Second that thought! And extend the best wishes for everyone here!
RIDER DOWN ALERT !! CarlS !!!!
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Thank you, Rocky. I'm looking forward to what 2023 brings. I wish you a blessed, healthy happy, prosperous 2023.
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This is an update to my story. I came across this video of exactly how our accident happened except the driver was not just coming into our lane. She was crossing our lane to get to the exit ramp. Plus, we were at Interstate speeds.
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/hWFn2AUV8Qg?feature=share
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/hWFn2AUV8Qg?feature=share
I am so glad to be riding again and I avoid I95 for the most part.
4-wheeled motorists are stupid, self absorbed, and lazy. It causes me to 1/2-step crossing intersections, riding through parking lots, merging, etc. This detracts from the overall enjoyment which sucks but those retarded dipsh-ts out there couldn't care less.
One habit I have developed is flicking my hi beam as I approach any situation where there's incoming traffic. I also stay very aware of peoples' blind spots. Utilizing blind spots is something I was taught in a couple offensive driving courses I took over the years. Now I just reverse that awareness technique. Instead of staying in someones blind spot, I stay well out of them. If you can't see the driver in their side-view mirror, they can't see you. Couple that with the perpetuality that the people in those cars are mind-numbingly stupid, careless, and hopelessly egocentric.
@CarlS - Did the a-hole who caused your wreck sky out of there or did you guys get her?
One habit I have developed is flicking my hi beam as I approach any situation where there's incoming traffic. I also stay very aware of peoples' blind spots. Utilizing blind spots is something I was taught in a couple offensive driving courses I took over the years. Now I just reverse that awareness technique. Instead of staying in someones blind spot, I stay well out of them. If you can't see the driver in their side-view mirror, they can't see you. Couple that with the perpetuality that the people in those cars are mind-numbingly stupid, careless, and hopelessly egocentric.
@CarlS - Did the a-hole who caused your wreck sky out of there or did you guys get her?
I understand she did leave the scene but a couple of drivers followed her and she returned to the scene stopping on the left hand side of the southbound lanes. The accident happened in the northbound lanes. Florida Highway Patrol.noted in the accident report that she left the scene but returned.
Where the accident occurred I95 is six lanes wide counting the HOV lane and the exit lane. I was in the lane next to the HOV lane. Fortunately for me the cars behind me in my lane and the lane next to me stopped and deliberately blocked the road to keep anyone from running over my pillion and/or me.
Florida is a no fault insurance state which sucks. Basically one cannot sue unless he or she received permanent debilitating injury. However I had anI excellent attorney who factored in my age and apparently made a good case. I got a decent settlement without going to court. It surprised me.
Think motorcyclists have it bad? Try riding a bicycle. As well as coping with above, there are plenty of drivers actively hating cyclists. I just have to play their bluff, carry on. If they do knock me over, I'll either trash their car, or sue them.
They probably hate motorcyclists too, but are more cowardly with someone in leathers, visored, have in some quarters a "bad boy (violent)" reputation, and who can chase any aggressors.
Police are useless, they don't bother. Few months ago car driver knocked a young cyclist off, really loud bang. They refused to come, as they didn't know if anyone was hurt. I explained it was a really loud collision. They know people are in shock, don't necessarily know if they are injured. And even if not, is reckless driving now allowed?
So I dictated car licence plate over the phone, told them to write it down. Young woman ended up in hospital, driver stopped answering his phone to pay to repair bicycle. Police wouldn't trace his mobile number, and had not written down the number of car. Marvellous .
I was knocked off bicycle couple of years ago. Was going to leave it until the passenger got out and started being aggressive. Her wife stayed behind the wheel, didn't even bother to see if I was alright. Yes, it's relevant it was her wife, she made an issue if it, bating me to display prejudice. Wrong bloke for that. CCTV every. Police did come because she was being aggressive. Never heard a peep from the police again.
On two wheels motorized or non motorized is risky and riders of both have to be on constant alert. And incidents still happen.
Cycling has been both my fitness sport of choice and my secondary mode of transportation for 25 years, compliments of my ravaged knees, hips, and ankles via my past career choices. I’ve done several 60-100 mile international bicycle tours and did regular 40 mile sessions in 3rd and even 4th world countries with considerable political and criminal threat levels. That in addition to spending a summer as a bicycle courier in New York City. Aside from my own series of bruised bones and swollen joints from crashes, I’ve witnessed my fair share of busted up, contorted riders being carted away in ambulances. So no offense, Brother, I don’t think there’s much you can school me on here.
See me for more bicycle tales involving death, serious injury, and dismemberment!
Bicycles should not be allowed on any street with a speed limit above 25mph. These dopes can seem to ride single file, block traffic even when they have their own lane.
I share your frustration and I ride a bicycle.
Many times bicyclists don’t have their own lane. Not all cities incorporate bicycle lanes throughout the city. Demanding adherence to specific lanes in these instances is not realistic since they don’t exist. Many side streets have 35 mph limits too and no separate bicycle lanes. Treat all travelers with respect and caution. I can certainly slow down and wait for a safe place to pass a cyclist or a group of cyclists.
If they remained in single file and showed that respect I'd agree. I was on my way to work years ago and a bicycle was in the center of the lane, I gently beeped my horn and he flipped me off. So I closed the gap and touched is back tire with my trucks bumper. He swerved right and crashed....ooops.
Riding two abreast increases visibility.
https://www.bikewalknc.org/2015/04/why-cyclists-ride-two-abreast/It’s not any harder to wait for an opportunity to pass a group of cyclists than a slow car. Safety and visibility is important for all road users. It’s no different than motorcyclist riding staggered.
https://www.bikewalknc.org/2015/04/why-cyclists-ride-two-abreast/It’s not any harder to wait for an opportunity to pass a group of cyclists than a slow car. Safety and visibility is important for all road users. It’s no different than motorcyclist riding staggered.
I'll agree to disagree. I have had too many incidents with rude bicycle jerks in spandex...LOL
One of my properties is right smack downtown in a city that’s considered one of the most bicycle-friendly towns in the US. I actually lived in it for about 4 months while I upgraded it and got it ready for renters. This was back in the height of the fixed-gear bicycle riding, handlebar mustache sporting, fedora wearing, skinny-jean hipster douchebag craze….2010 timeframe. Fixed gear bicycles and 150-500cc “cafes” in various states of restoration were f-ing EVERYWHERE, in addition to droves of those non-tipping prima-dona jackasses drinking PBR and “craft cocktails” in all the pubs and restaurants(I was in between my real jobs and moonlighting at a local bar so I had to deal with them there too). We have comprehensive bike lanes lacing the whole of that downtown yet those MFers insisted on riding abreast and taking up an entire additional lane of traffic. The laws are such that pretty much in any situation involving a bicycle and a motor vehicle, the bicycle has right of way.
So don’t even get me started on bicyclists and like I said, I’m about as enthusiastic a bike rider as they come, the difference being I prefer long, fast distances out in rural areas jamming Slayer on my earbuds, not lazily meandering the city and intentionally choking up traffic while sucking on a sippy cup. I only wish I had my Speed Twin back then so I could’ve pushed back a little harder on those pricks. My pickup was pretty much considered a deadly weapon so I had to just sit there at 5mph and take it. I wanted to f-ing CRUSH those nancies. In addition to their bicycle snobbery, their motorcycle skills were lacking to say the very least as well, and they also tended to ride those in packs too.
So don’t even get me started on bicyclists and like I said, I’m about as enthusiastic a bike rider as they come, the difference being I prefer long, fast distances out in rural areas jamming Slayer on my earbuds, not lazily meandering the city and intentionally choking up traffic while sucking on a sippy cup. I only wish I had my Speed Twin back then so I could’ve pushed back a little harder on those pricks. My pickup was pretty much considered a deadly weapon so I had to just sit there at 5mph and take it. I wanted to f-ing CRUSH those nancies. In addition to their bicycle snobbery, their motorcycle skills were lacking to say the very least as well, and they also tended to ride those in packs too.
That's the sort of attitude cyclists have to deal with. The roads aren't yours. They're everyones. And if all the cyclists started using cars, or even motorcycles, the roads would be hellish.
