jbsportstech wrote:Well I am not a qualified motobike rider and far from an advanced rider but.....
He must of spent sometime riding around the area on his own which on a sunday afternoon which is fair enough. I do have rospa badge on my car/s but the are tax disc sized and certainly not easy to see when someone is driving near my or behind me. His high viz jacket is very 'viz-able' and with a high viz OBSERVER sign I thought it disapointing that he would ride as he did with his groups name displayed in this way if he wanted to do that as he was not riding with anyone else both times I saw him. Over a period of about 45 minutes between sightings.
1st spotted him in my rear view as he closed up tight behind me on 50mph dual track going 50mph. Thought he was certainly under 2 seconds from my tail and he undertook me!
2nd I ended up behind him and only then did I read his high viz. I then stayed behind him keeping well back and he proceeded to 40mph in a 30mph leisure way which is where are group meet. It was necessarliy dangerous but I stick to 30mph on that road because children do appear. He then turned onto blackbrook way a 30mph and his head was taking in the sight as he closed on a car turning into the sports centre and his braking was late and it appeared to be a lack for forward vision and planning. Followed him in traffic light where we waited and then he took off to bridgewater road which is a 30mph and also alot of people get caught speeding here and his pulled away from me and his speed reached 50-60mph going past parked vehicles on the nearside and closed up on a slower moving vehicle and broke late with little or no planning.
Onto the 50mph dualtrack where he again opened up it to 70mph fair enough he then slowed into lane one in where I was in two s as I needed to turn off right and then at the last minute he gave what I call a reflex indication and came accross in front of me casuing me to brake and he decided to turn off where I was.
Just was disapointing that this guy could be giving people the impression that this group ride in this way and well as the IAM are involved and teh breaches of speed limits with hiz advertising. The fact that he has observer is worrying as if he teaches riding like that!?! Hopefully he is one a few involved in advanced riding but chooses to ride like a muppet even though they no better,.and teach so! He must of been bored
some bloke called Matthew wrote:first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Red Herring wrote:I can't speak for others but what jaded me slightly was that your posts were basically a list of all the things this rider did wrong coupled with some assumptions on your part as to why he did them. I couldn't really see what you were trying to achieve other than to demonstrate to the rest of us that your driving was better than his, although by your own admission you failed to anticipate his position change. I just didn't see anything constructive in your posts, and I think the golden rule when it comes to delivering criticism is that it should be constructive.
jbsportstech wrote:
Fair point it was comprehensive strip torn off next time I won't bother as people like this advanced biker have their heads so far up their own arses how I they suppose to observe and plan and restrian themselves in built up areas their chairman has is a man of few words 'the matter has been delt with' is their official response.
I know by my own addmission I failed to predict that someone who had moved from lane 2 to 1 20 seconds ago would want to return to lane 2 when they are not approaching any clusters of vehicles or any other hazards for that matter on that basis how do you ever overtake any vehicle ever.
Red Herring wrote:jbsportstech wrote:
Fair point it was comprehensive strip torn off next time I won't bother as people like this advanced biker have their heads so far up their own arses how I they suppose to observe and plan and restrian themselves in built up areas their chairman has is a man of few words 'the matter has been delt with' is their official response.
I know by my own addmission I failed to predict that someone who had moved from lane 2 to 1 20 seconds ago would want to return to lane 2 when they are not approaching any clusters of vehicles or any other hazards for that matter on that basis how do you ever overtake any vehicle ever.
This is what I mean about assumptions. Just how many advanced riders have you met?
With regards to the lane change I would have thought the junction on the right might be a bit of a clue. I seem to remember something in the Highway Code about avoiding overtakes on the approach to junctions, not exactly Advanced territory that one.
Red Herring wrote:jbsportstech wrote: I know by my own addmission I failed to predict that someone who had moved from lane 2 to 1 20 seconds ago would want to return to lane 2
This is what I mean about assumptions. Just how many advanced riders have you met?
With regards to the lane change I would have thought the junction on the right might be a bit of a clue. I seem to remember something in the Highway Code about avoiding overtakes on the approach to junctions, not exactly Advanced territory that one.
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