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[BazaJT]

Ours is quite a narrow street with parking on one side and double yellow lines on the other.This leaves enough room for just one vehicle to pass the parked cars-we have no off street parking-however the street is used as a "rat run".Since we moved here just over a year ago the drivers door mirror has been tapped-but not heavily- once by the arm of a motorcycle rider and once by the arm of a moped rider[I saw both incidents].It has been hit hard enough-presumably by a car/van-to knock it out of place on three other occasions,and a further once hard enough to knock off the body colour mirror casing.This morning when I went out I found it had been hit once again,this time hard enough to break the black plastic bit that frames the mirror and of the coloured mirror casing there was absolutely no sign.Luckily the mirror glass has so far managed to survive intact.I'm now getting fed up of inconsiderate drivers not allowing enough space to avoid hitting the mirror just so they can shave milliseconds off there journey time!Just got to wait now for the happy coincidence of having the cash to spare to get another casing and the time to go get one along with dropping on one in a local scrappy-then I suppose I'll have to paint the thing too!

[Steve B]

Best you can do with the sounds of it is Fold Mirrors In 

[BazaJT]

How much narrower would that make it?Thought had occurred to me but would they then start clipping the front bumper instead?

[ronnyd]

At least if they hit your bumper there is a bigger chance that they might fall off their bikes.

[The Sheriff]

Buy a smaller car. That way they'll hit the one in front/ behind and yours will only suffer from Scunny teenage mums scraping the nearside with their buggies.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Wrap some barbed wire around your mirror! 

[Andy B]

....-however the street is used as a "rat run". ....

Any way of making the street 'Residents Only' 

[The Sheriff]

Sit in your car and, when you hear one of the aforementioned motorcyclists approaching, stick a plank out of your window and bring the blighter off.
No need to thank me.

[Broomies Mate]

Go and buy nick a traffic cone and pop it beside your front wheel.

[plym ian]

Sit in your car and, when you hear one of the aforementioned motorcyclists approaching, stick a plank out of your window and bring the blighter off.
No need to thank me.

why would he want to stick you out of the window

[BazaJT]

Couldn't be doing with a smaller car,don't like them!Don't think there'd be any chance of a residents only job,but all residents are campaigning/lobbying for it to become a one way street.Whether we'll get this through only time will tell.

[Vamps]

Ours is quite a narrow street with parking on one side and double yellow lines on the other.This leaves enough room for just one vehicle to pass the parked cars-we have no off street parking-however the street is used as a "rat run".Since we moved here just over a year ago the drivers door mirror has been tapped-but not heavily- once by the arm of a motorcycle rider and once by the arm of a moped rider[I saw both incidents].It has been hit hard enough-presumably by a car/van-to knock it out of place on three other occasions,and a further once hard enough to knock off the body colour mirror casing.This morning when I went out I found it had been hit once again,this time hard enough to break the black plastic bit that frames the mirror and of the coloured mirror casing there was absolutely no sign.Luckily the mirror glass has so far managed to survive intact.I'm now getting fed up of inconsiderate drivers not allowing enough space to avoid hitting the mirror just so they can shave milliseconds off there journey time!Just got to wait now for the happy coincidence of having the cash to spare to get another casing and the time to go get one along with dropping on one in a local scrappy-then I suppose I'll have to paint the thing too!

Our road is different but with, it would seem, the same problem with the rat run...... The Mig is parked on the road, well half path, and I have lost count of how many mirrors we have gone through.............it's the speeders that do it........ Such is the problem I keep a full mirror assembly in stock! in the right colour, though she has a black one on at the moment.......

[Rog]

Try . . . . . neck level cheesewire   

[The Sheriff]

Try . . . . . neck level cheesewire   

Now we're talking  

[Sir Tigger KC]

Try . . . . . neck level cheesewire   

Now we're talking  

Yes, Beheadings seem to be quite fashionable these days!