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I can't wait for the thread, "Some *#$& Biker Cussed Me Out Today!"
One day it's gonna happen. Two Pelicans are going to throw down without realizing it and we'll have ten threads discussing which shooting was justified. |
sounds nearly exactly like a conversation i had with a guy last summer. all the while, his down's syndrome son (really, i am not being mean) was aghast in the passenger seat.
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I pretty much stopped using my motorcycle to commute to work. It's just not worth the risk. The morning and afternoon commute, everyone is on autopilot and in a freakin daze. Not paying attention to whats going on around them. I've had way to many close calls. Especially in the morning.
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Ironically, I always found commuting to be no problem on a bike, from a safety standpoint. This goes double for areas with carpool lanes, since bikes can take those. Murphy and the Grim Reaper tend to go along for the ride when you're on a non-essential trip, one that could easily be put off or done by foot or car, but you decided to take the bike for no good reason. Everytime I've trashed a car or dropped my bike, it was doing something I didn't have to do at all, running out for a pizza in the rain in my BMW 2002, offroading on my GS, etc.
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I commute about 8 months out of the year and I average at least one incident per month in which I may lose big time if I do not see it coming. Accept that you may likely die because of some ones inattentiveness and ride on or quit. No point in being angry, it is what it is.
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We had a dump truck take out a pack of motorcycles here in Phoenix several weeks ago. I don't care what you do, it's hard to compete against a dump truck whose driver is on meth.
http://www.azcentral.com/video/#/Fatal+motorcycle+crash+in+north+Phoenix/73899650001 |
That dumpstruck hit was right in front of my gym and 1 mile from my house. I ride through that intersection just about every day. The memorial on the side of the road is huge and a stark reminder. I really keep an eye on my mirrors now when at intersections. Helmets meant nothing in this accident. Those bikers' numbers were up.
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It seems getting A$$ packed at a intersection is not far behind drivers turning left in front of a bike as a common way to be killed by stupid.
I line up to the very edge of the my lane so there is space for a moron to blow past and I keep the bike in gear and my eyes in the mirror until I have vehicles stopped behind me to act as a crash barrier. |
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Sorry, but I have over 1/2 million miles on m/c's and rode one for a living for over 10 years....... |
I had a similar incident a few years ago with a dumbass on a motorcycle. I was in my 911, waiting to turn right in one of those mini-lanes specifically for right turns. There was a lot of traffic, so it was going to be a while. Some dipschidt on a bike rolled up in my blind spot on the right, saw there wasn't an opening, and put his feet down. When an a spot opened up, I took off - and heard a scream: I had run over his foot with my right rear tire. It was 150% his fault; a) he tried to "pass" me on the right, and b) didn't watch where he put his feet. He's lucky I took off slowly, or I would have ripped his foot off, and with the B&B exhaust, I wouldn't have heard him scream like a little girl.
Percentage-wise, I see way more stupid/inconsiderate moves on the part of motorcyclists that I do cars, and bikers are second only to gays in their attitudes of entitlement and victimhood. As the OP clearly demonstrated in this thead, to the biker, the 'cager' (you even have a cute nickname for us!) is always wrong, irrespective of the facts. |
In the 911 last summer sitting in the left lane of a 4 lane highway at a red light, I was the first car in my lane at the intersection. A guy on a brand new Suzuki Boulevard cruiser pulls up right on my bumper- likely less than 2 feet away. No helmet, no gloves, t-shirt, shorts, and a backpack.
Light turns green and I take off not slow, but not fast either. He was gonna show me who was boss- while I'm getting this "this ain't gonna be good feeling" because he is so close to the back of my car. Glancing at him in my rear view mirror, he looks over into the right lane, looking for an opening so he can get on the throttle, and blow by. Only problem is, there is no opening and when he looks back into our lane, he's 1 foot off my bumper, just as I dipped in the clutch to grab second. He panics and locks his front brake, taking him right to the pavement on his bare skin and ruins the whole side of his bike. I never touched my brakes before he crashed and he never hit me, took himself totally out on his own. Good thing we have those "Start seeing Motorcycles" bumper stickers everywhere. |
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I heard that once too, so I moved. Glad to hear you're okay. People need to be more aware of bikes. We had an asswipe here doing her nails behind the wheel. She killed a woman on a motorcycle. Daily Herald | Driver guilty in fatal crash tied to nail polishing |
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I am so not clicking on that link.
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Once, when waiting in the interminable traffic jam to get on the Bay Bridge onramp, I apparently stopped where I didn't leave enough room on either side of the 911 to let a motorcyclist thread through. He started swearing and thumping my rear bumper with his front wheel. Wow, I thought, how do you know whether I have any impulse control? That was about 5-7 years ago. I figure he's dead by now.
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ive riden bikes for years and am highly aware of when they are around. Make room if i see someone splitting lanes ect.
I now have a suzuki drz ( dual sport ). The only road riding I do now is on the way to the dirt. I recently purchased an chevy express cargo van. It has flat out the worst blind spots of any vehicle I have ever driven. If you are riding and near a cargo van be aware that he cant see squat. ride safe guys |
I assume every car/van/truck can't see me or is out to actually hit me.
That there will be a cars coming out of every side road and intersection (or from behind). That animals will actually run at me - had a squirrel do that this am, just missed my back wheel. I only ride in the early am or at other quiet times when there are fewer cars on the road. I don't ride on Interstates. I am always looking out for the unexpected - like a trailered telephone pole sticking across the traffic lane like the one which killed a motorcyclist a half mile from my house. I do all this in my car as well. I still realize that none of this makes me completely safe. No healthy person expects to die when they wake up in the am, but many do. But you need to live your life. That's life. |
With more riders on the road, I do see more stupid motorcyclists than ever before. The one's that really get me are the slow guys in the left lane. I do my best to give extra room to motorcyclists but if you're tying up traffic by going slow in the left lane, I don't consider you a motorcyclist so I don't give the same respect.
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