Postby DentedHead » Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:38 pm
It's definatly "bring out your MM's" day here in Ballarat...
These all happened while I was driving (not fit to ride today unfortunately)
First, an oncoming school mum careening way to fast around a blind corner, crosses into the opposite lane (that I was in). Were I moving at more than a crawl, she would have head-on'ed me.
Then, MM cut into right lane down Sturt St (between Gillies and Pleasant Sts for the locals) with at most inches to spare. It was so close, I had to pull over and have a "calm down" smoke... scared the living bejeebus out of me.
On the way home, "Ms Hatchback" reverses out of a park with out checking, forcing me to stop (not dangerously close, but still bloody dumb).
Lastly, heading west up Howitt St in the left lane, a 4WD ute towing a boat cuts across me turning left from the right lane (presumably to allow for the boat trailed to enter the driveway without clipping the parked cars). He indicated, but I thought he was changing lanes. Stopped in time, but like "Ms Hatchback", bloody stupid.
The last 3 were all on the same trip out to the LBS... I'm not going back on the roads today. Seriously beginning to think I need a dash-cam more than I need a helmet cam. I get none of this sort of dumb behaviour while riding the velo...
Dent.