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Contained Road Rage: Driving Stories
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hugfortysix
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Although i am not your wife/partner, i would say do it. At your age , and from what i read of your posts, you are not the kind of guy to go out and go mental on a motorcycle. Ride defensively..stay alive and just stay away from those electrickery laden modern rocket ships. They are pointless on the road. What sort of bike of your dad's is in the garage?
Reading all of the comments, whatever side of the "i don't drive while high" divide you stand, can anyone who has commented in this thread say that they have never driven under the influence?
TheGreenPhantom
Titanium Teammate
Uggh – the PEE of Beers!
C'mon man – we've got really good microbrews and craft beers in the US!
Old English and St. Ides are better!
Herumph! Driving home from a buddy's place in the mountains was a nightmare. I'm out here thinking traffic will be a breeze on a Saturday. Little did I know the local college had a game... even still the main highway was absurdly congested. Naturally, there were some characters on the road.
Dumb ass child #1. I have a personal expectation to go express speeds when I'm tentacle slapping in the express lane. Nothing boils the blood in my bulbous head more than someone a) going below the posted speed limit in the express lane and b) going slower than the traffic in the express lane.
While cruising in the express lane, I come upon an SUV not going fast enough. They never pick up speed, so when the lane opens up to exit, I get out and speed up to try to get ahead, and they proceed to so the same. I only have so much time before I have to get back in that lane or wait. I chuckled, let them pass me and got back behind them, going a more satisfactory speed. A few exits later, they realize they can't stand the heat and exit the lane... should've just let me in front, child.
Dumb ass child #2: More tentacles from the express lane. I don't know what this person's problem was, but they were trying to rile me up. Braking for no reason, brake checking me, and simply, trying to cause an accident. There wasn't much to do except not allow them to phase me, which they really didn't.
Dumb ass child #1. I have a personal expectation to go express speeds when I'm tentacle slapping in the express lane. Nothing boils the blood in my bulbous head more than someone a) going below the posted speed limit in the express lane and b) going slower than the traffic in the express lane.
While cruising in the express lane, I come upon an SUV not going fast enough. They never pick up speed, so when the lane opens up to exit, I get out and speed up to try to get ahead, and they proceed to so the same. I only have so much time before I have to get back in that lane or wait. I chuckled, let them pass me and got back behind them, going a more satisfactory speed. A few exits later, they realize they can't stand the heat and exit the lane... should've just let me in front, child.
Dumb ass child #2: More tentacles from the express lane. I don't know what this person's problem was, but they were trying to rile me up. Braking for no reason, brake checking me, and simply, trying to cause an accident. There wasn't much to do except not allow them to phase me, which they really didn't.
TheGreenPhantom
Titanium Teammate
Wow – that's hardcore. Glad you're here to tell the tale. A buddy of mine recently hit the deck when a truck pulled out in front of him. Luckily he made it out with just a hairline fracture of his kneecap and a slightly messed up bike. Took him a few months of PT and acupuncture to get back to normal.
If it ain’t mass-produced, it ain’t real beer… so-called “microbrews” and “craft beers” are for yuppies and hipsters, who aren’t true Americans… they can take their IPAs (and other made-up beers) and drive their Subarus to Europe, where they all belong
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hugfortysix
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Thank you, it was one of the hardest cores of my life. Kneecap injuries can be pretty hardcore too. I think the mantra should be that if a car , or any vehicle for that matter, is sitting at a junction, be prepared that they probably havent seen you.. Here is a link to a public information advert we had on the tv back in the day. Everyone thought the red stuff at the 24 second point was the guys brains on the side next to his head but i think it's a bit of a tail light lense..Think once, think twice, think bike. Stay safe...
TheGreenPhantom
Titanium Teammate
Well, if you like your beer to taste like water that's had Wheaties soaked in it for an hour, then strained through a woman's sweat sock after yoga class, be my guest.If it ain’t mass-produced, it ain’t real beer… so-called “microbrews” and “craft beers” are for yuppies and hipsters, who aren’t true Americans… they can take their IPAs (and other made-up beers) and drive their Subarus to Europe, where they all belong
That stunt man deserves a pint....
It takes a real man to drink real beer. Why would any American drink a beer that starts with the word, India?! That just doesn’t make senseWell, if you like your beer to taste like water that's had Wheaties soaked in it for an hour, then strained through a woman's sweat sock after yoga class, be my guest.
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One of my favorite things to watch is people weaving in and out of traffic, really trying to get somewhere sooner. I tend to be pretty strategic. In the evaluation of my strategy, one of the biggest factors is traffic density. There's a certain volume that makes it so that no amount of bobbing and weaving provides any real shaving of time.
I got to watch someone do this for 30 miles. I pretty much stayed in the same lane. Despite all their efforts, we got off at the same exit at the same time.
I got to watch someone do this for 30 miles. I pretty much stayed in the same lane. Despite all their efforts, we got off at the same exit at the same time.
Note: driving your car while sitting on top of it is VERY DANGEROUS!!!!. Don't EVER do it (unless you're @The Kraken)!
It was a long damn day, and Kraken fury was roiling. I'm trying to find some damn parking to walk the dogs that had been unfortunately stuck in the house all day.
At a light, car in front of me has a big ass gap between them and the car in front of them, and I want in the left turn lane. This is a one-way street until the intersection that has a left turn lane to turn on the perpendicular one-way street.
I'm trying to squeeze between two cars to get there. On the LEFT.
"Whoa bro, like come on," I hear from my left side. Peeking in my mirror, there's a dumb ass on one of those goofy motorized pay scooters. Guess I almost hit em.
All I could kinda say was shit happens.
What I ought to have asked is why is he not passing and cruising on the RIGHT. This ain't Europe.
I should've grabbed him with a tentacle and tossed his stupid ass to the correct side of the street.
At a light, car in front of me has a big ass gap between them and the car in front of them, and I want in the left turn lane. This is a one-way street until the intersection that has a left turn lane to turn on the perpendicular one-way street.
I'm trying to squeeze between two cars to get there. On the LEFT.
"Whoa bro, like come on," I hear from my left side. Peeking in my mirror, there's a dumb ass on one of those goofy motorized pay scooters. Guess I almost hit em.
All I could kinda say was shit happens.
What I ought to have asked is why is he not passing and cruising on the RIGHT. This ain't Europe.
I should've grabbed him with a tentacle and tossed his stupid ass to the correct side of the street.
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If The Kraken is ever driving on some mountain roads and happens upon some yuppie cyclists on their $5000 road bikes (slowing down the driving speed by 20 miles/hour, on account of the danger involved in passing them around curves), I hope The Kraken can briskly dispose of them in any adjacent creek and leave them there for the mountain lions.
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Entitled motorists gotta act entitled, I suppose.
Try designing some transport infrastructure that ain't entirely car-dependent for a change.
Every single instance of danger and inconvenience in my past 3000km was from the incompetence of other car drivers and not one single more vulnerable road user like cyclists or e-scooter users. The latter only make a nuisance of themselves in areas designated for foot traffic, although tbf we see none of them on the type of roads (motorway/Autobahn) I've been using, while the other roads over here often have a safely separated cycle lane.
I'd love to see a kraken riding a pushbike, with a couple of dogs on tow in the trailer behind, or maybe in a nice cargo e-bike…
Try designing some transport infrastructure that ain't entirely car-dependent for a change.
Every single instance of danger and inconvenience in my past 3000km was from the incompetence of other car drivers and not one single more vulnerable road user like cyclists or e-scooter users. The latter only make a nuisance of themselves in areas designated for foot traffic, although tbf we see none of them on the type of roads (motorway/Autobahn) I've been using, while the other roads over here often have a safely separated cycle lane.
I'd love to see a kraken riding a pushbike, with a couple of dogs on tow in the trailer behind, or maybe in a nice cargo e-bike…
The cyclists in question are not commuting anywhere, but are putting themselves and others in danger, by way of their entitlement to riding their fancy road bikes, for sport, on mountain roads without bike lanes to accommodate them - effectively, slowing down traffic and increasing the danger of driving on said roads when people inevitably pass them by going into the opposite lane to do so.
Just to reiterate, these are not urban or suburban streets that I’m talking about, but mountain roads with lots of curves that you can’t see around. And again, the cyclists are not commuting or going anywhere, but are getting in the way of people who live in the mountains and are using the same roads for commuting/actually going somewhere.
Just to reiterate, these are not urban or suburban streets that I’m talking about, but mountain roads with lots of curves that you can’t see around. And again, the cyclists are not commuting or going anywhere, but are getting in the way of people who live in the mountains and are using the same roads for commuting/actually going somewhere.
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This paragraph starts with an argument that is effectively refuted a few sentences later. As you’ve already implied, it doesn’t make sense to make an argument (every single instance of danger was from other motorists) that doesn’t hold true in other contexts (the roads and circumstances are quite different).
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I just think advocating violence against more vulnerable road users is an untenable position and totally sucks. So what if they're leisure riders?
If you came out with something like that in chat it would mean an instant ban, btw.
If you came out with something like that in chat it would mean an instant ban, btw.
The Attitude said:
There's a theme in this thread. Continental misunderstandings. I think I know what @ommani is talking about. They aren't even leisure riders. They're masochists. Really though, they're mountain riders, and they do kind of get in the way. If you have to drive those roads often I can see how one might get pretty peeved about them because during certain times of year they can be quite numerous. When I find myself in those areas, I more worried about hitting one of them. The roads aren't very wide either, so at the very curvy sections when there are a lot of blind turns, it's riskier to try and get around them (there is no bike lane in the areas I'm referring to).
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Really though, they're mountain riders, and they do kind of get in the way. If you have to drive those roads often I can see how one might get pretty peeved about them because during certain times of year they can be quite numerous. When I find myself in those areas, I more worried about hitting one of them. The roads aren't very wide either, so at the very curvy sections when there are a lot of blind turns, it's riskier to try and get around them (there is no bike lane in the areas I'm referring to).One love
It's a mindset thing. If you know the sport cyclists are likely to be out and about, you'll have to factor in extra journey time or choose a different route.
Otherwise, who's next? Horseriders? The elderly? People with pushchairs?
Kind of ironic for you to be calling anyone else a masochist, btw!
Otherwise, who's next? Horseriders? The elderly? People with pushchairs?
Kind of ironic for you to be calling anyone else a masochist, btw!
None of that matters. You're quite free to slow down and enjoy the view.
