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[#1]
I do understand the sentiment as I rode bikes for years (both Harleys and Japanese) and have nearly been taken out by the typical little old lady who ‘just didn’t see me’. The truth be told, 99.9% of the time in negative interactions between cagers and bikers, the car driver actually and honestly really didn’t see the bike due to size, speed etc. Instead of getting indignant and furious about morons in cars (and many of them are) I came to the realization that I actually was invisible to many of them and to ride defensively at all times.
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[#2]
“GRASS CLIPPINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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[#3]
If you're annoyed by my bright ass LED headlights, or are annoyed by my loud exhaust, then guess what ... You know I'm there.
Ride like EVERYONE is out to kill you and you should be fine. But then again, people like OP don't understand motorcycles or the fun in riding them |
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Originally Posted By SweetKnuckles: Never in my life seen a bike in a Handicap spot…not saying it’s never happened, but certainly not rampant. You’re stretching hard man. Disintegrated spot? The tone of your post…smacks of… Karen. View Quote And ironically, it's the karens in cars that most scare me when i'm riding. Hell, they scare me when i'm driving, and one who didn't pay attention to the color of her light got me in my first accident in a very ling time earlier this year. |
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[#5]
When I saw title I figured it was FL and thought “Watch out for Motorcycles”.
Sure enough, OP you are spot on. Why do people ride aggressively, zip between cars, lack of defensive driving skills and basic courtesy, etc. and then attempt to lecture us with stickers and now classy retarded hi-viz shirts. I say watch for F150s and heavy passenger vehicles. There are a lot of professional riders out there but majority on the riders are expecting other vehicles to respect their authority and yield. Kinda a Darwin experiment. |
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[#6]
Originally Posted By Max429: I wonder of the how many people who will disparage riders here, would admit they won't put their phones down while driving??? Or admit they had a close call because they were looking at their phone??? View Quote Every single driving related thread in GD: "I'm the only person on the road that knows how to drive." "Everyone else is in my way." "You deserve to be run out of the road if you won't make way for me." Or even "I should have shot them." |
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[#7]
Originally Posted By junker46: I snapped this a while back as she and her old man disembarked from their Snarly cruiser and trooped inside the market. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/q94/junker46/Screenshot_2024-05-04_12.26.01_PM.png The t-shirt kind of jumped out because of the message. It kind of struck me oddly, because riding a motorcycle was a choice, and when you do, you take your chances. But beyond that, I see a lot of asshat riding and other actions that yell "Hey man, watch out! I'm on a motorcycle!". Lane splitting, going to the front of a column of cars at a light, running red lights, passing on solid lines, riding in blind spots, Groups of bikes crowding through lights and hogging lanes. And there are signs all over warning us all to WATCH OUT FOR MOTORCYCLES! In yards, stores, bumper stickers, online, wherever. Like a national mania. Parking, I see them blocking handicap spots, blocking the sidewalks by parking on them, And I've noticed the bike guys at work pitched a fit when the disintegrated spot for them wasn't jammed up to the entry gate because "Hey man, it might be cold or raining". Fuck that, you're a motor vehicle like everyone else, find a spot and park. What say the hive? Is this extra privilege? Is it deserving? View Quote Maybe privileged but most definitely entitled. They are absolutely a group that fully expects polite society to protect them against reality and the laws of physics when they engage in stupid behavior. Many- not all -are idiots or take unsafe chances on the road then act indignant and mad when the real world slaps them. |
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Originally Posted By 2Frosty: I know the op said he doesn’t hate motorcyclists. Well I use to have a foaming at the mouth hatred of them. I would be walking with my friends and have to pause my conversation when the assholes drove by. When I first got married this fat lesbo at the apartment complex would crank her bike at 4 in the morning. I couldn’t put my son to sleep with the windows open. I’m sorry your hobby scares you so much you can’t do it without inconveniencing 100s of people. Maybe you should take up crocheting. Two guys stopping and going for through a stop sign? Great! Three? Fine. 20? Let’s be honest the only reason you behave without your friends is because you’re scared. When there are 20 your real self is exposed. Btw. Rode a bike for years but I’m not an asshat View Quote I once had a neighbor that did that at 5am. It was irritating as shit. I really wanted to talk to him about it, but he was a member of the Pagans and I figured it wouldn't go over too well. |
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[#9]
Originally Posted By junker46: I snapped this a while back as she and her old man disembarked from their Snarly cruiser and trooped inside the market. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/q94/junker46/Screenshot_2024-05-04_12.26.01_PM.png The t-shirt kind of jumped out because of the message. It kind of struck me oddly, because riding a motorcycle was a choice, and when you do, you take your chances. But beyond that, I see a lot of asshat riding and other actions that yell "Hey man, watch out! I'm on a motorcycle!". Lane splitting, going to the front of a column of cars at a light, running red lights, passing on solid lines, riding in blind spots, Groups of bikes crowding through lights and hogging lanes. And there are signs all over warning us all to WATCH OUT FOR MOTORCYCLES! In yards, stores, bumper stickers, online, wherever. Like a national mania. Parking, I see them blocking handicap spots, blocking the sidewalks by parking on them, And I've noticed the bike guys at work pitched a fit when the disintegrated spot for them wasn't jammed up to the entry gate because "Hey man, it might be cold or raining". Fuck that, you're a motor vehicle like everyone else, find a spot and park. What say the hive? Is this extra privilege? Is it deserving? View Quote Check to see if your sense of humor calibration is expired. Your sense of importance certainly is. |
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Originally Posted By Snozberry: Maybe privileged but most definitely entitled. They are absolutely a group that fully expects polite society to protect them against reality and the laws of physics when they engage in stupid behavior. Many- not all -are idiots or take unsafe chances on the road then act indignant and mad when the real world slaps them. View Quote |
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[#11]
Like the dip shit biker I saw try to dart in along side a pickup pulling a trailer and then flip his shit when the guy tried to change lanes at the same time. I have a bike but I damn sure ride defensively and assume nobody sees me.
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Originally Posted By inkaybee: Like the dip shit biker I saw try to dart in along side a pickup pulling a trailer and then flip his shit when the guy tried to change lanes at the same time. I have a bike but I damn sure ride defensively and assume nobody sees me. View Quote |
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[#13]
I drive around a lot for my job. I have seen significant drop in driver competency and courtesy since Covid.
Many days I feel lucky to make it home in a car without being in an accident. You have a large majority of the population glued to their phones. Add in to that uninsured or unlicensed illegals who will cause a major accident a flee the scene with zero remorse. And the amount of women I see doing makeup at 70mph is staggering. Then you have straight up mentally ill people who are a hair trigger away from going full road rage on you for the slightest perceived offense. With all this and more going on I seriously question the risk assessment abilities of anyone who chooses to ride a bike in this. I mean sure you may win a nice judgement in court to cover all your accident expenses but you're still a quadrapaligic in a wheelchair getting your ass wiped by someone else every day. |
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[#15]
Originally Posted By Lexustech48: If you're annoyed by my bright ass LED headlights, or are annoyed by my loud exhaust, then guess what ... You know I'm there. Ride like EVERYONE is out to kill you and you should be fine. But then again, people like OP don't understand motorcycles or the fun in riding them View Quote You got to enjoy the irony of the brodozer crowd with their lifted trucks and the LED headlights that blind every single person on the road, hating bikers for a single light. |
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[#16]
Kind of hard to miss that big ass of hers'.
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[#17]
They are glorified drag queens, always playing dress up , and seeing who can look the dirtiest
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Originally Posted By Ct1: They are glorified drag queens, always playing dress up , and seeing who can look the dirtiest View Quote So a lot in common with the apartment dweller special forces wanna be's with there precision rifles never fired outside of a 25yrd indoor range and their thermal/night vision larping..... fat asses with plate carriers that they can't carry more than 100yrds...and battle helmets....sitting around debating what hardware will withstand full auto use never having a chance in hell of legally being able to own one....so edgy...... You can pull stereotypes from anywhere but the general membership here has done a lot less for society than the bikers have with fundraising and community events. This site cracks me up. Brah my 2A feedoms.... wait that person is having fun being free but I don't like it... shut it down. |
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The crux of the post is just this: a large percentage of motorcyclists are entitled people that expect others to be careful for their choice. You got on the bike, and you made the choice to place yourself in harms way. Motorcyclists don't deserve any more consideration than someone in a car, truck, etc.
Originally Posted By gogetumnow: ...snip... With all this and more going on I seriously question the risk assessment abilities of anyone who chooses to ride a bike in this. ...snip... View Quote And this is why. |
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It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
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[#21]
Everyone thinks they are a privileged group....
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Suck it blankskins, your pink flesh is an invite to hot burning metal rape - RustedAce
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[#22]
Regular motorcyclists are cool. I don’t ride at all but a lot of the people I know that do are awesome folks.
It’s the 1%ers who are fucking faggots. |
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Originally Posted By Max429: Those rides that raise tens of thousands of dollars for kids?? Why would anyone be offended at that. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Max429: Originally Posted By oarlock: And don't forget the toy rides with hundreds of bikes tying up traffic so they can say See me, I'm riding a motorcycle. Those rides that raise tens of thousands of dollars for kids?? Why would anyone be offended at that. Motorcycles speak to almost every primal urge in males. There are guys that ride motorcycles, soy-boys that are too scared to ride motorcycles, and guys that don't ride motorcycles but wish they could. When you see someone bitter about them, they're in the latter two groups. |
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Originally Posted By Cristo11: Motorcyclists are the LGBTQFJB’s of the driving (yes I know it’s riding) world. They serve little to no actual purpose while at the same time demanding everyone admit that they’re special & treat them as such while they blame everyone else for the issues that are so pervasive in their community. View Quote Wrong. |
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Originally Posted By GlutealCleft: Motorcycles speak to almost every primal urge in males. There are guys that ride motorcycles, soy-boys that are too scared to ride motorcycles, and guys that don't ride motorcycles but wish they could. When you see someone bitter about them, they're in the latter two groups. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By GlutealCleft: Originally Posted By Max429: Originally Posted By oarlock: And don't forget the toy rides with hundreds of bikes tying up traffic so they can say See me, I'm riding a motorcycle. Those rides that raise tens of thousands of dollars for kids?? Why would anyone be offended at that. Motorcycles speak to almost every primal urge in males. There are guys that ride motorcycles, soy-boys that are too scared to ride motorcycles, and guys that don't ride motorcycles but wish they could. When you see someone bitter about them, they're in the latter two groups. At one time I thought I really wanted a bike. Do the whole Seger "Roll Me Away" thing and take off. The cell phone era has shown to me it would be insanity now. Oh well... |
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Originally Posted By Bronsonburner: At one time I thought I really wanted a bike. Do the whole Seger "Roll Me Away" thing and take off. The cell phone era has shown to me it would be insanity now. Oh well... View Quote |
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
bruh. 87% of Gee Dee couldn't get laid in a Thai brothel with a black AMEX and a kilo of the finest blow on the planet. |
[#27]
Don't give a shit, same as any other vehicle.
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Originally Posted By junker46: I snapped this a while back as she and her old man disembarked from their Snarly cruiser and trooped inside the market. https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/q94/junker46/Screenshot_2024-05-04_12.26.01_PM.png The t-shirt kind of jumped out because of the message. It kind of struck me oddly, because riding a motorcycle was a choice, and when you do, you take your chances. But beyond that, I see a lot of asshat riding and other actions that yell "Hey man, watch out! I'm on a motorcycle!". Lane splitting, going to the front of a column of cars at a light, running red lights, passing on solid lines, riding in blind spots, Groups of bikes crowding through lights and hogging lanes. And there are signs all over warning us all to WATCH OUT FOR MOTORCYCLES! In yards, stores, bumper stickers, online, wherever. Like a national mania. Parking, I see them blocking handicap spots, blocking the sidewalks by parking on them, And I've noticed the bike guys at work pitched a fit when the disintegrated spot for them wasn't jammed up to the entry gate because "Hey man, it might be cold or raining". Fuck that, you're a motor vehicle like everyone else, find a spot and park. What say the hive? Is this extra privilege? Is it deserving? View Quote OK, Karen. |
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Obedience is not patriotism. Patriotism is love of your country, not of your government.
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No.
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[#30]
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There, I said it...Don't tell me you weren't thinking the same thing!
I just want to go to the backyard, get a stick, and clean this thread off the bottom of my shoe.... |
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Originally Posted By VoodooChile: yeah I keep hearing that... if thats a dealbreaker then stay off the bike because nobody is going to care enough to change how they mow View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By VoodooChile: Originally Posted By treelow: “GRASS CLIPPINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” yeah I keep hearing that... if thats a dealbreaker then stay off the bike because nobody is going to care enough to change how they mow I’m far more wary of sugar sand. |
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I suggest we trade a question mark in for a maybe.
IA, USA
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Just once, I want to see someone tip over a motorcycle that's sitting in the hashmarks by the handicap space.
But I also want to see the owner of the bike aee it happen. Anyone who would actually do that deserves what would happen if they got caught. |
WARNING-this post contains words or thoughts that may at some point be discovered by the state of California to cause cancer.
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I suggest we trade a question mark in for a maybe.
IA, USA
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Originally Posted By SweetKnuckles: Never in my life seen a bike in a Handicap spot…not saying it’s never happened, but certainly not rampant. You’re stretching hard man. Disintegrated spot? The tone of your post…smacks of… Karen. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SweetKnuckles: Originally Posted By junker46: Parking, I see them blocking handicap spots, blocking the sidewalks by parking on them, And I've noticed the bike guys at work pitched a fit when the disintegrated spot for them wasn't jammed up to the entry gate because "Hey man, it might be cold or raining". Fuck that, you're a motor vehicle like everyone else, find a spot and park. What say the hive? Is this extra privilege? Is it deserving? Never in my life seen a bike in a Handicap spot…not saying it’s never happened, but certainly not rampant. You’re stretching hard man. Disintegrated spot? The tone of your post…smacks of… Karen. They park in the hashmarks along the handicap spot. The open space that's meant to allow a wheelchair ramp to deploy. In my area only Harley riders seem to do it, never crotchrocket riders. |
WARNING-this post contains words or thoughts that may at some point be discovered by the state of California to cause cancer.
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Originally Posted By MethaneMover: Grab an MX/XC/DS bike and hit the trails, it kicks the shit out of pavement pounding. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By MethaneMover: Originally Posted By Bronsonburner: At one time I thought I really wanted a bike. Do the whole Seger "Roll Me Away" thing and take off. The cell phone era has shown to me it would be insanity now. Oh well... You know, I have been thinking about just that. Get something like a dual sport with a plate and ride all the forest roads around here... Hmmm... |
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[#35]
Meh. They don't bother me much more than bicycles. Which is to say "very little."
The law of gross tonnage wins every time. |
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Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. - Adm James Stockdale
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No.
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[#38]
Originally Posted By Windustsearch: Cyclists are an actual problem. Motorcyclists aren't usually. View Quote Neither are much of a problem for someone in a reasonably sized car or truck. My vehicle is old enough I don't bother with comp or collision insurance. And it came pre dented anyways. There's very little someone on either a bike or bicycle can do to do much more than inconvenience me. It's the people "driving" 6000 pound cars from behind a cell phone screen I mostly worry about. |
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Never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. - Adm James Stockdale
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Originally Posted By junker46: The crux of the post is just this: a large percentage of motorcyclists are entitled people that expect others to be careful for their choice. You got on the bike, and you made the choice to place yourself in harms way. Motorcyclists don't deserve any more consideration than someone in a car, truck, etc. And this is why. View Quote Attached File |
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"You go to a supermarket and you see a faggot behind the fuckin’ cash register, you don’t want him to handle your potatoes.” – Neil Young re: AIDS
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
bruh. 87% of Gee Dee couldn't get laid in a Thai brothel with a black AMEX and a kilo of the finest blow on the planet. |
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Originally Posted By junker46: The crux of the post is just this: a large percentage of motorcyclists are entitled people that expect others to be careful for their choice. View Quote Prove that's it's a "large percentage.". I don't give a shit how you feel, prove what you're saying. I don't expect any special treatment on my bike, and neither do most riders you don't notice. You see and remember the assholes. I expect not to be hit or put in danger by other drivers/riders on my bike just like I do in my truck. I, and most riders, acknowledge the extra risk we're taking and are probably better drivers than the bike haters in this thread. |
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[#43]
Now do bicycles.
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Originally Posted By Levi24: When I saw title I figured it was FL and thought “Watch out for Motorcycles”. Sure enough, OP you are spot on. Why do people ride aggressively, zip between cars, lack of defensive driving skills and basic courtesy, etc. and then attempt to lecture us with stickers and now classy retarded hi-viz shirts. I say watch for F150s and heavy passenger vehicles. There are a lot of professional riders out there but majority on the riders are expecting other vehicles to respect their authority and yield. Kinda a Darwin experiment. View Quote Ask the average OTR trucker how they feel about you. They'll say most passenger car drivers are just as big of fuck-tards as you think motorcyclists are. |
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[#45]
Originally Posted By Cristo11: Motorcyclists are the LGBTQFJB’s of the driving (yes I know it’s riding) world. They serve little to no actual purpose while at the same time demanding everyone admit that they’re special & treat them as such while they blame everyone else for the issues that are so pervasive in their community. View Quote Correct. |
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[#46]
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Originally Posted By JLPettimoreIII:
bruh. 87% of Gee Dee couldn't get laid in a Thai brothel with a black AMEX and a kilo of the finest blow on the planet. |
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[#48]
Originally Posted By junker46: The crux of the post is just this: a large percentage of motorcyclists are entitled people that expect others to be careful for their choice. You got on the bike, and you made the choice to place yourself in harms way. Motorcyclists don't deserve any more consideration than someone in a car, truck, etc. And this is why. View Quote Large percentage? Where are your numbers to prove this? If me wanting other drivers to not hit me is entitled, no matter what vehicle I am using, then OK, I am entitled. I expect others to be careful because that is the right thing to do. I want them to be careful and not hit my wife, son, or daughter in their car. I ride defensively because I do take a risk riding a motorcycle, and accept that risk. I shake my head when someone on a bike goes zipping by between vehicles, or on the shoulder of the road. Those give a bad rep to those that obey the laws and do the right thing. |
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You found it offensive?
I found it funny. That’s why I’m happier than you. – Ricky Gervais |
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Originally Posted By MethaneMover: Would it have helped if I said Physics II, that way you could consider optics as well as collisions? Edit- that's also where you learn about the doppler affect, which can be useful in avoiding collisions. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By MethaneMover: Originally Posted By Camel: Originally Posted By MethaneMover: Unpopular opinion- If you don't want to be roadkill, don't choose to be the smallest vehicle on the road. You may care, but physics does not. Good point. Gonna shop for my DD 18 wheeler today. All you fuckers choosing to drive small cars and trucks got some physics coming cuz i can't see your little ass vehicle from muh semi. Would it have helped if I said Physics II, that way you could consider optics as well as collisions? Edit- that's also where you learn about the doppler affect, which can be useful in avoiding collisions. I try not to be a grammar Nazi, but I'll make an exception for someone as sanctimonious as yourself. It's the Doppler effect, which affects how the light, sound, and other waves are perceived based on movement between source and observer. Which has fuck all to do with this discussion. |
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Originally Posted By junker46: The crux of the post is just this: a large percentage of motorcyclists are entitled people that expect others to be careful for their choice. You got on the bike, and you made the choice to place yourself in harms way. Motorcyclists don't deserve any more consideration than someone in a car, truck, etc. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By junker46: The crux of the post is just this: a large percentage of motorcyclists are entitled people that expect others to be careful for their choice. You got on the bike, and you made the choice to place yourself in harms way. Motorcyclists don't deserve any more consideration than someone in a car, truck, etc. Originally Posted By junker46: Actually, no. I rode for years a long time ago, and now being retired, kicking around the idea of a bike for all the back roads here. Were you one of those entitled assholes? Large Percentage? Bullshit. I don’t see any motorcyclists in this thread asking for special consideration or shirking the risks and responsibilities that go along with riding. |
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