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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 10:49 AM
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those white stick on, cross walks,arrows,stripes, you see highway dept.s put down on the roads
at stop lights are extremley SLIPPERY!! on your feet,braking, or on take off,,,, becarefull fellas!
 
Old Sep 22, 2007 | 10:53 AM
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I often use them for fun & excitment...
 
Old Sep 22, 2007 | 11:14 AM
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ORIGINAL: electaRICK

those white stick on, cross walks,arrows,stripes, you see highway dept.s put down on the roads
at stop lights are extremley SLIPPERY!! on your feet,braking, or on take off,,,, becarefull fellas!
Ok tell us what realy happened!!!!
 
Old Sep 22, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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Some of these painted areas have grit in them for traction, but many do not. Handle with care!
 
Old Sep 22, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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kinda sound's like expierience talkin there
 
Old Sep 22, 2007 | 11:57 AM
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well theres alot of new, or "gettin back into it riders,",,, I just thought I'd pass along some good tips.

And yes,, I never went down, but did soil some shorts!
thats another story!
 
Old Sep 22, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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One of my customers had a wipe out on a freshly installed white line area last summer going about 5 miles an hour. His wife was hurt pretty bad as I recall and he was banged up pretty good also
 
Old Sep 22, 2007 | 12:59 PM
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And it's rainin' here today, they're especially slippery today. But we have enough sunny days, who wants to ride in the rain?
 
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Old Sep 22, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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My Motorcycle Safety Course instructor related his experience with the slippery white arrow. Coming around a curve doing no more than 25 mph beginning to merge onto the mainhighway he hits the white arrow and instantly the bike slips out from under him. He is sliding on his shoulder still looking for his bike when he looks up andhis Road King is coming down from the sky and hits the pavement right in front of him with a tremendous crash, parts going everywhere. Somehow the RK went airborne. Heended upwith some sore ribs and bruised arm but comes out of it okay. As for the Road King, it is totaled out. He said he did everything right but the slippery white arrow ruined his day. He was on his way to administer the MSF course at a local college when this happened. Life is not fair and it is not supposed to be.
 
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