What do you think about bikes that go past you on the left in your lane.

I know it's against the road rules, but what do you folks think of people
that do it to you?

I ask because I regularly see a beaten up 'blade on my way to work (Sydney,
Victoria Road) diving through the traffic going for every gap. This morning
he went past me on the left in my lane, yes we were moving. Now I'm inclined
to think that my lane is my lane and only a twonk shares it with me if we're
moving, I may of course wish to swerve left to avoid some hazard in the road
and I could do without some impatient git being there when I do so.

So, what do you think, reasonable behaviour or not? Should I attempt to
voice my opinion to the gentleman in question ( not that I'm likely to catch
him mind you)

If you are the aformentioned gentleman, consider my opinion voiced and
please be a bit more considerate when you dive past me, try someone elses
lane next time.

And yes I've seen you take the pavement route when the road is blocked.

Russell

 

I think people who go up the left, in the emergency lane or in the bicycle
lane are dickheads but I think car drivers who try and make something of it
are faaar bigger dickheads!
Just turn up your stereo, relax, and don't try to be boss-of-the-world.

 

Yeah, who cares, SloCoach.You're just a whinger cos this guy owns you on the
road. I say good luck to him.

 

On the (thankfully very occasional) days that it happens
to me, I think to myself "****, I wish I didn't have
to take the car today."

Most days, I take the bike, and do that to other folks
in cars.

G

 

<russellnwyatt_this_bit_goes_back_in_to_hopefully_confuse_the_spam_engines@y
ahoo.com> wrote in

Why do you think I was in a car?

Look I have no issue with the bloke wanting to cut through the traffic
quicker than me, it's his life after all. It's when it puts me at an
increased risk that it pisses me off a bit. It's bad enough with cars
wandering into your lane without some twonk justifying all the cage drivers
assumptions about bikes and their cavalier attitude to road rules.

Anyway, I'm over it now, just thought I'd vent a bit.

Russell

 

They are, but I wasn't one of them. I wasn't talking about the bicycle lane
or emergency lane, heck I do that sometimes. I was talking about my lane,
the one I was doing about 30kph in... on a bike...without a stereo.

Doesn't that piss you off when it happens to you? Or doesn't it?

Russell

 

The point was, that it could have done, if I had swerved to avoid a pothole
or something. You just don't expect there to be anyone there. I know it's
unlikely but it does show some disrespect doesn't it. And yes of course I
mirror and head check if I'm changing lanes but I wasn't changing lanes,
it's _my_ lane.

That's all really, made me jump I guess. It's not a really big thing, I just
thought I would ask what anyone else thought of the practice of undertaking
other bikes, when moving. The maneuver was all over quickly and hopefully he
had acertained that I was probably not just about to change road position,
but the point is that I might have. There may have been diesel spilled or
something, if there had it could have got messy.

I guess I do get a bit wound up when I see people "cheating". I'll try to
get over it. The thing is this kind of behaviour is the sort of thing that
causes the cage drivers to get irate about "bloody" bikes and in turn gets
the police unfairly targetting riders.

Anyway, I'll stop whinging now.

Russell

 

I'm a pom, it's a hard habit to break. As for luck I reckon he needs it.
Judging by the state of the bike he's used up a few lives already.

Russell

 

It doesn't piss me off per se but I am concerened about renegade riders
who come up slipstream behind you then scream past you on the left. Like
you have said if you set yourelf to then change your position in the lan
and someone rear ends you then it can get messy.
Usually if the other rider has a loud pipe i am aware of his presence so
I do the headchecks mirror checks etc.
Just go with the flow there isnt much you can do about it.

 

SloCoach wrote:

I think you have a valid concern there as you wouldnt expect anything
else to be there (as you said).

Try not to get wound up though, as that causes all sorts of bad shit
(although its very hard at times)
JB

 

I have your answer!!!

2 options:
1: trade in your current bike for a smokey old 2-stroke. (RZ500 would be
a good option.)

2: make your fuel a 50:1 mix of fuel/engine oil.

No one will want to follow you so closely that they can do that to you if
you're belching that much smoke.

 

Oh fair enough; no in that situation I can get extremely pissed off.
I had one little prick who used to "buzz" me by zapping past at about
50kph-over-the speed limit inches away from my in my lane (while I was
doing 60kph).
I haven't seen him since the last time he did it and I caught up and tried
to run him into the back of a truck so I don't know if he still does it....
but if he does I will bite my lip and try to be calm.

 

Inches away? This explains the BMW! (and how that throttle body
got knocked off ...)

-----sharks

 

shutup slocoach. i ride my bike for speed not so i can get stuck behind some
slocoach on the road. theres plenty of room for two bikes to fit in one lane
so overtaking should not be a problem. you just need to look in ya rear view
mirrors so ya dont get a fright next time. nuff said

 

I agree with you whole-heartedly. Apart from the race track (where there
are no lanes anyway) my lane is MY lane. I use the WHOLE lane for
buffering, obstacle avoidance and even visibility. I think that one bike
passing another on the left (or even on the right in the same lane) is
rude, inconsiderate, and courting danger.

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s
'87 BMW K100RT

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

says the bmw rider pffft.