Posted by NCWayne on April 07, 2011 at 13:16:28 from (166.82.187.163):
In Reply to: Road Use posted by lgc on April 07, 2011 at 04:51:00:
Asking a driver to show patience and understanding is one thing, asking those on the horses or bikes to show a little common sense is another. I can't ever recall having anyone riding a horse cause any type of traffic problems but the bikes are a different story. With thousands of miles of non-main roads to ride on these idiots choose heavily travelled roads that, around here anyway, are often filled with blind curves. Now I'll ask you when you go around a curve at the speed limit of say 45 MPH and run up on a bike in the middle of your lane running closer to 10 MPH, it makes no difference who pays a road use tax or anything else.....The individual on the bike is going to lose the battle.
I've got a buddy that was legally hauling a D8 (oversized load) some years back. Just as he got over the crest of a hill abd started the long downhill run he noticed a bike riding on the edge of the road. Knowing there was no way he could stop before overtaking the bike he blew his horn to give the biker notice to move out of the road. Instead the idiot moved further into the road. As a result my buddy had to move into the other lane in an attempt to avoid hitting the idiot. As he was going past the bike he became aware of a car coming around the curve at the bottom of the hill. Now he had a choice, hit the idiot on the bike or head on the people in the car. He chose to move back into his own lane. As a result the biker was thrown off balance and hit the edge of the road tumbling. The bikers lawyer tried every trick under the sun to get my buddy charged with something with no success as the biker paid no road use tax for the vehicle, had no slow moving vehicle placard attached, was creating a road hazard by moving so far under the posted limit, and had intentionally moved further into the lane when being overtaken creating turning an already hazardous situation into one that was even more hazardous.
Some years back I had a bike pull out in front of me while headed downhill in a 30,000 lb plus truck....Fortunately I was able to swerve and avoid him. Had I not had that opportunity though it may not have been my fault for doing so, feeling the thump as the body went under the tires and killing the idiot would have been on my conscience the rest of my life.....
Like you say, patience is great, but it's very, very hard to come by when the biker/rider/whatever showes absolutely no common sense when riding around in traffic with vehicles that will kill them. I was taught as a child not to play in traffic....with thousands of miles of housing developments, etc to ride their bikes in, what exactly are these idiots thinking when they get out there playing?????
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