brake anyway. If he shunts you, he gets to pay all the bills.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Sat 7 Aug 2010, 16:56, 3 replies)

True
Get that a lot on the bike, one day I might brake suddenly and see if I can get a better one out of it.
And you didn't have the pheasant for dinner?
( Greenbat, Sat 7 Aug 2010, 18:10, closed)

I can't believe that any intelligent motorcyclist
would even consider braking to piss off the motorist behind them. I know that car drivers do it all the time, but really it's just massively retarded. I am in no way religeous, but on the road, I firmly believe in the "treat others as you wish to be treated" stuff. whether on a bike or in a car or truck I will do my best to keep out of the way, and expect the same. When riding I position myself so that it is difficult to for the annoyance braker to cause me to do anything other than shoot past them, often I will choose to take a mirror with me though. You know, act like a cunt , I'll treat you like one.
(M61A1 CUPID- STUNTS, Sun 8 Aug 2010, 8:55, closed)

yeah
the downside there, is that if you do get hit, you still have all the hassle. All you're compensated for is the damage to the car, not the all the other crap that goes on (chasing up insurance, getting the car to a repairer, getting alternative transport, having your day ruined, picking the car up etc etc etc).

That's why this is win: op has no damage, dick in Van gets hit by dead bird.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sat 7 Aug 2010, 18:12, closed)

Sadly
not true. Sudden braking is "reckless driving".

One of the numpties at work did exactly this and ended up with 6 points and a smashed up car - HIS insurance wriggled out of paying for the car behind and so he ended up paying for the damage to both cars.

Of course, admitting that he slammed the brakes on as the car behind was up his arse and it was his mistaken belief that if anyone hit you from behind it was automatically their fault, was his first mistake.
(dchurch bah, Sun 8 Aug 2010, 13:11, closed)

yes, that wouldn't help - too much honesty, perhaps. 'Something ran out in front of me and I instinctively braked' is a perfectly-valid reason, though.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Sun 8 Aug 2010, 14:05, closed)