OT: Idiot quad biker

Just had a near miss with another of these scourges of the road. He had already done an illegal U-turn then at the set of signals with left lane for straight on an right for a right turn, he rocks up behind a car waiting to turn right, then turns round to see me and at the last minute jinks into the left lane in front of me before jinking back in front of the right turning car just to gain one space.

I am sure these things come with a supply of idiot pills because everyone I meet drives like one re-writing the rules of the road. Mind you SWAMBO already reckons round these parts we have a regional version of the Highway Code and it only has two pages, page one, buy an Audi or a Golf, page two throw the book away!

Richard

He probably a cyclist.

The trouble with Darwinian evolution is that it's painfully slow.

That sounds like the mentality of a group I met yesterday. Out of a dirt road and turned right on an "A" road in the city. About ten of these morons formed the group. The first eight had a reasonable "window" to get across to turn. The last two were a good test of motorists reflexes and brakes.

The fact that they came off a dirt path suggests they may not be licenced.

I hope this isn't going to become a fashion, scraping bits of quad bike rider off the car isn't too upsetting, but now the warm weather is here, if you miss any bits.................................... :-(

AB

You never saw "Idiocracy"?

The mentally challenged can multiply with a frequency and ease that is beyond the more able of the population.

It's a bit like blind people making good piano tuners.

AB

No motorist should take sudden evasive action if it's dangerous for them.

Those idiots who deliberately put themselves in harm's way for fun deserve what's coming.

Are they translated from the original Greek? Brian

Yes well its frightening to see those electric scooters on sale in Brighton now, they are discouraged to be on the roads the police say. Personally I'd discourage them from actually using them without a flashing hazard sign and a constantly sounding horn. Brian

Quad bikes have their uses on farms etc, but why oh why do people ride them on the rods? Brian

I didn't realise you were in Brighton. I grew up there.

(FSVO growing up!)

Some people like my brother have land,in his case some forestry detached from where they live so need a road legal one to reach it, and before mother sold the farm he also used it on that to do chores when mother and father got to old and frail to use their own tractor. He lived two miles away so needed to use the roads to get there. He also does jobs for other people where the off road capability is useful as it was when he used to rear pheasants at different locations , those were also in woodland and the bike could penetrate easier than a conventional 4x4. In addition there was a time when farmers tractors were simple things and the older smaller ones like the grey Ferguson or the the later MF 35 were often kept and with a link box used for small jobs like drop some feed off in a field or a carry a few fence posts and wire. Now a tractor is a sophisticated machine whose cost is equal to top end luxury cars and for those little jobs becomes a bit of a sledge hammer to crack a nut, Quad Bikes sometimes with a small trailer are very good for such jobs and for some tasks a better tool. Unfortunately if something becomes available then it will sometimes be misused by some, it also means legitimate users should keep them in really secure storage when not in use if they want keep them , especially if travellers are about.

GH

You might get to test your insurance another way if you swerve to avoid danger and have a crash -- but can't prove its cause because the yobbo won't corroborate your story or ran off.

Sorry Marland, I did not mean to imply all users of quad bikes are idiots and realise that for many farmers they are an absolute necessity. It's the ones that regard city streets as an appropriate recreational area to tear round at will with no consideration for anyone's safety other than their own selfish enjoyment.

Richard

I haven't seen any that aren't idiots. Not many farms around here though.

We are on the edge of the suburbs and within a few minutes walk of greenbelt and farming land. We do see a small number of farmers using quad bikes - you can immediately tell them as they are generally riding sensibly and have numberplates; we also see some idiots (sometimes alone, sometimes with a group of scrambler bikes) who all have no numberplates and tend to wheelie down the road.

SteveW