Nearly in a SMIDSY...

Is "I beat him to death becaue he was stupid your honour", a resonable
defence in court?

There is a corner on the way back from my mates[1], which has a pub on it.
You can see the entrance to the pub for quite a distance coming at the
corner from both directions. I'm riding towards it on my new bike [2], and I
can see a car waiting to turn into the pub carpark. I've seen this car
waiting to turn for about 10-15 seconds as I'm riding towards it, but guess
when he decides to turn in....
He turns in when I'm a few car lengths away, leaving me just a few feet to
squeeze through at ~60mph.

It was only by the time I'd got to the next junction that I realised I
really should of stopped and given this twat a good shouting at, at the very
least...

You live and learn... Just because you can clearly see a car, and you are
clearly in there area of the drivers vision, and have been for a long time,
it doesn't mean they've seen you!

[1] Laura with the GN125 who came to the KRC race at Oulton
[2] Suzuki SG350, with a headlight that stays on as standard and a piss
takingly loud race can.

 

If there was a bump it's possible your headlight 'dipped' and they thought
you were saying "Go".
If there were other cars, it's possible your bike got "lost" - or they just
didn't see you.

Someone with years and years of experience will be along shortly to no doubt
tell me I'm talking shit, but I would also say that if it were me,
and I saw a car waiting to turn, I quite possibly would slow down and not
continue to approach at 60+ mph.

 

I agree. The car driver may be in the wrong, but he's surrounded
by loads of metal - you've got your knees!

 

Not when, to cut a long story short, nothing happened.

 

Now why would you do that?

 

you've bought a Goose?

Interesting.

 

Shhhhhhh, Its a Suzuki SG350 OK?

;-)

 

Not sure about that. People will see the change in the beam and take it as a
flash. I would rather sound my horn.

 

heh. I think they're nice lookling little bikes. Isn't it pig-slow,
though?

 

piccy here
http://www.xenaverse.free-online.co.uk/goose/index1.htm

 

No you shouldn't, you should have slowed down a bit from 60 when you
saw there was a threat.

 

So you're disagreeing with what I wrote? What would you do?

 

No they won't - not unless you switch back within less than half a
second.

Main beam is much more effective at night. It's doubtful if a bike
horn would be heard through closed car windows at that distance
anyway.

 

No more than any other 33bhp bike would be.

 

Oh yes they will, see light, see light change, move.

 

Always keep your main beam on? - but then there are downsides to this,
too.

I tend to put main beam on when filtering, or when I think I'll need
cars to see me, i.e. urban riding at night.

 

The Dr. Said "10 seconds away" that is not flashing, that is saying
" I am here"

 

I reckon that's a lovely looking bike. Are the USD forks standard?

 

How long you been riding again? And how many times have you adopted
the approach that you so scorn? It's what I'd do in these
circumstances, and nobody's _ever_ pulled out on me when I've done it.

 

eighteen years.

me when I've done it.

good for you. It's still not something I'd do. Slow down, try and see where
the driver's looking, cover the brakes, sound your horn if you're really
unsure, look for escape routes.