Tales from today's commute....

[potsy]

All week I've been planning on doing 4 rides in and driving Friday, got to 5pm tonight and decided to take the bike.

Bit of rare filtering on night shift too, almost looking forward to the 1.30am ride home

 

[I like Skol]

All week I've been planning on doing 4 rides in and driving Friday, got to 5pm tonight and decided to take the bike.

Bit of rare filtering on night shift too, almost looking forward to the 1.30am ride home

Busy night then is it?

 

[BSRU]

A video of my earlier encounter, WARNING contains two shouted very bad swear words.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iu4xr4G4X0

 

[HLaB]

I can't recall anything special about my commutes which is probably alarming

 

[HLaB]

A video of my earlier encounter, WARNING contains two shouted very bad swear words.


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iu4xr4G4X0

Good job you were aware!

 

[BalkanExpress]

This mornings funny antics involved some SCR by some prat who proceeded to blow up on the first attempt to overtake me.. I wasnt even going that fast as I was on the tourer. Why do they do it!?

I'm guessing they are so fearful of the rear view of the Walnuts legs they go all out to get as far away as possible. (This is also the reason Simon has you as Mr "All Up")

 

[I like Skol]

A video of my earlier encounter, WARNING contains two shouted very bad swear words.


View:
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iu4xr4G4X0

I don't get it? The road marking (one big arrow) suggest it is a one way street but I tried hard and couldn't spot any signs to support that. I do feel you went past the parked van far too fast to react to any vehicle or pedestrian that may have been stopped in the road so even if it is correct that the car was going the wrong way you have to expect these 'anomalies' while out on the road and in all honesty it appears you could have glided between the van and car without stopping.

Swear by all means because it must have been a bit of a shock but jamming on the brakes and blasting an airzound? is a bit ott IMO.

 

[BSRU]

I don't get it? The road marking (one big arrow) suggest it is a one way street but I tried hard and couldn't spot any signs to support that. I do feel you went past the parked van far too fast to react to any vehicle or pedestrian that may have been stopped in the road so even if it is correct that the car was going the wrong way you have to expect these 'anomalies' while out on the road and in all honesty it appears you could have glided between the van and car without stopping.

Swear by all means because it must have been a bit of a shock but jamming on the brakes and blasting an airzound? is a bit ott IMO.

There are plenty of signs and road markings if you come from the direction she did. If your driving in between parked cars all facing the opposite way to the way you are driving it maybe a sign of something not being quite right.

Don't agree with your analysis but everyone's entitled to express their own view.

 

[hennbell]

Coldest week of the year is now over , -45 on Thursday night.
It is -15 today and it feels great, next Monday it is going up to 0 C almost tropical.

 

[Edwards80]

Dry for a change up in Manchester.

Had a chuckle at traffic chaos caused by a double decker having tried to turn left at a 'no HGV' junction in Cheadle - it got stuck on the 'anti big vehicle' curb - proper wedged. The driver must have been a right idiot to try and turn. The junction has been modified to stop vehicles left turning as it's a very sharp turn, and only cars and vans can turn down it. Big vehicles have to carry through the junction, go round a roundabout and come back.

Haha, shame I missed that. What time was it? I've seen a pedestrian trip over it before. Not a bus though :-)

 

[cyberknight]

nearly wiped out by a mini van at a mini roundabout today, indicated to turn right and in the right hand filter when the driver from the left decides to try his luck and run in front of me , i shout "idiot" so the driver then does an emergency stop and i nearly end up his back end.
Pound to a penny if i had run up his back end he would have come out all righteous as the van had a "i can stop can you ?" sticker on the back .Stayed behind him for about a mile or so with traffic as there were some roadworks further along and i thought its better to sit behind the numpty rather than filter and have him do a punishment overtake later.

 

[fossyant]

Haha, shame I missed that. What time was it? I've seen a pedestrian trip over it before. Not a bus though :-)

About 8:15. Plonked indeed.

 

[subaqua]

fastish ride home last night, the police in the car at the bottom of the bow flyover had a big grin on their face as kept up with them .

ride in this morning was uneventful but it was a saturday so less on the roads

 

[donnydave]

Nice wind assisted ride in today. Chap on a single was getting the most out of it, probably wished he had a slightly bigger gear. He was still faster than me though so i guess he wasn't too worried.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

25 miles to work this morning, lot of cross winds so was pretty hard work.