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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 03:39 PM
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Texting with one hand AND talking on a cell phone with the other at the same time:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Should have been issued a severe ***-beating on the spot!
 

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Old Jul 30, 2009 | 04:04 PM
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Said it before, wouldn't bother me to see them out lawed from using in moving velicle..
 
Old Jul 30, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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dayum, dude sideswiped a house!!!! its bad enough on the highways, not you gotta be worried about being sideswiped at the dinner table.....

hang em high!
 
Old Jul 30, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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As a group, we're not much better. How many times have you seen a picture/movie taken by a guy on his cell phone while riding his bike.
 
Old Jul 30, 2009 | 05:27 PM
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I disagree. As a group, we're much, much better.

The likelihood of a motorcyclist doing anything remotely similar is infinitesimally small, and as a percentage of all motorcyclists as a group - probably almost non-existent (it happens but the number of incidents is relatively minor, and Darwin comes into play).

Motorists/cagers, on the other hand, are much, much worse both in terms of total number of episodes and as a percentage of all motorists.
 
Old Jul 30, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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I'm also a little freaked out that the 68-yr old woman in the story has an 8-yr old niece. Wow.
 
Old Jul 30, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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Could be a grand-neice.
 
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Take a look at Youtube sometime. There are many examples of guys shooting the scenery while riding. Most seem to be on crotch-rockets.

I agree, natural selection at it's best...
 
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Thats crazy. I pass truckers everyday.
 
Old Jul 30, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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He was probably talking to his wife and texting his girlfriend and got hot and bothered and decided to go for a swim.
 



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