Originally Posted By: beanoil
Originally Posted By: BusyLittleShop
Originally Posted By: beanoil
Baloney... I'm a motor vehicle, and entitled to my full lane width.
Is your vehicle as big as a whale???
Not the point... Doesn't make any difference if it's a scooter, a motorcycle, or a Can-Am Spyder that does take the full lane. (Yes I do have and ride all 3. 50 years, about 200k on the street.)At an intersection, you don't pull up and be two side by side, but in this particular case, especially with the OP not knowing what the situation entailed, he should have stayed back. You can sugar coat it all you want, but it has nothing to do with being friendly. If the OP pulled next to me, he has taken some of my space that I might need to make an evasive maneuver, blocked part of my view, and likely concealed me from others. He has taken some focus away from the scene at hand, and I miss the car coming from behind that can't stop. Or across the intersection, some little old Gramma sees two headlights and registers a car in her brain, completely missing that it is two bikes, possibly going in two different directions. And I'll tell the OP so, probably a little nicer than the encounter he had, but he will know before the discussion ends that he was wrong. This isn't a game, it's survival, and I'll do everything I can to come home alive to my kids. Again, MSF safety course for the OP. Maybe you too.
I agree, not even interested enough to be to involved in this thread. No one belongs next to me in MY space and lane. NO ONE. Cant believe this discussion is taking place for so long.
You mean to tell me, I have to TRUST EVERY STRANGER on a motorcycle to pull up to me and take off in a straight line/that they know how to ride? NO THANKS and glad it doesnt happen here in SC.
Heck in SC you dont even need a license to ride.
ADD to all the above, the hazards in the road and the hazards in front of you and behind you, you know, like that CAR or TRUCK that may not stop in time, what about that HUGE piece of tire tread left behind by some semi?
Ill have to worry about what some stranger is going to do before I can get away from someone rear ending me or avoiding an object?
Come on ... stay out on my space already, its a no brainer.
Your correct, I AM A MOTOR VEHICLE, like any car, truck, SUV, tractor trailer.
Hogging the road? I THINK NOT, Im entitled to my lane, my space.
What about the oversize SUV on the road, are they hogging the road? NO REASON for such a LARGE vehicle carrying one or two people.
That tiny smart car, would he be hogging a lane not wanting a motorcycle next to him/her? This whole thread is about common sense and safety. NO ONE is entitled to my space on the road.
(by the way, im not yelling *L*)
) ... (just messing with you) But seriously though, the government creates endless study's of everything because they have to create ways to spend your tax money and keep creating a paycheck with retirement to be paid for by you, it doesnt mean they are right and doesnt mean the study fits exactly the subject matter at hand.
