. I gave a short bib on the horn and she went full-on mental, screaming at me. I laughed at her as she drove off, still raging that it was all my fault. All I wanted to do was let her know that I didn't want to sit through an entire light change, just so she could finish texting. I was in my car, getting out to knock on her window to prompt her to move didn't seem the right thing to do and yes, it was a short, single beep. Some of them are far too stressed to be on the road.
Record and report. No hand jestures or conversations with these people. Most county level constabularys now have online reporting and it’s easy to use. It’s not your job to educate other road users…. unless you’re a driving instructor. 🤔 If it’s any consolation I tend to find these people continue to behave like this until they encounter a bigger psychopath.
The highway code does/did say to "make your hand signals clear". I do when I'm out on my bike if someone cuts me up but I'm 6'4" and have never had a problem with these sorts of cowards.
Hi Andy, well I like winding the idiots up, I feel like it's my duty 🙂 But you are probably right. Ignore them if you can and simply don't let them ruin your day,. The sensible option. Cheers Andy, Garry
I got followed, years ago, by some idiot who flew into a rage simply because I didn't wave thank you when he gave way (parked car on his side of the road). He spun around and followed me, I pulled into a layby and he tried to open my door and was threatening me. I called the police and he sat in his car behind me. Police were useless, he had a private plate, I read it out and they kept saying that can't be his reg number... in the end he drove off.
To be fair, neither of these drivers were raging until you made them rage! I've done 300k miles on motorcycles and you just aren't going to win an argument on two wheels. I would like to point out that almost all the bikers I see are retired - and yes you are noticeable, when 8-15 bikes go past at 10.30 on a Wednesday morning. Many ride with a sense of entitlement - illegal exhausts, absurd speeds, aggression when you don't realise there's a bike doing 100mph coming round the corner and you can't see it etc etc. In my part of rural Wales, almost all the road users are there for recreation - sport cars and bikes. To summarise - you are at way higher risk on a bike, even if you paid £15k for it and you bought the expensive pannier set. Chill out, or stay in your cars.
Yes not nice is it, and I think it's becoming more common with the stresses of the country failing them.
Fair play for posting 🎉
entitlement is not a countrywide issue its a moral deficiency.
Sound advice , let them go and be ridiculous somewhere else. Sadly road manners and consideration are things of the past. It’s all an ego competition now , I’m happy to be alive .
Your helmet can seems useful , would you recommend the brand ? ( might it fit a flip front helmet ?)
Top 2 types not to engage with. Drunks and road rage.
I'm glad you came away from all three incidents safely. I ride motorbikes, horses and bicycles and while doing all three activities I have come across similar drivers many many times. Sadly I have far too many examples to go into detail. I was also 'on the road' for over 40 years, as an engineer and later manager and this sort of behaviour has undoubtably got worse in recent years and more so since the various lockdowns. Best you can do is stay safely out of the way (sometimes harder than it sounds), let them get on with their own personal madness and just shrug it off.... OK, one example. Riding my Suzuki into Marlborough, Wilts, behind a 42 tonne truck with no chance of overtaking or pulling over and being tailgated by a gent around my age (mid 60's). Looking in my mirrors and watching him pounding his steering wheel with both his clenched fists. His wife sitting impassively in the passenger seat.... obviously used to such outbursts of rage! Scary.
People I have noticed are getting more and more aggressive.especially noticed it more.
In the last year more aggressive.ride on ride safe.
Coincidentally, I had a woman in a white Range Rover sitting at a green light recently, she was doing something on her phone and not concentrating on the road/lights. I gave a short bib on the horn and she went full-on mental, screaming at me. I laughed at her as she drove off, still raging that it was all my fault. All I wanted to do was let her know that I didn't want to sit through an entire light change, just so she could finish texting. I was in my car, getting out to knock on her window to prompt her to move didn't seem the right thing to do and yes, it was a short, single beep. Some of them are far too stressed to be on the road.
Record and report. No hand jestures or conversations with these people. Most county level constabularys now have online reporting and it’s easy to use. It’s not your job to educate other road users…. unless you’re a driving instructor. 🤔
If it’s any consolation I tend to find these people continue to behave like this until they encounter a bigger psychopath.
The third episode of the guy in the Mustang WAS reported, but no action.
The highway code does/did say to "make your hand signals clear". I do when I'm out on my bike if someone cuts me up but I'm 6'4" and have never had a problem with these sorts of cowards.
Put them on CZcams with their Number Plates shown.
Hi Andy,
well I like winding the idiots up, I feel like it's my duty 🙂
But you are probably right. Ignore them if you can and simply don't let them ruin your day,. The sensible option.
Cheers Andy,
Garry
How many of the aggressive types have had the jabs.....?
Asking for a mate
I got followed, years ago, by some idiot who flew into a rage simply because I didn't wave thank you when he gave way (parked car on his side of the road). He spun around and followed me, I pulled into a layby and he tried to open my door and was threatening me. I called the police and he sat in his car behind me. Police were useless, he had a private plate, I read it out and they kept saying that can't be his reg number... in the end he drove off.
To be fair, neither of these drivers were raging until you made them rage! I've done 300k miles on motorcycles and you just aren't going to win an argument on two wheels. I would like to point out that almost all the bikers I see are retired - and yes you are noticeable, when 8-15 bikes go past at 10.30 on a Wednesday morning. Many ride with a sense of entitlement - illegal exhausts, absurd speeds, aggression when you don't realise there's a bike doing 100mph coming round the corner and you can't see it etc etc. In my part of rural Wales, almost all the road users are there for recreation - sport cars and bikes. To summarise - you are at way higher risk on a bike, even if you paid £15k for it and you bought the expensive pannier set. Chill out, or stay in your cars.
@@leighvaughton2740 Good points and yes, it is better to let things slide than confront. 👍
Love the bike…and £5k brand new! You must be happy with your choice😃
Thanks
@@andypaddon8531 Thank you 😁
I have met some kissers it’s not worth it