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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Why's a Lamborghini going 90 on the freeway any worse than a Civic?
'Supercar' don't mean shit apart from Rice has more money than you do.
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Supercar means a lot other than Rice having more money than I do.
A Lambo racing another super car doing 90+ on a crowded freeway is vastly different from a Civic doing 85 on an open highway.
You can't go from 60 to 100 in 2 seconds in a Civic. There is a reason you don't see Honda Civics competing against Supercars in any race ever.
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Oh, and now we're going to go with "Almost half an ounce of weed" in some attempt to create a scare quote? FFS, someone left an oversized joint in the cushions. Yes, that's FIRMLY 'in the margins'.
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Was it a scare quote or was it a response to your "working the margins" comment? Half an ounce isn't "an oversized joint". Hell, it isn't even an oversized blunt. Also, in Texas, it shouldn't have been in the car at all.
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The difference between your example -- using a shoulder to pass in a motorcycle -- and 'a 6 car pileup' is a matter of execution and not sound decision-making. If anything, the motorcycle is far more dangerous to the rider than the incident with Rice.
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Incorrect. I have ridden on the shoulder because of a pileup specifically because it was safer to both me and the motorcycle (air cooled). I've watched enough videos of people driving full speed into stopped traffic to know that isn't where I want to be while on a motorcycle.
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It emphasizes my point precisely. People attempt that pass on the shoulder with some regularity and a great deal many of them fail to execute it. Some die for their efforts.
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You missed the point. Completely. I'm not riding on the shoulder because I think it is cool to pass people that are stopped on a motorway. I'm not doing it to "stunt". I'm riding on the shoulder because I don't want to get splatted by someone not expecting stopped traffic on a highway. I'm riding on the shoulder because the bike will overheat if I stay there.
/actual real life example from my 5k mile ride a few years ago
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The decisionmaking process there isn't any better. Only the outcome. And you want to have it both ways - harping on what might have been in Rice's case and ignoring it in the instance of the motorcycle on the shoulder.
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Yeah... it is. There was thought put into my action before taking it. A cautious weighing of circumstances, possibilities, and possible results/consequences.