Could have wrecked
Road Master
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Personally, anyone travelling at "65 or so" on a back road at night (with or without a passenger) then wanting to "gun it", is asking for trouble to begin with.
That has nothing to do with fear or not being able to ride either - just bloody common sense and adapting to the adage "ride to survive" so you can ride again the next day and not wind up in the morgue.
As for not stopping to help, that is a judgment call and, as was said, there are some real whack jobs around so you never know, especially with your wife with you and regardless of whether your on a bike or in a truck.
That has nothing to do with fear or not being able to ride either - just bloody common sense and adapting to the adage "ride to survive" so you can ride again the next day and not wind up in the morgue.
As for not stopping to help, that is a judgment call and, as was said, there are some real whack jobs around so you never know, especially with your wife with you and regardless of whether your on a bike or in a truck.
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Cruiser
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From: Mahomet IL
Nothing. Just impressed with her ability to multitask. Provide a life threatening hazard to a pair of grandparents while still maintaining a hold on her stream of nicotine.
Road Warrior
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From: Lafayette La
Thanks
Road Warrior
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From: Lafayette La
wombat you know what they say, when in doubt throttle out...
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Cruiser
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Been riding for 35 years. No accidents and never went down over many miles. I probably understated my caution in the original post, but my wife appreciates how careful I am. Fact is I saw something wrong, slowed to a crawl, and went by slowly as the stuff was being pulled off my lane.
Road Warrior
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From: Lafayette La
Been riding for 35 years. No accidents and never went down over many miles. I probably understated my caution in the original post, but my wife appreciates how careful I am. Fact is I saw something wrong, slowed to a crawl, and went by slowly as the stuff was being pulled off my lane.
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From: Byhalia, MS
Just earlier this week a motorcyclist was killed here in the Memphis area when a dog house fell off the back of a pickup onto the interstate, the driver got out to move the dog house and got hit by the motorcycle killing him as well. The passenger on the cycle has serious injuries. All happening in the dark.
The dark is not our friend. In the space of year and half we hit 3 deer when we lived in Arkansas in 3 different vehicles by 3 different family members. The one I hit was on a county road at less than 40 mph, was almost stopped by the time I hit it. Still $2000 in damage. Can't imagine that on a bike.
By the way, all the deer strikes were during the daylight. At night we keep a sharper eye out because you see so many, they just popped out of the bushes and boom.
The dark is not our friend. In the space of year and half we hit 3 deer when we lived in Arkansas in 3 different vehicles by 3 different family members. The one I hit was on a county road at less than 40 mph, was almost stopped by the time I hit it. Still $2000 in damage. Can't imagine that on a bike.
By the way, all the deer strikes were during the daylight. At night we keep a sharper eye out because you see so many, they just popped out of the bushes and boom.
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From: orange california
crazy!
be safe everyone!
be safe everyone!
Just earlier this week a motorcyclist was killed here in the Memphis area when a dog house fell off the back of a pickup onto the interstate, the driver got out to move the dog house and got hit by the motorcycle killing him as well. The passenger on the cycle has serious injuries. All happening in the dark.
The dark is not our friend. In the space of year and half we hit 3 deer when we lived in Arkansas in 3 different vehicles by 3 different family members. The one I hit was on a county road at less than 40 mph, was almost stopped by the time I hit it. Still $2000 in damage. Can't imagine that on a bike.
By the way, all the deer strikes were during the daylight. At night we keep a sharper eye out because you see so many, they just popped out of the bushes and boom.
The dark is not our friend. In the space of year and half we hit 3 deer when we lived in Arkansas in 3 different vehicles by 3 different family members. The one I hit was on a county road at less than 40 mph, was almost stopped by the time I hit it. Still $2000 in damage. Can't imagine that on a bike.
By the way, all the deer strikes were during the daylight. At night we keep a sharper eye out because you see so many, they just popped out of the bushes and boom.
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Just earlier this week a motorcyclist was killed here in the Memphis area when a dog house fell off the back of a pickup onto the interstate, the driver got out to move the dog house and got hit by the motorcycle killing him as well. The passenger on the cycle has serious injuries. All happening in the dark.
The dark is not our friend. In the space of year and half we hit 3 deer when we lived in Arkansas in 3 different vehicles by 3 different family members. The one I hit was on a county road at less than 40 mph, was almost stopped by the time I hit it. Still $2000 in damage. Can't imagine that on a bike.
By the way, all the deer strikes were during the daylight. At night we keep a sharper eye out because you see so many, they just popped out of the bushes and boom.
The dark is not our friend. In the space of year and half we hit 3 deer when we lived in Arkansas in 3 different vehicles by 3 different family members. The one I hit was on a county road at less than 40 mph, was almost stopped by the time I hit it. Still $2000 in damage. Can't imagine that on a bike.
By the way, all the deer strikes were during the daylight. At night we keep a sharper eye out because you see so many, they just popped out of the bushes and boom.
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You know, this really brings up the question of lights and the (seemingly) idiotic laws that some states have regarding them.
Take NY for example. You can have your driving lights on with low beam but not on with high beam (when you need them). To me, that simply doesn't make sense and was obviously written by a non rider.
Doesn't it make more sense, much more sense, to be able to use your driving lights with your high beam? You use your high beam at night to see, the use of driving lights with high beam provides the distance. It is at night that the light is needed NOT during the day when they have no effect at all.
People will say that they will blind on coming traffic, well NOT if they are wired to the high beam and you are suppose to dip your lights for oncoming traffic regardless so that argument is ridiculous.
I don't want to get into a war here, but I'm an Aussie and back in Oz you are allowed to have driving lights on a vehicle (maximum of 2 for highway use) and are legally allowed to run up to 100 watt driving lights but they have to be wired to the high beam only. In nearly 30 years of driving in Oz under those laws, there was never a problem as such and the fact that those types of lights can be used prevented a damn sight more accidents (hitting Roo's and things on the road and the like) than they ever did or ever will cause.
They say we need to be seen - but don't allow us to do anything to make being seen and to see much more safer.
Take NY for example. You can have your driving lights on with low beam but not on with high beam (when you need them). To me, that simply doesn't make sense and was obviously written by a non rider.
Doesn't it make more sense, much more sense, to be able to use your driving lights with your high beam? You use your high beam at night to see, the use of driving lights with high beam provides the distance. It is at night that the light is needed NOT during the day when they have no effect at all.
People will say that they will blind on coming traffic, well NOT if they are wired to the high beam and you are suppose to dip your lights for oncoming traffic regardless so that argument is ridiculous.
I don't want to get into a war here, but I'm an Aussie and back in Oz you are allowed to have driving lights on a vehicle (maximum of 2 for highway use) and are legally allowed to run up to 100 watt driving lights but they have to be wired to the high beam only. In nearly 30 years of driving in Oz under those laws, there was never a problem as such and the fact that those types of lights can be used prevented a damn sight more accidents (hitting Roo's and things on the road and the like) than they ever did or ever will cause.
They say we need to be seen - but don't allow us to do anything to make being seen and to see much more safer.