Motorcyclist's ????

There were multiple fatalities in the area within the past 4  days "here". Tonight on my way home I got tailgated for 2 miles by a "biker"  while I was doing 48 in a 40 . This PECKER H%$D decided to finally pass and made an oncoming car swerve to his/her right, while the ASSH872E biker cut ME off . Sadly, he had I "assume" was a preteen son on the back of him . These people are OUT OF CONTROL IMO . They're getting WORSE than the spandex peddlers  And yet there are multiple LAWYER firms that cater to these "riders"  (personal injury) by the bucket load .

Edited by FREEDGUY - 05 Aug 2020 at 6:19pm

LOL!!!

I really hate when the bad ones give us riders a bad name.  I do not tailgate, I only pass when safe zone and I do not try to push traffic when on two.  Stupid people also drive cars and trucks so it is not just bikers.

PaulB wrote: Idiots will cull themselves out of the herd. Only problem I can see it that if they take an innocent person with them. Stupidity kills, just not fast enough.

DMiller wrote: I really hate when the bad ones give us riders a bad name.  I do not tailgate, I only pass when safe zone and I do not try to push traffic when on two.  Stupid people also drive cars and trucks so it is not just bikers.

Edited by FREEDGUY - 05 Aug 2020 at 7:55pm

And again freedguy, it is Not ALL Biker's, there are a few that give a bad name, I will go on note here that anyone driving a Minivan is a Jerk as they get in the way on the highways thinking they are gonna stop speeding, seen that all too many times.  Or the Honda Prius or Nissan Leaf drivers running 80-90 on the highway then cut thru traffic like it does not exist.  Have the Millennials that text while driving at speed in city or on highway, run people off the road regardless the machine they drive.

I had a person in a car follow me through Grand Rapids flossing their teeth steering with their elbows.  I have been a biker for over 50 years with no on road accidentst.   Deer was always my biggest worry on the road.  It is a small few that give the rest of us a bad name.  

Just count your blessing Freedguy if all the poor drivers your interacting with are on motor cycles your chances of surviving are much better. Just think if the poor driver was in a truck.

Will never forget, I-69 between Lansing and I-94, coming up behind a big rig. He was weaving. A LOT. Made sure to have plenty of room to pass, and went around him QUICK so as not to get side swiped. The SOB was reading a newspaper!!!

The gas station on the corner of the side road to work has a nice large parking area in the back for truckers.

After having all of the light poles knocked nearly over, they straightened them all out and put concrete filled pipe abutments in to protect the poles. Now these abutments are just about knocked over and just a few more inches and they’ll be backing into the poles again!

The dumbest thing, if they would just pull in parallel to the back edge, they could pull in, and take off out of the loop around the building and never have to back towards the lights! Plenty of room in all cases.

I guess there’s some sort of dickswinging contest about who is the best backer. They all look dumb instead. But they’re all just awesome, just ask!

I just retired from trucking, was an owner operator from 1974 until this past april. Y'all are correct for the better part the quality of drivers is nonexistent today . What we used to see and talk about for 6 months is now a daily occurrence. I can't tell you how many times in the past 10 years I have asked to back up a truck because they can't . Trucks held together with zip ties & duct tape,riding down the road 75 mph 5 foot right off the bumper of anything in their way,40 mph through parking lots. Total disregard for anything and anyone around them. It all boils down to the big companies not willing to pay a reasonable pay. The big companies give a ton of lip service to it but the bottom line is they put profit before anything else , they refer to their drivers as " seat meat". It was good to me,I did fairly well but I refused to haul heavy cheap freight. The people they have out there now scare me to death and should scare everyone else. Ok,, I'm done ranting guess I'll go fire up the CA and take a little ride

Maybe the driverless semis won’t be such a bad thing after all!

Just see a thing in the ama magazine where a guy internationally hit and killed a guy on a Harley becouse he believed that all Harley riders are white supremacist.
Sick world out there

Son just picked up a 2019 Triumph Scrambler 1200XE for me to ride.