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ORIGINAL: Crush


I've always wanted to mount paintguns on my car and my bike, with different color paints for different misbehaviors...

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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord

Great.. a note from someone who endangers the road with his joy riding to someone who endangers the road with his lack of attention.  It's good to know that the pot can still call the kettle black.

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ORIGINAL: InkedMaster

There is good and bad on both sides, this isn't a us or them thread, I just want to get home in one piece like everyone else does, is that asking too much?

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ORIGINAL: YesMistressIrish

"Loud pipes save lives" is a well known quote for a good reason. It's true.

Screamingly loud pipes are just obnoxious and remind me of reeaally big trucks and all those 4x4 suvs that hog the road and make any accidedent a death-trap. Add to that these same drivers who talk on the phone, and multi-task, etc, and drive when they are super tired (same as being drugged).

One guy was so polite the other day he slowed way down in a quick way to pull over into my lane, no warning, no blinker, so he could handle his important phone call... Glad I wasn't on a bike, or he would have creamed me.

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ORIGINAL: InkedMaster

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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord

Great.. a note from someone who endangers the road with his joy riding to someone who endangers the road with his lack of attention.  It's good to know that the pot can still call the kettle black.

How is my riding to and from work in rush hour traffic considered "joy riding" or even "endangering" the road?

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ORIGINAL: ownedgirlie

In the days when I was married, my husband and I would ride around on his motorcycle.  I really enjoyed it.  But the most important lesson we learned was to drive as though you're invisible.  Whether or not drivers are cell phoning or anything else, they just don't see you. 

Lane splitting is legal here, as long as it's at the speed limit or, if traffic has slowed, no more than 5mph over the flow of traffic.

There has been debate after debate over wehther or not the ridiculously loudness of altered bikes save lives.  There was a discussion on that topic here last summer, I think, and many riders voiced their opposition to that claim.  I think if the argument held water, insurance rates would go down for loud bikes, and manufacturers wouldn't make them so quiet.  What saves lives is knowing you're in an incredible vulnerable position and riding accordingly. 

As for distracted drivers, we live in a "hurry-up-and-go" society.  We (generically speaking) have become so good at multitasking that when we're not, we feel like we should be doing more.  It's no wonder people can't relax anymore.   I'd be interested to see if accident rates have increased, decreased, or stayed the same in the last 5 years.