Rider etiquette?

[Josephd14]

This thread must bring them outa the wood work, Coming down Rt12 in NH south of Troy, and I'm riding to the right toward the line, And from outa no where Some No talent assclown on an R1 or R6 with chicken strips the size of a 2x4 on each side, Wheelies past me on the right in my lane, and ofcourse he was wearing a helmet with his wife beater, it was a Skull cap he had fastened around his ARM, You have no IDEA how bad I wanted to pull in the gas station and smash in his head with my helmet, but I had just got done with a good ride with a couple of good folks so I turned down 119 and headed home in one piece, but I'll tell you I sure was Pissed, I still am in fact.. What would you folks have done??

[Stoneman]

Is that what you told the officer?

Actually, it was. That Nova had a 327HP/350 in it with almost 400 lbs of torque. I could drop a gear and get on it and paint quite a line on the pavement with it. He didn't see the humor as I did...

I said something ludicrous like, '...sometimes when I downshift, it goes a bit faster than I meant it to...'

[SVRACER01]

fuck him

WHOA!! how did we go from beating him off to fucking him?

[Currently]

Are you people getting 'orney or ornery?

Getting hard to tell here.

[SVRACER01]

This thread must bring them outa the wood work, Coming down Rt12 in NH south of Troy, and I'm riding to the right toward the line, And from outa no where Some No talent assclown on an R1 or R6 with chicken strips the size of a 2x4 on each side, Wheelies past me on the right in my lane, and ofcourse he was wearing a helmet with his wife beater, it was a Skull cap he had fastened around his ARM, You have no IDEA how bad I wanted to pull in the gas station and smash in his head with my helmet, but I had just got done with a good ride with a couple of good folks so I turned down 119 and headed home in one piece, but I'll tell you I sure was Pissed, I still am in fact.. What would you folks have done??

i might have pulled in with him and told him how cool he was and how impressed i was with his riding skills and how lucky he was to have a total lack of consideration for the safety of others.. especially people he doesnt know and how envious i was of his stupidity.

and then i would have said...

NOT!!

[RyanNicholson]

haha interesting stories, it blows my mind how stuff like this has happened to everyone.

I was riding w/ my ex gf on the back in pembroke on day and this black R1 blew by us in the same lane like we were standing still......that guy had a chic on the back and neither of them had helmets on. I wish i could have chased him down to flip out on him for being such an idiot. I got back to my ex's house and was all pissed off about it for like 2 hours.

[SEVENSGT]

damndist thing, I was riding and this prick was 30 feet behind me at 40 mph, when I pulled uoto a stop light the prick pulled up beside me and get this, he fukking tried to talk to me, THE NERVE, so I said this ain't two lanes, I took my right and looked in my mirror to get his plate to report him for aggressive driving and the prick flipps me off...... The nerve of some assholes....






J/K wasn't me

[katana0215]

Negative. It's illegal to speed, period. Years ago I got a ticket for that very thing. Peterborough, NH - speed limit was 40, blue-hair was doing 30. The Nova I had at the time accidentally hit 85 getting around him. Luckily the speeding fines weren't all that bad at the time. It was only like, a $77 ticket. You are not allowed to break the speed limit to pass a slower vehicle. At least you weren't back then...

In RI you are given 5mpg over the speed limit to make a safe pass in a passing lane

[Wishbone]

In RI you are given 5mpg over the speed limit to make a safe pass in a passing lane

so when i pass i get better mileage? SWEET im doing nuthin but passin from now on

[OreoGaborio]

that's "miles per gear"... so if you leave it in 6th you get 30 miles to complete a safe pass. That way you won't have to exceed the speed limit.

[Wishbone]

now that even better, the mileage is good enough on a bike

[978chris]

Negative. It's illegal to speed, period. Years ago I got a ticket for that very thing. Peterborough, NH - speed limit was 40, blue-hair was doing 30. The Nova I had at the time accidentally hit 85 getting around him. Luckily the speeding fines weren't all that bad at the time. It was only like, a $77 ticket. You are not allowed to break the speed limit to pass a slower vehicle. At least you weren't back then...

I've been under the impression my entire life of using various forms of motorized transportation that it is OK to speed to pass. You just can't keep going that speed after the pass.

For example, I'm in the middle lane, travelling at the speed limit, being paced by the trailer end of a semi rig to the right of me, which is bouncing all over the lane like they do. What do I do? Is my safest course of action to slow down? I dunno, I like to be in front of bad shit happening, not about to run into it.

They teach you in basic driver's education classes about how boxing yourself in is bad. Don't drive the same speed as the cars directly to your left and right. If everyone is traveling the speed limit, how do I get out of a situation where I am boxed in without speeding? Again, do I slow down? Why would I want to be behind people who obviously don't know how to drive safely (pacing each other abreast)?

I dunno who comes up with the laws and stuff, but basic common sense tells me that moving slower than all these vehicles that weigh much more than I do is a Bad Idea™. I'll pay the ticket if I really get one for speeding to overtake a semi or something similar.

There are also minimum speed laws for these same reasons.

Also - if you "accidentally" hit 85 going around an old lady doing 30, well that's not what I am talking about here. Come on. If you can "accidentally" go from 40mph to 85mph, you probably shouldn't have a driver's license (either that or get that friggen beast off the road, it can't be legal).

[katana0215]

so when i pass i get better mileage? SWEET im doing nuthin but passin from now on

harhahrhar, mph

[Ri_De_bike]

damndist thing, I was riding and this prick was 30 feet behind me at 40 mph, when I pulled uoto a stop light the prick pulled up beside me and get this, he fukking tried to talk to me, THE NERVE, so I said this ain't two lanes, I took my right and looked in my mirror to get his plate to report him for aggressive driving and the prick flipps me off...... The nerve of some assholes....






J/K wasn't me

lol +1 ^

[Stoneman]

I've been under the impression my entire life of using various forms of motorized transportation that it is OK to speed to pass. You just can't keep going that speed after the pass.

For example, I'm in the middle lane, travelling at the speed limit, being paced by the trailer end of a semi rig to the right of me, which is bouncing all over the lane like they do. What do I do? Is my safest course of action to slow down? I dunno, I like to be in front of bad shit happening, not about to run into it.

They teach you in basic driver's education classes about how boxing yourself in is bad. Don't drive the same speed as the cars directly to your left and right. If everyone is traveling the speed limit, how do I get out of a situation where I am boxed in without speeding? Again, do I slow down? Why would I want to be behind people who obviously don't know how to drive safely (pacing each other abreast)?

I dunno who comes up with the laws and stuff, but basic common sense tells me that moving slower than all these vehicles that weigh much more than I do is a Bad Idea™. I'll pay the ticket if I really get one for speeding to overtake a semi or something similar.

There are also minimum speed laws for these same reasons.

Also - if you "accidentally" hit 85 going around an old lady doing 30, well that's not what I am talking about here. Come on. If you can "accidentally" go from 40mph to 85mph, you probably shouldn't have a driver's license (either that or get that friggen beast off the road, it can't be legal).

Hey, I don't make the laws. I just pay the fines...