PS - With no exaggeration, I've put 250,000 miles on motorcycles.
Motorcycles are safe. Car drivers aren't.
Motorcycles are safe right up until you hit something or something hits you and you die.
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PS - With no exaggeration, I've put 250,000 miles on motorcycles.
Motorcycles are safe. Car drivers aren't.
I love these discussions!
I agree with the guy above me though. Just because you have a nice bike and spandex doesn't mean you're the only thing that matters. I have a car that will destroy your existence if you or I fuck up. I always yield to pedestrians, and bike riders even though sometimes they are douche bags. I don't want to kill anyone, but sometimes it really seems like they want to get hit. I mean, if I were a bike rider, I would ride as close to the edge of the road as possible, not on the while line. I don't care if it's legal for me to do so. I'd rather ride another day than risk accidentally moving into the lane that the car behind me going 45 MPH in.
At the end of the day, the problem comes down to the fact roads were designed for cars traveling at speed. Throw a slow push bike in with a fast car and bad things are bound to happen.
I appreciate bike riders trying to be healthy and reduce emissions, but it is quite frustrating when I have an hour long drive home from work made longer by someone riding a push bike and holding up hundreds of cars of traffic (which, in the end, probably creates more emissions than if the rider just had of driven to work or rode a bike with an engine).
What are your thoughts on farm vehicles (tractors, specifically)?
Don't get me started on the giant spiders, they feel like the road is theirs or something, cross where ever they please. If it weren't for the fact they control the giant insect population and provide food for the giant lizards, I'd support exterminating them.Giant spider crossings create more hold up for commutes in Australia than bikes do.
Problem is, where I live, winding roads are our options when not in the city.
Motorcycles are safe right up until you hit something or something hits you and you die.
Oh the irony.
Depending on the state's laws where this occurred and the number of lanes available, riding abreast is legal./QUOTE]
There's no irony, genius. They were blocking a state highway. Riding abreast on a 55mph two lane road is not permitted.
Giant spider crossings create more hold up for commutes in Australia than bikes do.
There's no irony, genius. They were blocking a state highway. Riding abreast on a 55mph two lane road is not permitted.
There's no irony, genius. They were blocking a state highway. Riding abreast on a 55mph two lane road is not permitted.
No they don't
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The little ones do.
I think a lot of people are confusing Boating Rules from the Traffic Laws.
It does not go like this:
Big Trucks>Small Trucks>Big Cars>Small Cars>Motorcycles>Bicycles>Pedestrians>Pet Animals>Wild Animals.
You have right-of-way based on laws, not your attitude.
Or is it "Faster Is First?"
Well, I doubt few who read this thread own anything considered fast. Your Prius-Texting-45mph-FastLane driving ass does come with a tattoo on it that say King of the Road.
If you don't like other humans moving slower than you, call your Congressman so we can get a law to kill cripples, old farts, and infants.
Car drivers who think bicycles and motorcycles don't belong on the street are sociopaths. Just like Truck Drivers who think cars don't belong on the road.
If there are NOT bike lines, people who use bicycles as transportation have every bit of right to use the roads. Speed has nothing to do with right-of-way except on the freeway.
If there are NOT bike lines, people who use bicycles as transportation have every bit of right to use the roads. Speed has nothing to do with right-of-way except on the freeway.