Group Rides and Using Two Lanes
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Group Rides and Using Two Lanes
The wife was driving home to Arizona from California on the I-10 today and happened upon a large group (approximately 80 members) of 1%ers out for a ride. The MC was taking up two lanes. The problem... I-10 is only two lanes wide for long stretches. Accordingly, the MC was preventing anyone from passing them.
I dont usually ride in large groups so Im asking you all, is there a safety reason or some other just cause for a group ride to take up more than one lane or is this simply an exercise of douchebaggery?
I dont usually ride in large groups so Im asking you all, is there a safety reason or some other just cause for a group ride to take up more than one lane or is this simply an exercise of douchebaggery?
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Oct 14, 2018, 05:08 PM
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If it is a two lane road going in only one direction then the left lane is for passing. So it looks like it was an exercise of douchebaggery.
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I've been on the I-95 many times, riding behind two transports tying up the lanes for miles. Don't see an issue, but it is aggravating. I was going to pull off and sit it out a bit, but, I'm sure, there'd be another two 18 wheelers doing it again. Why didn't high beam them to move over ha ha. Don't agree, but it happens.
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Were they going the speed limit? Might have been an effort to improve the public image of 1%r's by obeying traffic laws.
Just like grandpa sitting in the fast lane at exactly 65.."I am going the speed limit, I am entitled to the fast lane"
Maybe the group was looking to provoke road rage, who wants to flip a bird at them?
Just like grandpa sitting in the fast lane at exactly 65.."I am going the speed limit, I am entitled to the fast lane"
Maybe the group was looking to provoke road rage, who wants to flip a bird at them?
Last edited by upflying; Oct 14, 2018 at 05:19 PM.
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BUT...were there any woman bikers on black SGS using their cell phones that passed you going real fast, and if so, did they signal using a single rear tailight on their super low mileage bike that the CEO told them wasn't important that it was American (but needed upgrades) however it was able to avoid deer near slippery painted lines?
That's what I want to know.
That's what I want to know.
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