Re: Idiot drivers!

Posted by NC Wayne on September 18, 2004 at 19:35:20 from (152.163.101.9):

In Reply to: Re: Idiot drivers! posted by wdTom on September 18, 2004 at 17:50:29:

Like KB said below, at least slow moving farm equipment is required to have some type of highly visible marking or lights on it to make it stand out. Also most farmers at least have the common courtesy to use hand signals, etc when needed, and to get out of the way when possible if they see they are impeding the "normal flow of traffic". In some states creating an unsafe condition that impedes the normal flow of traffic is a ticketable offense for a vehicle, so why not for a group of bikes blocking the road???? On the bikes I see around here your lucky to see even a reflector, and in most cases, like Davis states the riders are wearing dark gear, etc and are hard enough to see on a good day, much less in the evenings right around dusk when many of them are still out on the road, or even after dark. Like I said not all of the bikers around here fall into the idiot catagory, but the majority of them do, and that's the ones we're bit--ing about....As far as following too close, etc if you have to ask what the problem for us "truckers" is then you obviously have never driven one. Try leaving a safe distance between you and the car in front of you sometime, especially in traffic. If the distance is say 5 car lengths you can guarantee that just about the time you need to stop at least 2 or 3 cars are gonna jump over into that "big open space" simply to get in front of you because your truck is too slow and they are in a hurry to get home. If you try to open the space up some then all that does is invite more cars to jump in and in the end you have less space than if you just automatically followed 2 lengths behind...it's the "big truck/big brakes" syndrome. Trye I have 4 times the brake surface you have, but I have 6 times the weight....you do the math..... Again another .02

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