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It would have been pointless anyway - traffic jam 100m down the road.
That's the fucking worst. The biggest argument I ever got into in traffic was when some fuckhead beeped at me because I was taking the lane about 50m before a traffic jam. To this day, I don't understand what the motivation was. There's a fucking queue in front of you. Overtaking me makes absolutely no difference.
SwissChap-
it's really wankery.
I had a lady behind me yesterday who tried to overtake me as a car was pulling out from a junction into the oncoming lane.
I looked behind and took the lane to block her, and gave the customary tap the helmet 'use your brain you fucking idiot' hand signal.
Less than a minute later she overtakes on a bend while a car is coming towards in the oncoming lane, then 50 metres later she has to slow for a speed bump, then stop for a traffic queue, at which point I filter past (making sure to slow down and give her an exadurated head shake and look of extreme unimpressedness)I reckon 90% of shit overtakes are just down to people being impatient. the fucking nobs.
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I hear ya. Defensive riding is great but also scary at times. But riding right next to parked cars is not an option too. So you take the lane. But then there is still space for a squeeeezy overtake, which was that second case today. Nah fellow road user, fuck off and chill
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If anything, by slowing them down before the inevitable stop in traffic, you’ve actually saved them money and reduced emissions ever so slightly
bigshape
picklejuice
PhilDAS
White van overtakes almost knocking me off, because they have to swerve right into me to fit through a raised pedestrian crossing with bollards on both sides. Wrote down the number plate - untaxed and no MOT. Reported to police.
2 mins later, an attempt at careless and dangerous overtake, different driver, this time I block them and flip them off. The satisfaction. It would have been pointless anyway - traffic jam 100m down the road.
Arrive home, post person delivered new bike toys. That's better.