Why do motor cops ride side by side?
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Yeah, I vote "cause they can" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csf3OmGD8UE
Holy crap!! that's awesome!!
I'm sure on the highway there in OKC they were on their mics and the lead was telling them when and where they are turning. Blue angles couldn't do it without communications.
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Yeah, I vote "cause they can" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csf3OmGD8UE
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I've ridden with lots of guys over the years. I only know one that I'll ride side by side with. Why him? Because we've ridden thousands of miles with each other, I trust his skills and judgement, and it seems like I instinctively know what he's going to do before he does it. I suspect he feels much the same way about me.
As strange as it may seem, we like side-by-side riding after dark, particularly during deer season. He doesn't like my headlights in his mirrors if riding staggered. Two high beams side by side light up the night ahead of you and increases chances of seeing critters along the road.
As strange as it may seem, we like side-by-side riding after dark, particularly during deer season. He doesn't like my headlights in his mirrors if riding staggered. Two high beams side by side light up the night ahead of you and increases chances of seeing critters along the road.
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I've ridden with lots of guys over the years. I only know one that I'll ride side by side with. Why him? Because we've ridden thousands of miles with each other, I trust his skills and judgement, and it seems like I instinctively know what he's going to do before he does it. I suspect he feels much the same way about me.
As strange as it may seem, we like side-by-side riding after dark, particularly during deer season. He doesn't like my headlights in his mirrors if riding staggered. Two high beams side by side light up the night ahead of you and increases chances of seeing critters along the road.
As strange as it may seem, we like side-by-side riding after dark, particularly during deer season. He doesn't like my headlights in his mirrors if riding staggered. Two high beams side by side light up the night ahead of you and increases chances of seeing critters along the road.
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Yeah, I vote "cause they can" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csf3OmGD8UE
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There are a lot of exciting things I am missing - most of them require a fair amount of stupidity as well.
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I've ridden for +45 years. Just returned 2 years ago after a 12 year hiatus. I don't recall this issue, ever being discussed as bad or good. We rode how we felt side by side or staggered, side by side with a bud was good, and no helmet law made it better. Manup