I nearly killed a biker last night.

05-12-2007, 09:57 AM

So I'm trucking down 435 in the big white truck and I decide to change lanes. I'm well aware of where I am - there aren't any vehicles nearby but I check the mirrors anyway. Yup, nothing there, so I signal and begin my lane change..... check the mirror again.

In my mirror is a motorcycle closing fast. I jerk back into my lane and my mouth drops. In 3 seconds, dude is half a mile ahead of me and gone past a bend at the Grandview Triangle. He must have been doing 160 because he FLEW by me and I was doing 65 or 70.

Had I hit him and splattered him all over Grandview - no guilt. Nothing I could have done. He's just fortunate that I was extra attentive last night.

JBucc · 05-12-2007, 10:00 AM

Bob Dole needs to quit speeding.

**Donger** · 05-12-2007, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

So I'm trucking down 435 in the big white truck and I decide to change lanes. I'm well aware of where I am - there aren't any vehicles nearby but I check the mirrors anyway. Yup, nothing there, so I signal and begin my lane change..... check the mirror again.

In my mirror is a motorcycle closing fast. I jerk back into my lane and my mouth drops. In 3 seconds, dude is half a mile ahead of me and gone past a bend at the Grandview Triangle. He must have been doing 160 because he FLEW by me and I was doing 65 or 70.

Had I hit him and splattered him all over Grandview - no guilt. Nothing I could have done. He's just fortunate that I was extra attentive last night.

Was he wearing a Spandex outfit?

**DaFace** · 05-12-2007, 10:07 AM

He must not've been wearing a helmet. If he had, you wouldn't have been able to give him enough room to go around.

**Lzen** · 05-12-2007, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

He must not've been wearing a helmet. If he had, you wouldn't have been able to give him enough room to go around.

milkman · 05-12-2007, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Was he wearing a Spandex outfit?

No.

But Phil was.

Thig Lyfe · 05-12-2007, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by milkman

No.

But Phil was.

Demonpenz · 05-12-2007, 10:35 AM

Kill biker go to jail

Chiefs Pantalones · 05-12-2007, 10:54 AM

I hate motorcycles.

On the regular highways, I give absolutely no respect to them on the road. I figure if you're dumb enough to ride that death bike, you don't want to live that long.

Hammock Parties · 05-12-2007, 10:56 AM

I saw a guy on a bike pull up BETWEEN two cars in a two-lane road at a stoplight the other day. reerun.

KCinNY · 05-12-2007, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz

Kill biker go to jail

I never understood those bumper stickers.

sedated · 05-12-2007, 11:19 AM

good thing you were drunk, or you wouldn't have been paying so much attention

Deberg_1990 · 05-12-2007, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

Had I hit him and splattered him all over Grandview - no guilt. Nothing I could have done. He's just fortunate that I was extra attentive last night.

Ive had this happen a couple of times to me as well. I agree 100%. If these dumbass's want to go 160 MPH on the freeway and I hit them, no guilt.

pikesome · 05-12-2007, 11:23 AM

While driving to see my grandparents in Louisiana we were coming down an on-ramp to the Interstate when a motorbike comes flying down, past us and off at high speed (guessing 90+). I turned to my oldest who was in the passenger seat and told him that's how you end up seriously hurt, acting stupid on a bike. Not 30 mins later traffic slows down and stops for some reason. We get up to the accident and there is the biker lying face down in the center median, his bike banged up not too far away. By the numbers of emergency people around I'm guessing he was helicopter bound to a trauma ward. Stupid+bike is a bad recipe.

Zebedee DuBois · 05-12-2007, 11:57 AM

I was traveling back from work this morning on I-135 and was passed by a group of 40-60 motorcycles over the course of 8 miles. They were easily traveling 80 mph (20 over the limit) and changing lanes frequently as they weaved through traffic. I thought I was keeping track of them, but I flinched a couple times as a couple zoomed passed me, seemingly coming out of nowhere. If any accidents occured, it would have been totally their fault.

I know the cycle driver deserves the room and respect of any other vehicle on the road....but idiocy deserves none.

05-12-2007, 09:57 AM
Phobia Guest Casino cash: $	I nearly killed a biker last night. So I'm trucking down 435 in the big white truck and I decide to change lanes. I'm well aware of where I am - there aren't any vehicles nearby but I check the mirrors anyway. Yup, nothing there, so I signal and begin my lane change..... check the mirror again. In my mirror is a motorcycle closing fast. I jerk back into my lane and my mouth drops. In 3 seconds, dude is half a mile ahead of me and gone past a bend at the Grandview Triangle. He must have been doing 160 because he FLEW by me and I was doing 65 or 70. Had I hit him and splattered him all over Grandview - no guilt. Nothing I could have done. He's just fortunate that I was extra attentive last night.
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05-12-2007, 10:56 AM	#10
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05-12-2007, 11:23 AM	#14
pikesome PEW PEW Join Date: May 2005 Casino cash: $10004900	While driving to see my grandparents in Louisiana we were coming down an on-ramp to the Interstate when a motorbike comes flying down, past us and off at high speed (guessing 90+). I turned to my oldest who was in the passenger seat and told him that's how you end up seriously hurt, acting stupid on a bike. Not 30 mins later traffic slows down and stops for some reason. We get up to the accident and there is the biker lying face down in the center median, his bike banged up not too far away. By the numbers of emergency people around I'm guessing he was helicopter bound to a trauma ward. Stupid+bike is a bad recipe. __________________ 4. Performance enhancing drugs: A) are my ticket to the Hall of Fame. B) would be better if they tasted like fruit and were shaped like various Flintstones characters. C) are not for me, because I find that cocaine aids my performance much more effectively. D) apparently worked for Rodney Harrison.
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05-12-2007, 11:57 AM	#15
Zebedee DuBois Veteran Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: floating in a tin can Casino cash: $1625199	I was traveling back from work this morning on I-135 and was passed by a group of 40-60 motorcycles over the course of 8 miles. They were easily traveling 80 mph (20 over the limit) and changing lanes frequently as they weaved through traffic. I thought I was keeping track of them, but I flinched a couple times as a couple zoomed passed me, seemingly coming out of nowhere. If any accidents occured, it would have been totally their fault. I know the cycle driver deserves the room and respect of any other vehicle on the road....but idiocy deserves none. __________________ What am I even doing here?
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