05-09-12, 11:15 AM
(05-09-12, 07:24 AM)pitternator link Wrote: You just pulled out in front of oncoming traffic , ( fellow bikers ), and you see nothing wrong ???? :rolleyes
why didnt you just give way to them, instead of following the car , who should have also done likewise...
To answer this and everyone else going "HaHa! Graham who talks so much about Advanced Biking got it wrong!!": Because, had they been riding *sensibly* and *legally* there wouldn't have *been* a problem!
Read the situation I described again: 40 limit, double white lines, car just pulled out ahead, right hand bend coming up.
There was nowhere for them to pass, so they *should* have been slowing down or at least staying at 40 either of which would have given me plenty of time and space to pull out. Instead, as I realised afterwards, they were "taking a run" at the National Limit sign (presumably and wrongly thinking that once they can see it, it's ok to accelerate) and counting on being able to complete their overtake before anything came around the bend ahead of them.
My only mistake was to forget that some bikers are idiots and will do stupid manoeuvres like that because they think they're too cool to obey the rules of the road (not to mention the rules of common sense)...