Dangerous motorcyclists risk lives

Car - Found this which might be of interest

"Although it goes against what is said in the Highway Code, it is in fact not illegal in itself to undertake again providing no danger is caused to other road users, and drivers are not caused to alter course or speed."

Very worthwhile reading this page - http://www.mcnninjas.co.uk/docs/Filtering

Is it legal for bikes to overtake on the left (on motorways)? I have never ever seen a bike wait behind other vehicles to move over and overtake on the right which is why I wonder - are there different overtaking laws for bikes?

Mickey Mouse: Unfortunately and very sadly, there are a FEW motorcyclists who think they are God. I was very unfortunate to meet one of these whilst out riding on my horse on a lovely sunny evening just over 4 years ago. The police estimated he was travelling around 120 mph on a minor B-Road.

I am not going to go into what happened, as I have related the sorry story on here many times, and have caused several people to suffer a moment or two's very inconvenient boredom (oh dear, poor darlings).

I don't understand why these cretins have to treat what is little more than a country lane as a speed track, why they don't trot along down to Silverstone, Goodwood, Snetterton, or some other race track beats me. I used to own a fantastic MGA, a beautiful little car. I used to race her OFF road at car club meetings at Goodwood which was quite close to where I used to live. I had a huge amount of SAFE fun. It is neither safe nor fun to plough into a couple of horses and their riders on a quiet country B-road.

If you don't believe me, ask the motorcyclist.

Motor bikers and Cyclists

Why don't you just get a car for God's sake. Many of you are suicidal and then moan when you get hurt or injured. I nearly ran a motor biker over today (not on purpose) because the idiot was going 90+MPH on a small B-road.

I'm not moaning about the sensible bikers but those that put themselves in danger.

Very nearly had an accident today. Very shaken!! So, bikers, be careful and think how a driver would feel if they knocked you over because of your stupidity.

I think that no one has ever read the high way code, because when I was talking to a friend about bikes he started to say some of the manoeuvre we do are illegal and there not and he actually got is high way code out and checked it to a surprise.

Every time I go out on my bike I nearly have about 2 accidents because of car drivers.

But still when I got out in my car I still have the same problem.

I think some should be removed from the road for good for safely of others.

I think the problem is the car and bike tests are too easily, when I did my car and bike test I found them quite easy but some people find then hard, I am 21 and I only took them 3 years ago. I think that people should be made to retake there test every 10 years.

Mrs A

Thank you for your comments. It wasn't good, that's for sure, and has left me with a violent hatred of speeding motorcyclists. Those that drive considerately I have no problem with, I will flinch when they pass me, understandably, but that's my problem, not their's.

I don't have aproblem with bikers, I respect them and they respect me. By which I mean if I'm on a strait road and have a biker sat near my back wing, I'll move over slightly to let him past and I always recieve a wave of thanks.

To say enclosed vehicle drivers are better is wrong, as is saying motorbikers are better. Bikers have to be more aware of risks as they are basically an engine with no seatbelts. However I can agree that SOME bikers settle into a less than appropriate driving habit, yet so do car drivers.

My personal gripe with 2 wheeled vehicles are the hairdryers on wheels. They have 16yr old children using them and in my 5 years of driving, I've knocked 7 off their bikes through their pathetic grasp of road safety. They all stck a red L on the bike and can be found pulling stupid manouveres everywhere. 2 of the people I've knocked off their bikes were at mini roundabouts where they believed they could dart out....mistake. Others have simply sideswiped my car with not looking. 3 have tried driving off. Generally, I just get abuse off them.

Apparently, sticking a pair of red L's on a 30mph engined bike and being 16, means you know more bout driving than the chap you just cut up with a 1 tonne vehicle, 5yrs driving, 5yrs nclms that now wants to rip your head off for booting his car.

Nikki, what a shame to hear your horse was killed by a bike. That really must have been traumatic!

Biker Boy: when I nearly met my maker for the third time in my life at the hands of a motorbiker, traffic coming from the left and from the right had stopped to allow me to cross the pedestrian crossing. The biker, in his wisdom, decided that he would just blast past everyone and get to his destination a few seconds quicker than he otherwise would were he to cause himself the inconvience of stopping at the crossing.

Luckily, because a few months earlier I had nearly been killed by such a twit, I actually proceeded across the crossing very carefully, looking both left and right before proceeding. Had I not, I probably wouldn't be typing this now.

Livid states "I don't overtake on pedestrian crossings"

Without condoning dangerous motorcyclists, may I suggest you refresh your memory of the Highway Code. It is only illegal to overtake at a ped crossings if the vehicle has stopped to give way to pedestrians (Rule 167).

Shortly after my horse was killed by an idiot on a motorbike, I was nearly run down on a zebra crossing. A bike overtook a car who had kindly stopped for me. Luckily, I never just blindly walk across a crossing, but always proceed carefully like there is some stupid pranny doing exactly what this biker did.

in my experience as a legal biker he probably wasn;t legal hence he obviously didn't give a s**t!