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Was riding along the OKR this morning behind a female motorcyclist. She was behind a bus and was taking an absolutely perfect position in the road making no attempt to push up and squeeze past. I was coming up behind and was actually going a little quicker then her (the bus was going slowly!) so slowed up to give her plenty of space. Low and behold 2 mamils matching your description undertake me, then her and then jam themselves up behind the bus. She losses her safe distance so then has to back everyone behind up to maintain it. Shock result when the bus stops both her and i breeze by said douche bags and i give the obligatory wanker wave.
jono84-
Ah gotta love the idiots who fight like crazy to undertake you then drop back so you're half-wheeling them, forcing you drop back to a safe distance, rinse & repeat. Usually the same geniuses who will sit in the blindspot of another road user then are suddenly surprised when they are almost left hooked. The lack of basic Highway Code knowledge is astounding. These people (hopefully) wouldn't operate dangerous machinery without proper training or at least reading the instructions, why this sentiment doesn't apply to the road I'm still unsure. A lot of "monkey see, monkey do" going on IMO.
I'm often tempted to drop the dough on a CTC instructor course and offer free training to these individuals, though I doubt it'd do any good as many seem to think they're above it all. However, I sometimes try and initiate a conversation to try and discover the rationale behind their actions - only one person has obliged (luckily a logical intelligent human), and I emerged from it with greater understanding of what happened and also ways to avoid in future (we were both at fault, but not how either had originally thought) - more often than not they're immediately on the defensive giving out abuse, or some tribal car blaming BS. I don't even get this shit from North London 14 year olds on stolen mountain bikes.
rounce
Been driving/riding (motorbike) a lot recently, often find myself thanking people for looking over their shoulder before manoeuvring across the front of me, it happens so rarely. Commuters in race kit, obviously nowhere near as strong as they think they look, tend to be the worst offenders: riding at their absolute limits to shave a few seconds off their commute. Yep, because we all know riding full whack in rush-hour traffic fumes is gonna do wonders for your VO2 max. Seems like safe cyclists are in an ever shrinking minority in London, dangerous cnuts however are in rich supply.