stoped at a set of lights down the road from my house.. about to turn right when i see a woman tearing along in her car, the light has turned green and im about to go.. but something wasnt right, yerone wasn't slowing so i held back a few seconds and she just breezed through the red light at 40 or 50 mph.. if id gone out as i normally do just after the light changes id have been mincemeat.. i pull out wondering how she could be so f-kin stupid, to see her indicate up ahead and pull in to the side to let her passenger out at a bus stop.. so as i pass her i turn around n' glare at her, as i scream obcenities to her through my helmet ( i doubt she heard but it made me feel good) anyways i gesture to her to her, eyes then lights .. tosser! and drive on off.. she didnt even cop shed broken the light i wanted to stop and bollick her out of it for bieng a stupid bint.. but it was probably best i didnt.. i think the 6ft4 biker shaking a fist at her scared her enough.. should i have stopped and told her off? ok rant over.. feel better now.. pthag
Hey Pthagonal, glad you were 'heads up' at that intersection! In this country you simply cannot assume anything, i.e., that people will heed traffic signals/lights. I'm convinced that a yellow is a 'go' signal to most drivers, not 'slow and prepare to stop' as it's intended to be.....when the light goes from green to yellow everyone seems to speed up and try to beat the light. It's always good policy to wait until the light has changed, look in both directions for approaching drivers, and proceed only when it's clear that they're stopping. Bint? Hadn't heard that one before. I like it!
Defensive driving starts with checking left and right before proceeding when a light changes to green. Glad you did that. Just a little effort saved quite a bit of grief. You'd be amazed at how few drivers do that. Next time you are behind someone at a light, see if he or she looks left and right before proceeding. Most don't. It's a very simple test to see who the really bad drivers are.
Wow good thing you waited! Glad your ok. Now i'm gonna need some translations of the last half of your post....
pthag, You folks from Ireland have the best insults ever! Glad you're ok and didn't get taken out by the cager. It always feels better once you rant. Hey, would you be kind enough to translate the following: "i wanted to stop and bollick her out of it for bieng a stupid bint.." Cheers!
Must have been French.... I know her, she's the one that did the same to me a few yers back, WHILE READING A NEWSPAPER !! I followed her, accelerated and lifted my right foot (was on a BMW Cruiser). Tore her mirror off clean. When I checked my mirror, her newspaper was still up.....
:eek1 oser Nice rant, pthag. Glad you're okay. People around here blow through lights like stopping is an optional exercise.
Here in SoCal, getting thru the yellow light at all costs has become prevalent. When I'm the front guy at the intersection, I always look and see who is going to run their red light. It hasn't saved my bacon yet, but I'm sure the day'll come. M