SilverSaloon
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2004
- Messages
- 7,758
- Car
- 1994 W124 E300D Estate, 1985 R107 280SL
Hi
i am sure anyone who has to queue from the Forth Rd Bridge into Edinburgh city centre every morning knows how badly ridden motorbikes are swooping in and out of the traffic.
This is fine IF THE TRAFFIC IS GOING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT DUE TO A Q... the bike then rides up the middle of the 2 lanes.... ok i think.
it is NOT ok if u are doing 10mph OVER the speed limit and they still decide to ride inbetween the 2 lanes at 30mph OVER the speed limit....
this is not 1 bike, this is 80% of them that go by! Happens every day if the traffic is busy in both lanes.
i have even enountered 2 extreem cases where one bike decided to overtake me on the OUTSIDE when i am in the OUTSIDE lane overtaking inside-lane traffic (they basically ride on the gravel). another instance is where a bike overtook between the 2 lanes with my car doing 80mph in the outside lane, and he must have been travelling at atleast 100mph.
dangerous and stupid. should be banned for life.
sorry if i offend any riders on here, i know you are not all the same, but it seems that most riders going into edinburgh between 8am and 9am every weekday get so used to going down the middle in stop/start traffic, they decide to do the same when its flowing freely.
i am sure its the same all over the country too....
RANT OVER!
i am sure anyone who has to queue from the Forth Rd Bridge into Edinburgh city centre every morning knows how badly ridden motorbikes are swooping in and out of the traffic.
This is fine IF THE TRAFFIC IS GOING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT DUE TO A Q... the bike then rides up the middle of the 2 lanes.... ok i think.
it is NOT ok if u are doing 10mph OVER the speed limit and they still decide to ride inbetween the 2 lanes at 30mph OVER the speed limit....
this is not 1 bike, this is 80% of them that go by! Happens every day if the traffic is busy in both lanes.
i have even enountered 2 extreem cases where one bike decided to overtake me on the OUTSIDE when i am in the OUTSIDE lane overtaking inside-lane traffic (they basically ride on the gravel). another instance is where a bike overtook between the 2 lanes with my car doing 80mph in the outside lane, and he must have been travelling at atleast 100mph.
dangerous and stupid. should be banned for life.
sorry if i offend any riders on here, i know you are not all the same, but it seems that most riders going into edinburgh between 8am and 9am every weekday get so used to going down the middle in stop/start traffic, they decide to do the same when its flowing freely.
i am sure its the same all over the country too....
RANT OVER!