"Ride like a Girl". I want to bring forward the awareness.... For my sister's best friend, Jackie. She came over to our house and she was the sweetest person.
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A long lost friend whom met her end because of a speeding driver.Drinking again?
PLease be more clear with your title and posts, if thats the case..A long lost friend whom met her end because of a speeding driver.
PLease be more clear with your title and posts, if thats the case..
I was very clear friend. Very. Clear. I'll take your apology.PLease be more clear with your title and posts, if thats the case..
No way I would ride a motorcycle in Lincoln or Omaha or even I80 way too many drivers that don’t pay attention and don’t know the traffic laws.Nope. Motorcycle awareness
Very true. Even if you're doing everything right, some idiot can make a small mistake and kill you. And also let's be honest...a lot of people on motorcycles are not doing everything right to begin with.No way I would ride a motorcycle in Lincoln or Omaha or even I80 way too many drivers that don’t pay attention and don’t know the traffic laws.
For every safe, law abiding motorcyclist there are 3 jackwads that shouldn’t be on the road.Very true. Even if you're doing everything right, some idiot can make a small mistake and kill you. And also let's be honest...a lot of people on motorcycles are not doing everything right to begin with.
It’s closer to 1 : 10 here in FL. Some of these dudes have a death wishFor every safe, law abiding motorcyclist there are 3 jackwads that shouldn’t be on the road.
To your point I was in Phoenix driving south on the 101, And in the hov lane 2 motorcycles came by us at probably 140 mph. And I guess the cops don't even try too pursue.Very true. Even if you're doing everything right, some idiot can make a small mistake and kill you. And also let's be honest...a lot of people on motorcycles are not doing everything right to begin with.
Dudes on motorcycles and dudes that ride bikes on the streets need to understand that knowing the laws/rules doesn't matter, if they get hit, they are getting the bad end of it.It’s closer to 1 : 10 here in FL. Some of these dudes have a death wish
I used to be annoyed with road bikes until I started riding. Riding 20 mph on a sidewalk isnt safe either.Dudes on motorcycles and dudes that ride bikes on the streets need to understand that knowing the laws/rules doesn't matter, if they get hit, they are getting the bad end of it.
Also, I need to admit this...
I personally can't stand dudes that ride their 10 speed on the road. Stop, go to the sidewalk, ride in a neighborhood or get a Peloton.
I get it, i do, but if a car hits you, you are dead. If you run into some walker on the sidewalk, you are just scraped up.I used to be annoyed with road bikes until I started riding. Riding 20 mph on a sidewalk isnt safe either.
But I hated riding on the roads in traffic sucked too. So I got a trainer to attach to my bike and basically ride exclusively inside.
Road bikes go too fast to be on the sidewalk. They are considered road vehicles. They just need to obey the traffic rules like all of us. They do go by slower than cars so don't run them over. Don't blame them for being run over. Just don't run them over. How hard is that?I get it, i do, but if a car hits you, you are dead. If you run into some walker on the sidewalk, you are just scraped up.
You know how I know I will never get run over while riding a bike on the street?Road bikes go too fast to be on the sidewalk. They are considered road vehicles. They just need to obey the traffic rules like all of us. They do go by slower than cars so don't run them over. Don't blame them for being run over. Just don't run them over. How hard is that?
When I lived in a bigger city I would train at 4:30 in the morning which hardly had any traffic. People would stay in my lane even though there were two other lanes they could move into. At that point I was like screw this - it’s not worth it and bought the trainer for inside. It was more convenient and don’t have to worry about idiots.You know how I know I will never get run over while riding a bike on the street?
Same reason I know that I will never get eaten by a shark.
No one is running them over on purpose...but accidents happen and accident of a car vs a bike really only ends one way.
AMEN! That is all I am saying. It just doesn't seem worth it.When I lived in a bigger city I would train at 4:30 in the morning which hardly had any traffic. People would stay in my lane even though there were two other lanes they could move into. At that point I was like screw this - it’s not worth it and bought the trainer for inside. It was more convenient and don’t have to worry about idiots.
Happened to me - I used to be an avid rider and when I took my now-wife on a ride for the first time I gave her a helmet. She said, “where’s yours?” I said I didn’t really like them and she said she wouldn’t wear one either. I told her I wanted her to be safe and she asked me to repeat that again and make it make sense why I wouldn’t wear one so I started to after that.Very true. Even if you're doing everything right, some idiot can make a small mistake and kill you. And also let's be honest...a lot of people on motorcycles are not doing everything right to begin with.
Give me interstate everyday. Would rather be doing 80 mph with traffic in the same direction than 60 with a car coming at me 8’ to the side of me.AMEN! That is all I am saying. It just doesn't seem worth it.
Look, I am TERRIFIED of getting eaten by a shark...I also really like working out. But I am not going to start lifting in the ocean.
I HATE driving in the interstate, it scares me, so I do it as little as possible.
Okay, reading that back I do sound like a giant vagina but you get the point.
I also hate when cars are close to me!!!Give me interstate everyday. Would rather be doing 80 mph with traffic in the same direction than 60 with a car coming at me 8’ to the side of me.
One thing I cannot get over is watching the motorcycles in LA scream down the dotted lines between cars in traffic.When I moved back here from SoCal four years ago it freaked me out to see people in Iowa riding without helmets. DOT approved motorcycle helmets were required in CA, NV and AZ so I rarely if ever saw someone riding w/o a helmet for many years.
But what really freaked me out was a couple times during covid when I saw a guy riding a big motorcycle wearing shorts, tank top, sandals, no helmet, AND A CLOTH MASK. I thought it was odd guys would fear catching a disease outdoors with no one around, but riding 60 MPH half-naked didn't seem to bother them.
No shit! Talk about a prison sentence.Speaking of being safe. Remind your single buddies to wear a love glove to avoid paying 18 years child support!
You do have the same right. The problem is, like I said, when a car and a bike collide, one is fine, the other is not. Why put yourself in that position if you don't have to? I know, I know "my rights"Can always count on the "cyclists are second class citizens" crowd to chime in whenever and wherever they can. Worse than trying to have a conversation with vegans. Look, it isn't my fault you look like an over stuffed sausage casing with hail damage when you put on tighter fitting clothes, but the law says I have the same right to the road you do...and for the "ride on the sidewalk" crowd, I've been hit in the sidewalk by a car to. It broke my helmet in 3 places. Now what??
How bout this....put your phone down and watch what you're doing and....now hear me out....lift on the ole gas pedal for a few seconds and wait for a good opportunity to pass me safely when you see me. Your overweight wife you have no interest in seeing naked anymore can wait an extra minute for you to get home.
...having said all that 90% of my rides now are mountain bike... to approx. 10% road biking, and even then I start 15mi out in the country and head even further out for the actual road ride because I'm no fan of riding on busy roads either.