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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Da_bang80: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Da_bang80: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sean: [qb] Motorcycles are only dangerous in two instances. 1: When the rider is too inexperienced for the bike he's riding. and 2: When cage driving nitwits don't watch where they're going. [/qb][/QUOTE]You forgot 3: When the idiot on the crotch rocket doesn't watch where he's going and/or drives like an idiot. (i.e. Cutting in and out of lanes, driving down the center, etc.) And there's also 4: When you're not wearing a fucking helmet. I really try not to prejudge motorcyclists, but the fact is that a disproportionate number of them are absolute idiots. [/qb][/QUOTE]We like to call them "squids". No one quite knows how the phrase came to be. Most people agree it was coined by a paramedic who attended the scene of a motorcycle accident in which the riders lower half was separated from his torso and his entrails were splayed out like the tentacles of a squid. I'll admit I've cracked open the throttle on a public road, there's nothing like going from 60 to 160 in less time than it takes to squeeze out that little ball of fear building up in your bowels. But I disagree with your statement, it's stereotypical in the extreme. There are many responsible riders (yes, even crotch rocket riders) that keep their head and fight the urge to do anything stupid. And what makes you think there are any more stupid riders than there are stupid cage drivers? I've been cut off, tailgated, run off the road, and struck because "people couldn't see me." It happens EVERY single time I hit the road. 2/3 of all motorcycle accidents involve another vehicle, and 2/3 of those accidents are caused by the other motorist violating the motorcyclists right of way. So before you go thinking that a disproportionate number of motorcyclists are idiots, stop and think about what that motorcyclist thinks of YOUR driving habits. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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