Next time put your arm out and watch the carnage.
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how angry would it make you if other rider passed you in your own lane?
- Thread starter rashidme
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I think I did read the entire post. I'll repost it here for your convenience:
I believe the bolded portions are what lead me to believe you were:1) going too slow in the passing lane, "120-ish" is too slow for the passing lane on 400 series highways; 2) you were napping as you didn't see the other rider coming up from behind, you heard him and it was all of a sudden; 3) you say you're in the left lane and that you usually move from left to right, so you were not in the proper blocking lane.
Like I said, learn to ride. But let me qualify that a bit better, learn to ride to survive: please see my three points above. Maybe you are riding so "safely" you are putting others at risk.
Funny, how you don't know exactly how fast you were going, "120-ish", but know exactly how fast the other rider was going 150+ "at least".
I've been "buzzed" before by bikes and cars, and yes, it's not fun. There have been times too when I needed to get past/by inconsiderate riders/drivers, blocking lanes, slowing me down, harshing my mellow and am not above passing on the shoulders if I have to if they don't move over or speed up. That too is a cause to be angry when other people decide how others around them should be riding/driving to their values instead of getting out of the way of faster moving traffic who prefer to ride how they wish.
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Hmm well if he's passing traffic at 120 then it's not too slow at that moment in time is it? Unless of course the traffic he's passing is moving at 119.999kmh, but lets assume they aren't as that would agreeably be a ****** move. As much as I'll move over for faster traffic most of the time, and I never drive constantly on the left anyway as that's a pet hate, if I'm safely and quasi-legally (going at or just above the majority flow of traffic) moving past traffic on the right of me I'm not going to all of a sudden put my foot down because of your inability to control your speed or patience.
suzuki2000
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As the OP noted, he was not travelling in the left lane, he was passing. Please enlighten all of us what the minimum passing speed is so that a faux pas cannot occur in the future.
Just for the record the speed limit on highways is 100kph in ontario, no i am not delusional to believe that most of the population adheres to this, but I find your entitled arrogance toward others inconveniencing you slightly disturbing
It really P'd me off on the way to Dover a few years ago. Ma and Pa Kettle on an old Goldwing passed me on my right in my lane. It would only have taken a slight nudge to put them in the ditch. Traffic was light so a correct pass using the rules of the road would haven't been a challenge, even to a Goober.
In my roughly 7 years of riding, I've had
-2 bikes pass me in my (far left) lane one after another doing 160+ on dvp south
-****** in convertable pass me in my lane while half going into emergency lane
-female cop on bicycle ride into my handle bar/mirror while I was at a standstill waiting in traffic (high traffic/caribana) and fall over (lol)
-2 bikes pass me in my (far left) lane one after another doing 160+ on dvp south
-****** in convertable pass me in my lane while half going into emergency lane
-female cop on bicycle ride into my handle bar/mirror while I was at a standstill waiting in traffic (high traffic/caribana) and fall over (lol)
I was in town last year (Guelph) going down a bad pot holed road. There was a HD rider behind me who decided to pass on the right tire track just as I was switching to it to avoid a crater. Almost took us both out. I was able to avoid him but I was damn close. I pulled off before reaching the stop up ahead..... I was in no frame of mind to "talk" to him. Thought it best that I cool down.
dextasy
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Beautiful. That mellowed my harsh.
Not according to some, but as long as they are able to type words, they think they are making sense.
DECIMIS
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Sativa Quemador
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Originally Posted by jc100
if I'm safely and quasi-legally (going at or just above the majority flow of traffic) moving past traffic on the right of me I'm not going to all of a sudden put my foot down because of your inability to control your speed or patience.
I get what you are saying, you feel you are going fast enough, too bad for the guy behind you.
think about that the next time someone drives slow in front of you...lol just move over.
cause eventually, the person is going to do something stupid just to get around you and cut you off
or maybe something worse. theres lots of wacko's out there on the roads
if I'm safely and quasi-legally (going at or just above the majority flow of traffic) moving past traffic on the right of me I'm not going to all of a sudden put my foot down because of your inability to control your speed or patience.
I get what you are saying, you feel you are going fast enough, too bad for the guy behind you.
think about that the next time someone drives slow in front of you...lol just move over.
cause eventually, the person is going to do something stupid just to get around you and cut you off
or maybe something worse. theres lots of wacko's out there on the roads
I'll move over when I'm done passing. Also, I was brought up in a country where the rule for passing was "move out, pass as quickly as you can, move back". I'm no slouch when I'm passing other traffic. I'm not going to go warp speed though and make myself a heat score just because some 'tard behind me thinks they're either Rossi or an F1 driver.
You think about your excuse when you get pulled over for speeding next time you follow your own rules "sorry officer, I was being really polite and letting the incredibly skilled guy behind me get through as quickly as possible by speeding up even more myself even though I was passing traffic at a pretty good pace before said genius showed up".
I don't know about you but I've got a clear record because the safest way to motor about this fair country of ours is not to stand out from the crowd. If that means going 120 or 140 fine, I'm not an angel. If someone wants to zip by me at warp speed fine, it's their licence unless they're endangering others. Like I say though, if I'm already doing something within my safety zone for passing and warp monster comes out of nowhere...warp monster will need to apply patience because I like my insurance rates where they are.
You Know
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^ Good idea to hold back. People driving/riding dangerously don't give a f;(¥ about you, me or anyone else on the roadway. Catching up to them will resolve NOTHING. As much as we all want to go SOA on these knuckleheads it will only cause more trouble.
We all get fired up when this ***** happens to us or around us, but what really happens if a confrontation occurs?
Someone tells someone to f"ck off, someone says you should slow down, an accident, someone gets punched out, someone goes to jail? Most often you will not walk away feeling any better about the original offence.
If you believe in karma, take solace knowing in some weird way justice to the offender will eventually be served. My nickel.
No. You don't.
Take a look at post #95. Bear down on it, think real hard. Maybe leave your secret location, come up for fresh air. Walk around. Shake it off. Then read post #95 again.
Please report back.
sid_for_speed
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I'd be scared...worse If I was involved in that accident...$ h i t like this always ends up being my fault....
Sativa Quemador
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i do get it. Ive been in that exact situation and on both sides of it.
If it looks like im holding someone up, I'll move over at the first chance.
It doesnt happen very often, Im usually one of the faster things on the road.
and when the mood strikes for speed, i dont usually stick to the left, im all over the place
yes its dumb, im dumb it dangerous, blah blah. lol
You think that's bad? Imagine going 120 in the slow lane of the 404 at 2am with hardly anyone on the highway, when a GSXR 1000 maxed out blows past you in the same slow lane as you. No exaggeration... About 300km/h when you're doing 120... in the same lane. This happened 11 years ago but I'll always remember it like it was yesterday, That 'BANG!' that nearly gave me a heart attack as he flew by me.
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