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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:29 AM Original message |
On my morning motorcycle commute, an idiot in a car about took me out |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Are you okay? (nt) |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I'm fine, thanks |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. Thia can't be said enough |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. How can you pay attention when you're yacking/texting, watching a DVD and playing with the GPS? |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. no kidding |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. If you were alongside the car, there's a very good chance |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I've ridden for nearly 35 years |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yes, it is their responsibility to do that. However, a good percentage |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. Idiot drivers are why I don't ride a motorcycle any more. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. As a motorcyclist, you must always be prepared to yield the right of way if you can. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. yep, and while yielding stick a size 12 right on the side of the door panel |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I'm good with that. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Done exactly that, (kicked at a car) but never again |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Unfortunately, if you're riding a motorcycle |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
14. I don't know enough about motocycles to know where the horn-button is. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. They do make much louder horns, including air horns |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yeah, that's pretty pathetic. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Glad you lived. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is the reason I gave up motorcycles some 30 years ago |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well some bikers want it both ways. More often than not NO helmet. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. What does one have to do with the other? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I've always worn a helmet |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. To #s 22 & 24, the helmet thing was to explain why I'm a tad |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Glad you're okay. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm 64, been riding since I was 14. Its always been the same |
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