Human being are stupid, they just are.
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Treo
Bullet Proof
I couldn’t see his turn signal and he had a long trailer behind his truck. He pulled almost all the way across the intersection before turning Left and it looked to me like he was going across the intersection not turning. He didn’t start his turn until after I honked
BC1
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I don't honk unless I'm about to be hit because it annoys people. In NYC it's $300 fine to blow the horn. And they mean it. Surprisingly, you rarely hear a horn blow amongst hundreds of thousands of cars.
The_Outlaw
~The Dude Abides~
BC1
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Yes. If you have several hundred thousand cars per day, jammed in gridlock, directly in front of your house and every hundredth car blows the horn, that's 3,000 horn blows per day in your front yard. 300,000 cars per day on a given street is not uncommon. What will it be like in your home or office?. Hard to comprehend the number of cars and people, especially at rush hour. This ain't Houston or Dallas. There's 8 million residents in that damn 3X8 mile island city. You can jog around the entire city in 3 hours. Imagine around places like Mt. Sinai or Columbia Pres. Hospital, each having 15,000-25,000 employees and a hospital spanning 8-10 city blocks of jammed traffic. Want to recover from heart surgery on the second floor with thousands of horn blows per day? It's a very good law. I've laid in bed at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital after cardiac surgery three times since 2008. Plenty of other cities have noise abatement laws. Can you play loud music at midnight on a Tuesday in your own? Probably not. This is just on a larger scale.
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Gotta remember, NYC is a city of whining, complaining crybabies who screw with each other incessantly. Enough with the horn-blowing.
The_Outlaw
~The Dude Abides~
Ringo
A WATCHMAN
That's for sure. Big time stupid.
Those People Who Will Not Be Governed By God Will Be Ruled By Tyrants.
~William Penn ~
~William Penn ~
Treo
Bullet Proof
Please review the following thread
http://www.usacarry.com/forums/gene...5784-how-can-people-stupid-still-breathe.html
gejoslin
Illegitimi non carborundu
I have been riding since I was 9 years old. When I was 22-24 I rode all the time summer and winter. Had my share of lane changers who were so lazy as to not turn their head to see if anybody was in the lane next to them. I've always thought if everybody spent two years riding a bike they would end up a better defensive driver. Because if you live through those two years you spent it watching everybody driving all around you just to stay alive!
Ringo
A WATCHMAN
Forty six years of riding experience has taught me that if you want to survive riding a motorcycle, you must always consider yourself INVISIBLE.
Those People Who Will Not Be Governed By God Will Be Ruled By Tyrants.
~William Penn
~William Penn
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Bikenut
Guest
For many years I rode my motorcycle the 33 miles to work.. and the 33 miles back home... almost every day. If there was less than an inch of snow on the road in the morning I rode my 2 wheeler. There were several mornings that I watched cars ahead of me on I 75 start fishtailing and then zip off either into the median or off into the ditch... and I just kept on puttering along right on by them on my motorcycle.
What was really fun was to pass people.... Sometimes while sliding sideways...
Got frost bit a few times too....
What was really fun was to pass people.... Sometimes while sliding sideways...
Got frost bit a few times too....
wolf_fire
New member
I'm sure you are one of the better motorcycle drivers out there. I too have been riding many years and can attest to the idiocy of car and truck drivers. But let us not be so hasty as to elevate all motorcycle riders as being better at driving and free from being idiots. I have stopped riding in groups because of the idiot mentality I have witnessed among motorcycle riders. Stupid runs deep no matter what vehicle a person drives. I've known some motorcyclists that have been driving for years who are the craziest, most idiotic drivers I've ever seen.
I just choose to do most of my motorcycle riding off the beaten path where there are less drivers (cars, trucks, and/or motorcycles) around. I still keep an eye out for the moron who will try to kill me by their laziness and stupidity, but I have to do it a lot less on these types of roads.
gejoslin
Illegitimi non carborundu
Exactly right. There are always exceptions to every rule. I just think that, on the most part, people who ride bikes are most likely to be more alert that non bike riders. At least the ones who are still alive or not crippled. :sarcastic:The ones who are still alive have to be more attentive to stay that way. Once it becomes habit it bleeds over to driving autos.
With my back long trips are just a sweet memory now. ymmv.
wolf_fire
New member
There's an old saying.... there are drunk motorcyclists and there are old motorcyclists... there are no old and drunk motorcyclists.
One could substitute the word stupid in for drunk.
I have to agree with you... I'm a much more focused caged driver because of being a motorcyclist. I would also agree with your assertion that most people who ride bikes regularly, tend to be more alert drivers all around.
