No, I was right in front of it with the fucker hurtling toward me faster than I can run... That's not safe. That's about 14" away from being hit at around 45mph.
Dunno if you've ever stood in front of a speeding car, but it's pretty fucking dangerous and not somewhere I'd choose to be.
You fucking WHAT??!!
Ah, armchair warrior. Slam door, all manner of damage, paralysed driver, lawsuit, prison sentence... no thanks.
A simple beat-down on my own terms and under my own control is far less likely to result in serious injury, especially as he'd have to throw the first punch.
Kick off mirror - Bill for £50 and a driver too frightened to commit several crimes at once... for at least a week or so!
I was just over 9 back then, yes... well, 9st at 5' 11", with most of that weight being bone and what little muscle I had. Why do you think I'd taken up boxing?
You're right.
I should just let them sideswipe me and kill me, right?
After all, I'm just a bike and they're in a car - Not like they're even supposed to care, right? They're allowed to just run us down and carry on about their day, right?
It's their god-given right to kill us granny-raping, baby-eating speed demons anyway... that *is* what the Highway Code says, right? Paragraph 6.11, right before it says, "Indicators? Nah, don't worry about them, mate. People will move out of your way"... right?
Fuck you and anyone else who isn't paying attention on the road.
Your inability to turn your head is NOT permission to sideswipe and kill me and I'll kick merry fucking hell out of your car if it means you wake up, back the fuck off and dont succeed in your murderous idiocy.
Never come close to having a near miss, no. That's what defensive riding is about.
When cars can't see you because they're not looking, can't hear your horn because their stereo is too loud and they're on the phone, others have left you no room to brake/accelerate/manoeuvre and one is headed toward you - What you YOU do, know-all?
Turn the other cheek? Let them kill you?
I've made errors in cornering, riding over diesel, misdirection and so on, sure, but NEVER close to killing someone and certain never moving without looking or indicating - Those are basic fundamentals.
Most people should. There's usually a reason your car gets a kicking...
They'd best kill me then, because I will NOT accept some dickhead like that without a fight!
Defer to common fucking sense and what works in the real world.
Or just turn the other cheek and await your death at the hands of some fucking dickhead because you can't defend your own riding.