Riding home this afternoon.... chick in front of me in a yellow WV Beetle (new model).... on the phone (right hand).... all over the shop.
We come to a lane merge.
She : isn't concentrating... but at the last moment she twists her head hard to the right to see if anything is coming.
I: am trying to get round her coz her driving is farking annoying
She : somehow loses grip of the phone as she turns her head.
I: drop down a cog ready to blat around her after the merge.
She : hits the anchors HARD
I: am already on the gas... plus I'm looking at the merging traffic
Something hits my bike and makes me look ahead again (it was her phone bouncing up off the road)
I: see a big yellow blob where nothing is supposed to be ! React surprisingly fast for an old bloke.... jam on the brakes... no lock up... miss by the tiniest margin... come around from behind skirting up the drivers side... just getting my act together again when....
She : opens the car door.
I: Scream FARK!
She: Starts to get out of car
I: Hit anchors AGAIN !
She: Turns white.
I: Stop (barely) with front wheel gently nudging the inside of her front door. I roll backwards a bit.
She : Skirts around my front wheel, walks over to her phone on the road (waves at the stopped traffic). Starts to talk on phone again. Gets back in car. Leaves.
I: Am speechless.
AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!
Nokia's obviously bounce well.
Thats as close as you can get. I'm buying a lottery ticket.
We come to a lane merge.
She : isn't concentrating... but at the last moment she twists her head hard to the right to see if anything is coming.
I: am trying to get round her coz her driving is farking annoying
She : somehow loses grip of the phone as she turns her head.
I: drop down a cog ready to blat around her after the merge.
She : hits the anchors HARD
I: am already on the gas... plus I'm looking at the merging traffic
Something hits my bike and makes me look ahead again (it was her phone bouncing up off the road)
I: see a big yellow blob where nothing is supposed to be ! React surprisingly fast for an old bloke.... jam on the brakes... no lock up... miss by the tiniest margin... come around from behind skirting up the drivers side... just getting my act together again when....
She : opens the car door.
I: Scream FARK!
She: Starts to get out of car
I: Hit anchors AGAIN !
She: Turns white.
I: Stop (barely) with front wheel gently nudging the inside of her front door. I roll backwards a bit.
She : Skirts around my front wheel, walks over to her phone on the road (waves at the stopped traffic). Starts to talk on phone again. Gets back in car. Leaves.
I: Am speechless.
AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!
Nokia's obviously bounce well.
Thats as close as you can get. I'm buying a lottery ticket.