a_pla5tic_bag
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13436194:DingoSean said:
and did you say you don't wear a helmet? I'd look into one at this point, seems like drivers have it out to hit you...
Lady blew a stop sign and I ended up in the ER. Sick.
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and did you say you don't wear a helmet? I'd look into one at this point, seems like drivers have it out to hit you...
13436998:a_pla5tic_bag said:
I actually was wearing a helmet. Sorta changed my mind about that once I got back on the bike and pondered it fully.
...that and I got an absolutely evil deal on a new brainbucket, so fuck it why not.
13436985:DingoSean said:
Yet you keep going through stop signs when cars don't come to a full stop and are still moving assuming theyll see you and stop. Or ride behind cars with the reverse lights on who also have yet to apply the brake you are riding around like a moron. that's what you're on a bike you have to be much more vigilant and accept that people aren't going to always see you. You seem to have a really hard time accepting this fact.
13437072:nocturnal said:
LOL what are you TALKING about?
Are you actually saying that I'm running stop signs left and right, not giving a shit all the time when cars are coming? and riding behind cars with reverse lights on? When the fuck did this shit happen? I swear dude, you just make shit up.
13437082:DingoSean said:
You just said a car backed into from a parking spot. Another car blew a stop sign and hit you if you looked at the car approaching a stop sign you should have been able to see that the car wasn't slowing down at all, and therefore you should not bike in front of the car. You should wait at the stop sign make sure the car is beginning to slow down then go it doesn't matter if you have the right of way or not you're on a bike you have to be more careful. A car messes up you get killed so no its no shate the road 50/50 its called defensive riding and if you did it you did it. You could have avoided these two accidents if you keep riding the way you're riding you're going to get hit again.
mmallender.
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13437144:nocturnal said:
this is my BIGGEST thing about cyclists/motorcyclists/pedestrians/people who drive smart cars and other tiny pieces of shit that offer zero form of protection against a collision with a larger vehicle. it DOES NOT MATTER if the law is on your side, IT DOES NOT MATTER if you are in the right. at the end of the incident, you are the one who is hurt, or in much more grim circumstances, dead.
that is what i see it coming down to on a regular basis when a cyclist is riding aggressively, or even not defensively enough, they are essentially picking a fight with the bigger stronger person, to which they will lose every time, and then crying because they picked a fight they couldnt win and they lost.
it may be other drivers jobs to ensure they follow the rules of the road and in turn, do not kill you, but it is your own fault for putting 100% blind faith in a random stranger in a multiple thousand pound machine that can quite effortlessly seriously injure you, if not simply kill you.
13437144:nocturnal said:
No. I said a car pulled out of a parallel parking spot and sideswiped me... read for once.
I had already entered the intersection when I saw the on-coming car's lights. I didn't just have the right of way, I was already IN the way. If I was in a car, I'd have been hit all the same, and if I had a passenger, they could have been injured, or who knows, even killed.
Calling it somehow my fault, that a car blew a stopsign and hit me is a fucking hilarious notion.
JAHpow
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So there are two stop signs in my town a block apart and in clear view from each other. I was driving a company vehicle today and was coming up to the second stop sign, not fast at all being a block apart. I came to a stop and the guy behind me pulled into the oncoming lane and past me while I was stopped for the stop sign!
Probably the dumbest move pulled by a driver that I have ever seen. I wish I would have gotten his plates.
Probably the dumbest move pulled by a driver that I have ever seen. I wish I would have gotten his plates.
13437751:nocturnal said:
I was. How could I not. I was on a bike at night lol. I was also accelerating quite slowly through the intersection... because I was on a bike... and probably in a 52-15 or 52-20 ratio or something (not sure what that freewheel had on it, as I chucked it for a different one when I rebuilt the wheel for that bike)
13437912:DingoSean said:
As a motocyclist I feel you 100% thing that you have to remember is that it's hard to judge another vehicles speed so just wait. Also if you are on a cycle driving towards a person from a 1/2 mile away and they hold up a pencil and cover you, they won't be able to see you until you're already on top of them. Same goes for drivers. A window frame could block you from the driver. That's why I drive as loudly and obnoxiously as possible and wear the brightest dumb looking gear when I'm nightriding, I may seem like an asshole but at least you see me.
13437933:Lonely said:
Yeah. I'm extremely wary of Motorcycles. I always ALWAYS give as much space as possible when I see them coming - especially splitting lanes in slow traffic (which some idiot drivers think is 'unfair' or 'illegal' which is fucking stupid)
I can't tell you how many times I've received a wave from a guy on a moto after I gave space. It's just common courtesy. Many drivers don't understand it... or just think all motorcyclists are gang members who will beat you with chains and bats, or lunatics who peel off wheelies on their crotch rockets.
...motherfuckers don't even understand. I mean, how much of a dream come true is it to bust out some sweet wheelies with a hot babe on the back of your bike while escaping some corrupt cops or something lol.
...this coming from a guy who has NEVER ridden a motorcycle in his entire life. Not once.
13438455:Lonely said:
Yeah, honestly, I'd love to just get some old, probably slow, 1970's or 1980's japanese bike.. like an old Honda 350 or Yamaha RD350, and just use it around town on trips to the store, or trips to work when I don't need to haul gear.