To every person I meet who finds out I ride a motorcycle:
#31
Lexus Fanatic
Totally agree. I've done several threads on this very issue. There is often a difference between being a car enthusiast and being a speed or aggressive-driving enthusiast.
#32
Lexus Fanatic
I'm not a motorcycle guy, but its got to be really scary for you guys out there nowadays with everybody on phones, texting, etc. I know several people who ride and have decided to hang their helmets up and sell their bikes because they feel the roads have gotten too dangerous.
#33
I probably won't sell my bike, but I don't expect to ride it much next season.
#34
Lexus Fanatic
Its the law here but its totally unenforced. When the law first passed they enforced it, but I've seen people texting driving right next to cops and nary a flinch.
#35
Lexus Fanatic
So, cops, sometimes, are just as frustrated as you or I am.
Last edited by mmarshall; 01-07-15 at 07:24 PM.
#36
Lexus Fanatic
Yeah you can totally tell, and cops should be able to totally tell. Especially at night when the light from the phone shines back in their faces.
It is a primary offense in Maryland at least...started out as a secondary offense, but they made it a primary offense. I don't really think its a big deal at a red light, but when moving its just completely insane for people to think they still have any idea whats going on while texting.
What REALLY gets me is people talking on the handheld phones in new cars that have Bluetooth!
It is a primary offense in Maryland at least...started out as a secondary offense, but they made it a primary offense. I don't really think its a big deal at a red light, but when moving its just completely insane for people to think they still have any idea whats going on while texting.
What REALLY gets me is people talking on the handheld phones in new cars that have Bluetooth!
#37
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by SW13GS
What REALLY gets me is people talking on the handheld phones in new cars that have Bluetooth!
#38
Great Deal Guru
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I do wear a helmet, as a matter of fact, along with other protective gear. But, the fact that you “certainly hope” I wear a helmet is so condescending it makes me want to ride a tricycle completely naked doing doughnuts in your front yard screaming Beastie Boys lyrics at midnight. Trust me, you do not want that. My buttocks are extremely pale and unsightly, especially in moonlight.
So far I had two vehicles make a turn in front of me as I was going thru an intersection.
I was a hair away from getting hit both times!
I wear protective gear all the time. I promised myself that if I ever get killed it wont be because I had no protective gear!
I always ride with a defensive attitude and paying 1000% attention to what is going on near me, behind me and as far as I can see.
Good post.
#39
Lexus Fanatic
Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
I do wear a helmet, as a matter of fact, along with other protective gear.
I see a number of big Harley Hog riders (and occasionally some others), in their contempt for helmet laws, doing one of two things....either wearing little beanie-saucers that meet the letter of the law but in effect are almost worthless, or the spiked German WWI-style military helmet that was never designed for someone to be thrown off a bike...it can wrench one's neck sideways and break it.
Last edited by mmarshall; 01-08-15 at 06:47 AM.
#40
Lexus Fanatic
Des the Bluetooth actually work well in your car? In my brother's 4-year-old Kia Soul (which, admittedly, is otherwise a very good vehicle for its low price), I can often barely understand him when he calls me on the hands-off Bluetooth....it sounds like he's talking and echoing into a tin can.
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