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discowoman:
been on both ends of this - and glad to say people stopped both times, nothing major and we all walked away - but some very arrogant drivers out there who would rather drive past and stare than stop and help!
Filtering is always a risky business business and always gets me when car drivers attempt to either stop bikers from doing it or try and knock them off - even saw 1 car driver open his door on a biker.. mind you he lost as the biker got off (all 6 foot plus of him) opened the drivers door fully and dragged him out, and had a 'word' or 2  with him.. rest of the queue started clapping.. 1 very red faced car driver got back in and locked his doors.. :lol:

NiteMare:
i'd always stop as long as i can safely being both biker and driver ...

i've had my share of bike accidents, some my fault and some other folks ...

a few years ago i hit diesel on an island (Tyburn Island) whilst on my Goldwing heading for Wales and a weekends camping, bike slid out from under me and skittled across the road whilst i bounced around seperately, not one person stopped to check on me or help, everyone was in too much of a rush for thier tea (evening rush hour) so i was left to pick myself up and struggle to get my bike up and out of the way of traffic whilst everyone tried to force thier way round me into other traffic...

another time i had a woman come out of a side turning at 9pm (late September) straight across my nose (i was on a dual carriageway), which forced me to take evasive action ...

the result was i hit the nearside rear quarter of her car with the rear offside of my bike and came to laying on the verge with someone trying to tug my helmet off, at the scene she was all apologetic and admitted she hadn't seen me, but once home and talked to friends/relatives she decided i had entered a reservation/access point and hit her ...

luckily that time a few folks had stopped to try to assist me and phoned for an ambulance/police, plus a lad in his works transit stopped and loaded my bike up and delivered me home....

would i stop for a biker in trouble ??
of course i would  :grin: (i'd probably stop for anyone in trouble)

i even stopped for an older couple in a landy (on coils) with a puncture a couple of months ago and swapped thier spare on for them, then a couple of weeks ago i stopped and towed a very nice looking MG Roadster to a safe parking point so they could await the AA where they wouldn't get rammed...

i'm a firm believer in doing good turns as i might need one sometime

p.s.
you get arses on/in both bikes and cars, but regardless you still have to have a little thought for your fellow traveller regardless (and we all make mistakes)

p.p.s.
i've travelled with one woman who thought that filtering was totally unfair and was illegal (i corrected her), she in my opinion was one of the more dangerous attitude drivers on the road for bikers as she was quite irate about the guys that filtered past us while we were sat in a queue even tho i explained they were doing nothing illegal or unsafe, in my opinion she'd be the type of driver to deliberately try to block, she'd taken her driving test because, "she had to and her daughters needed her to collect them from college" (both her daughters were late teens and obviously too lazy to catch a bus), not because she enjoyed the independence of her own transport or driving

hairyasswelder:
I have found filtering through the traffic the attitude of drivers changes with the weather  :?
I used to take my sis in law to college through Nottingham.  When it was sunny they would rather kill you than let you past, but when it rained heavy they would move over obviously to let you through  ;).

The lad was filtering but going steady so not major damage, think the car was going to u turn cause of the traffic. not involved in pointing finger at either person but I would say 50/50

Jess had failed her driving test that day and what she said was spot on....... "now I know why you check your blind spot every time"....

Disco Matt:
I think the problem with filtering is that to other road users it looks like queue jumping. Yes it's legal and safe but some people react badly when they feel that someone else isn't waiting their turn.

As someone said, you get good and bad driving all forms of transport. We've all had the idiot on a sports bike who hangs off our wing riding aggressively and then cuts us up after overtaking, same as we've all had the trucker who blocks the dual carriageway for miles while trying to overtake another HGV. We don't notice or remember the biker who waited for a safe place to overtake and left plenty of room, or the trucker who let us out of a junction when everyone else streamed past.

I'd like to think that I'd stop for anyone in trouble, assuming that nobody else had and that I didn't feel edgy about them. I'd be more inclined to stop for a lightly modded Disco than an X5 with a couple of dodgy-looking blokes!  :lol:

ben-dent:
sorry but i am one of those that Hates it when bikers force their way through traffic (filtering as you call it), and i do sit on the line to make them slow down and have trouble getting past it doesnt change in the bad weather either, my oppinion is that we have to sit in the traffic they should also sit in it and they also do it on hash markings and solid lines, so that is illegal to cross them

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