The other thing I used to enjoy on the bike was coming up behind another vehicle and waiting - patiently - to see how long it took before the driver realised I was there; I could look straight into their rear view mirrors and could tell quite easily whether or not they knew I was there; sometimes it took them minutes rather than seconds to realise there was a bike behind them. Of course wearing a white helmet, reflective jacket and riding a predominantly big white bike with some blue and red bits here and there meant that nine times out of ten the first response to seeing me in their mirror was to hit the panic switch and brake! But at least I knew that when I came to overtake they knew I was there.....too many bikers (and possibly cars, especially those that come up at speed) are hit by vehicles pulling out of a line to overtake without going though the mirror, signal, mirror procedure....all down to lazy and dangerous driving. Sadly this is almost a weekly occurrence here in North Wales (and no doubt other areas of the UK as well).
I dont know about "enjoy". I started riding for blood bikes maybe 2 years ago , and the bike we get is fitted out as a police bike with all the high vis reflective colours. So the only difference you see if you are in front of one and look in your mirrors is the word BLOOD where you would see HEDDLU or POLICE. So the startling thing is how often you come up behind someone and it takes even 2 or 3 minutes before they see you and often react by jamming on the brakes. Doesnt matter if they are doing the speed limit, they still often brake.
Then when they see the word BLOOD and realise you arent plod, the reaction is often an aggressive acceleration or overtake.
And all of this is far worse / more common at weekend. Its also more common with older big cars, say the 10 year old big Merc. Why?
