Rammy's Ramblings

[Bills Vs Beaks]

Another question.............when you follow someone on here............do you get alerts when they post something? Just wondering.

news feed. usually its a bunch of so and so liked this and that and the other........I dont really check it. my follow list is more of a symbol of who my friends are then the fact Im actually looking what they do most of the time usually I just look at someones recent activity from their profile

THe reason I brought this question up was, yesterday, here in TN an 18 yr old kid was killed on the hwy riding home on a motorcycle he had just bought. His parents were behind him and saw the whole thing happen. I just have been thinking about that all day and wondered what that kid would of become had he not been killed. Then I wondered, what would you do if you knew you would die tomorrow? Me............probably make amends for things I did or didnt do, love on my animals, take a walk in the woods, among a few things.......just sad when you hear something like that happening to such a young person.

sorry to say, thats why I really dislike motorcycles.......... :|my age too...

 

[Rammy]

news feed. usually its a bunch of so and so liked this and that and the other........I dont really check it. my follow list is more of a symbol of who my friends are then the fact Im actually looking what they do most of the time usually I just look at someones recent activity from their profile

sorry to say, thats why I really dislike motorcycles.......... :|my age too...

I dont like motorcycles either. Long, long, long, long time ago, when I was riding with an old boyfreind, we had an accident. Luckily, I was wearing his helmet since mine had a bad strap on it. My head bounced off the pavement but the helmet stayed on. Its been years since I have been on one and dont plan on ever again. When I see someone on a cycle, I make sure to give them room and try to watch for riders.

 

[Bills Vs Beaks]

I dont like motorcycles either. Long, long, long, long time ago, when I was riding with an old boyfreind, we had an accident. Luckily, I was wearing his helmet since mine had a bad strap on it. My head bounced off the pavement but the helmet stayed on. Its been years since I have been on one and dont plan on ever again. When I see someone on a cycle, I make sure to give them room and try to watch for riders.

Ive just seen too many crazy ones to think that anyone who drives one isnt at least a tiny bit of a risk on the road. ranges from wheelies, to squeezing between two cars
(who are legally in their lanes) on the white dashed line on the interstate at 80 mph. and then of course, the ones that speed down our 50 mph road at 80+ late at night.....

 

[Rammy]

Ive just seen too many crazy ones to think that anyone who drives one isnt at least a tiny bit of a risk on the road. ranges from wheelies, to squeezing between two cars
(who are legally in their lanes) on the white dashed line on the interstate at 80 mph. and then of course, the ones that speed down our 50 mph road at 80+ late at night.....

Oh, boy! Has that happened to me. Once, driving to work, some idiot on a bike drove right between me and a car next to me. Guess we werent going fast enough for him. Unbelievable! Ive seen the popping wheelies on the highway, too. I dont understand. I completely respect anyone who wants to own one or ride one, but please be careful. Even people with cars, do stupid things with them, so no one is perfect.

 

[Bills Vs Beaks]

Oh, boy! Has that happened to me. Once, driving to work, some idiot on a bike drove right between me and a car next to me. Guess we werent going fast enough for him. Unbelievable! Ive seen the popping wheelies on the highway, too. I dont understand. I completely respect anyone who wants to own one or ride one, but please be careful. Even people with cars, do stupid things with them, so no one is perfect.

yes of course. and believe me Ive seeen my share of bad car drivers too.......but like 18 wheelers and school buses, motorcycles set off my high alert senors more than most cars

 

[Rammy]

yes of course. and believe me Ive seeen my share of bad car drivers too.......but like 18 wheelers and school buses, motorcycles set off my high alert senors more than most cars

No kidding! Makes you want to go...........

 

[Latestarter]

Been riding for about 40 years, off and on. Been in some real close calls but have never had to lay one down, have never had an accident while riding, and hope that record remains intact. I HAVE had to do radical maneuvers to avoid getting injured/killed by car drivers. I have been "pushed" off the highway into the median at 70 MPH by a car. Basically all the things that can happen when a driver doesn't "see you" because you aren't driving a car. Things HAVE improved greatly over the years as more people are riding (huge gas savings alone, and there is that "freedom" thing as well ). Most folks have become more attentive to watching for bikers. There are however drivers who continue to talk on cell phones and text while driving, drink or dope and drive, sleep and drive, etc. and they are a potential hazard to EVERYONE, driver or rider alike.

My present ride is a Harley Road King Classic. I don't do wheelies, I don't exceed the speed limit more than any average driver does. I don't do "stupid" stuff as I've seen enough accidents to know the potential outcome. There ARE a lot of (normally young/dumb/believing they are immune to death) "daring"? "adventurous"? just plain stupid? riders out there and they create a bad impression of all bikers. I would guess they comprise maybe 10% of all bikers.

 

[Rammy]

Totally agree. Seems like its the young riders that do stupid things. I do try and watch for riders when Im driving, but people seem to be in such a hurry anymore. Cell phones, tv's in cars, too many things distracting drivers today. I think , tho, in the case of that poor young kid that died when that semi drove into him, was just that the driver didnt see him. I didnt hear if the driver was distracted. I feel bad for the parents who were behind him and saw the whole thing. Put the cell phones down, turn off the tv's, and watch the road.

 

[greybeard]

There ARE a lot of (normally young/dumb/believing they are immune to death) "daring"? "adventurous"? just plain stupid? riders out there and they create a bad impression of all bikers. I would guess they comprise maybe 10% of all bikers.

About 850,000 then.

 

[Bills Vs Beaks]

There are however drivers who continue to talk on cell phones and text while driving, drink or dope and drive, sleep and drive, etc. and they are a potential hazard to EVERYONE, driver or rider alike.

agree

its crazy if youre drivng down the highway here at night, and so many times you see the driver of another car who inexplicably has a glowing blue face
on my road theres a cross for a kid who died in a school bus crash.......driver was on pot, collided with a dump truck.

oh and I dont believe a word of the "car drivers brains are looking for other cars so they dont see them (bikers) because their brain filters them out"
do you go looking for roadkill whilst you drive? yet how often do you see someone go over a dead skunk rather than swerve around it. not see it, my foot.