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Yesterday I rode back from work, it was a bit later than usual (about 18:30) the weather was a bit cr@ppy, changing between sleet and rain. Anyway about 15 minutes after setting off, on an unlit road, a cager decided to tailgate me for a while, after this dropped back for a while and then tailgated me again :banghead: I'm thinking to myself what an idiot, I tried giving him a chance to overtake but he didn't take it, I tried speeding up but he kept pace. Meanwhile I'm starting to fume in my helmet (luckily I have pinlock, otherwise it would have steamed up ). I was relieved when we finally got to a traffic light, more so that there were a couple of other cars waiting for the light to change, so I filtered to the front of the queue, pleased to have rid of that jerk in the car.
Anyway this car decides to pull into the lane for turning right which was empty, he even pulled a little over the white stop line which put him next to me, he wound down his window. At this stage I'm thinking I'm going to give this idiot a piece of my mind. Anyway I saw a young mans (seemed like a teenagers) face peer sheepishly from behind his window and he said "excuse me sir your rear light is not working, I could only really see you when you braked"
Damn I felt so small, at this point all of this pent up frustration simply turned to embarresment and I realised how dangerous I had been, especially in the bad weather. Oh thank you I said as I rode onto the cycle path to check my rear light, and the guy was correct my rear light was out but my brake light worked fine :spank:.
Well I waved at the guy in acknowledgement, but I waited until he had driven on before I continued my journey. Luckily from this point onwards there were street lights and the traffic was slow moving, so I just took it easy for the last 10 minutes of the journey.
Of course I bought a new bulb (from a garage) when I got home, and it works again now.
Anyway I just wanted to say thanks to this guy for making me aware of it, there are definately good cagers out there :thumbup:
I normally do check my lights before riding, and they had definately been working in the morning, but from now on I'll definately check them before setting off.
Anyway this car decides to pull into the lane for turning right which was empty, he even pulled a little over the white stop line which put him next to me, he wound down his window. At this stage I'm thinking I'm going to give this idiot a piece of my mind. Anyway I saw a young mans (seemed like a teenagers) face peer sheepishly from behind his window and he said "excuse me sir your rear light is not working, I could only really see you when you braked"
Damn I felt so small, at this point all of this pent up frustration simply turned to embarresment and I realised how dangerous I had been, especially in the bad weather. Oh thank you I said as I rode onto the cycle path to check my rear light, and the guy was correct my rear light was out but my brake light worked fine :spank:.
Well I waved at the guy in acknowledgement, but I waited until he had driven on before I continued my journey. Luckily from this point onwards there were street lights and the traffic was slow moving, so I just took it easy for the last 10 minutes of the journey.
Of course I bought a new bulb (from a garage) when I got home, and it works again now.
Anyway I just wanted to say thanks to this guy for making me aware of it, there are definately good cagers out there :thumbup:
I normally do check my lights before riding, and they had definately been working in the morning, but from now on I'll definately check them before setting off.
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