Today's "What Gets My Goat" - NO POLITICS!

[darrsi]

This foccing weather ??⛄??

It has been hammering it down with rain all night in NW London, and still going strong now  :groan

[Dudeofrude]

Same here in North Lincolnshire. And it's not supposed to stop all day ?
Normally id stick the waterproofs on and go get wet but I've just fitted a pc3 to the bike and haven't had chance to ride it properly so I don't fancy learning the new power curve on slippery roads.

Tomorrow looks alright at least ??

[taylor]

xmas lights being turned on in town center,s .      what a waste of time and money :rolleyes

[tommyardin]

Cagers who lean into left hand bends, presumably to counter g-force, but have not yet worked out that it is unnecessary as they can't lean into right handers.


Oh............ and brake pedal dabbers

Agrees when I started driving a car as a young man I used to try to lean into left handers, thinking it would somehow help, but in fact you become less stable as a body in the car as you are fighting a g force that is natural and inline wi.th what you are doing, and that in its self unsettles you and makes you feel as if the car is going to tip over. Flop against the drivers door and it's a much more stable feeling. In fact it is the exact opposite to what you would imagine.

[tommyardin]

[quote author=DILLIGAFF link=topic=17546.msg244918#msg244918 date=1478086827]
Oh............ and brake pedal dabbers

Cagers who swing out in the opposite direction before making a turn.
I was behind one dabber who was so bad I became convinced that the lights had an electrical problem
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Sort of agree with you Sharpie but van drivers have no rear side windows to look through so have to come share onto junctions to see to the right. Yep I'm a white van man as well. No rear side windows and no rear view either cos of solid back doors. Bikiers for foc sake think about that when you are up the arse of a van.

[fazersharp]

[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=17546.msg244919#msg244919 date=1478087589]
[quote author=DILLIGAFF link=topic=17546.msg244918#msg244918 date=1478086827]
Oh............ and brake pedal dabbers

Cagers who swing out in the opposite direction before making a turn.
I was behind one dabber who was so bad I became convinced that the lights had an electrical problem
[/quote]
Sort of agree with you Sharpie but van drivers have no rear side windows to look through so have to come share onto junctions to see to the right. Yep I'm a white van man as well. No rear side windows and no rear view either cos of solid back doors. Bikiers for foc sake think about that when you are up the arse of a van.
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I mainly see it from morons with all the tell tale signs, darkened windows, bucket seats, black chequer cloth on bonnet, blue side lights, wonky after-market led daylights (with at least 2 leds already blown), bean can exhaust, lowered suspension.
And the reason for the swing out is to go around the corner faster       

[darrsi]

I was trying to explain to a car driver yesterday that said to me he swerves out the way of bikes to let them pass.
I said there was simply no need, just stay straight and the bike will pass whenever they feel it's okay to do so, then they're gone!

[Dudeofrude]

I was trying to explain to a car driver yesterday that said to me he swerves out the way of bikes to let them pass.
I said there was simply no need, just stay straight and the bike will pass whenever they feel it's okay to do so, then they're gone!

Yeah I hate that. I know they are trying to be courteous but sometimes your not looking to overtake but you feel the need to just because they've moved over. If not you just get that awkward few hundred metres until they give up and then act like your the knob

[BBROWN1664]

If I am in the car and sat in a stream of slower moving traffic, I will move over to make sure the bike has seen that I have seen him. Sometimes if I am in the outside lane, I will turn on the rhs indicator too so he knows I wont be moving to the left.

[maddog04]

bastards who tailgate you, on a single carriageway in a 40 through road works in the dark and wet and this twat was up my jacksie with fog lights on too. I very, very, nearly slowed it down to a complete halt and was going to have serious words with the twat but I was late for home and still had things to do en route.
It eventually opened upto two lanes and he pulled out to take me but I just opened her up and the goon had to go back into lane one

arsewipe

[darrsi]

[quote author=darrsi link=topic=17546.msg245851#msg245851 date=1479340183]
I was trying to explain to a car driver yesterday that said to me he swerves out the way of bikes to let them pass.
I said there was simply no need, just stay straight and the bike will pass whenever they feel it's okay to do so, then they're gone!

Yeah I hate that. I know they are trying to be courteous but sometimes your not looking to overtake but you feel the need to just because they've moved over. If not you just get that awkward few hundred metres until they give up and then act like your the knob
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Thing is, I've had someone do that to me before and nearly squash a scooter rider in the process that was stupidly undertaking on his inside, just because he was so focussed on me.
The scooter rider was just being a scooter rider.  :groan

[tommyardin]

[quote author=tommyardin link=topic=17546.msg245842#msg245842 date=1479338040]
[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=17546.msg244919#msg244919 date=1478087589]
[quote author=DILLIGAFF link=topic=17546.msg244918#msg244918 date=1478086827]
Oh............ and brake pedal dabbers

Cagers who swing out in the opposite direction before making a turn.
I was behind one dabber who was so bad I became convinced that the lights had an electrical problem
[/quote]
Sort of agree with you Sharpie but van drivers have no rear side windows to look through so have to come share onto junctions to see to the right. Yep I'm a white van man as well. No rear side windows and no rear view either cos of solid back doors. Bikiers for foc sake think about that when you are up the arse of a van.
[/quote]
I mainly see it from morons with all the tell tale signs, darkened windows, bucket seats, black chequer cloth on bonnet, blue side lights, wonky after-market led daylights (with at least 2 leds already blown), bean can exhaust, lowered suspension.
And the reason for the swing out is to go around the corner faster     
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I stand suitably chastised.  :rolleyes :'(

[Frosties]

[quote author=Skippernick link=topic=17546.msg245240#msg245240 date=1478467272]


Almost as bad as day time running lights, which are bright enough to cast light forwards therefore the thick twat behind the wheel thinks they have there lights on as the dash is lite up, but black as night when you come up behind them.

:agree
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Believe it or not a culprit of this was plod tonight - banging down the M4 around 6pm near jct 10 with the blues on but feck all showing up front or behind. Couldn't make out the car model due to his speed but FFS....is there any hope??

[Fazer99]

Fucking drivers that pull out of a junction infront of bikes when they don't really have the space to then they continue at a stupidly slow pace. If you're going to pull out infront of me dangerously then speed the Fuck up and increase the gap to make it a bit safer. Fucking bellend in a Mazda nearly had me this morning, I know it's really dark but I've got that much Hi-Viz on as well as reflective stickers I can be seen from bloody space.  :grumble :2guns :grumble

[crickleymal]

The knob who swerved into my car in the roadworks today. No need to cross between lanes but he nearly took my wing mirror off. Then he didn't want to stop so I had to chase him off the M5 onto the M42 and it was only when the traffic ground to a halt that I was able to get out and have words with him.

[red98]

Not sure if this has been posted before but this REALLY gets my goat


INCORRECTLY ADJUSTED HEADLIGHTS    :wall :wall :wall :wall :wall


both for oncoming traffic and the wanker behind whos right on my tail with no chance of overtaking.......arggggggggggghh  :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble

[darrsi]

Not sure if this has been posted before but this REALLY gets my goat


INCORRECTLY ADJUSTED HEADLIGHTS    :wall :wall :wall :wall :wall


both for oncoming traffic and the wanker behind whos right on my tail with no chance of overtaking.......arggggggggggghh  :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble :grumble

Several angles to this:


There's Euro cars where the drivers simply don't give a fuck so the lights are just aiming the wrong way.....somewhere over there, at something other than the road.


The one up one down, as if someone's punched their car and made it boss eyed.


The blatant "I'm going to blind you!!!" where both lights are to make sure a plane can see them, so as not to accidentally land on them.


All of which does make you wonder what previous incident has occurred to cause any of these irregularities, as you'd think they would generally fail an MOT if tested correctly?


I'm still insanely jealous when i get totally blinded by an awesome looking headlight approaching me, which puts both of mine to shame.......then a 125 scooter goes past me. How could Yamaha get these lights so wrong?

[fazersharp]

Its not just the nobs who have whacked out skew-wif lights or twats who fit supper bright almost blue lamps (actually not that bothered about bikers ) because they mostly only have one light and compared to a car there is just no need to fit super bright lights to a car.
What I have noticed is the likes of Audi and bmw with superbright leds they seem to be pointed down more at the road which is great but when the road is wet you are blinded by the reflection  which is brighter than the headlights, you can also see them coming out from underneath of the car in front.   

[Billy Balthorpe]

What gets my goat? People who take things from somewhere and then don't put them back, eg scissors, selotape, tweezers, etc.. People who borrow tools and equipment from you and don't bring them back without you asking for them, but to do that you have to remember who you lent them to months ago. People who cant use roundabouts. People who don't fold over the end of the selotape so you can find the end. People who think is ok to park up at the side of the road, then fling the drivers door open as wide as possible to get out, oh for a landrover with Armco all around it! People who leave the top off the toothpaste. People who put butter in the fridge so its impossible to spread onto bread. Almost all women drivers, absolutely no idea about what is going on around them (sorry, but there you go) . Motorway roadworks with 50mph camera enforced limits with no one working on them.

I've got to stop, I can feel my blood pressure going up. 

[fazersharp]

OOOOH Billy Boy and I thought I had a problem
BUT this bit

People who take things from somewhere and then don't put them back, eg scissors, selotape, tweezers, etc.

First off what the FOC are you doing with tweezers and secondly the only joy I get in life (apart from riding my Fazer) is NOT putting things back -just so to piss off Mrs Sharp