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Do not text and ride - furious_blue_imp - 08-02-2015
PSA
I almost can't believe that this even needs to be said.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/07/30/texting-motorcyclist-dies-after--65-crash/30917917/
RE: Do not text and ride - redbirds_imp - 08-02-2015
Yes, a very poor idea as shown by this incredibly lucky idiot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJP-XhY_SCw
RE: Do not text and ride - Henrik_imp - 08-02-2015
(08-02-2015, 05:35 AM)furious_blue_imp Wrote: PSA
I almost can't believe that this even needs to be said.
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/07/30/texting-motorcyclist-dies-after--65-crash/30917917/
That's a proper Darwin award contender. No helmet, and texting while riding a motorcycle.
RE: Do not text and ride - furious_blue_imp - 08-02-2015
(08-02-2015, 05:50 AM)redbirds_imp Wrote: Yes, a very poor idea as shown by this incredibly lucky idiot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJP-XhY_SCw
Man, if I live in a place where people just tailgate so routinely as in that video, I think I'd give up motorcycle road riding.
RE: Do not text and ride - Pterodactyl_imp - 08-02-2015
Texting while riding? Lunacy. On long runs I absolutely refuse to put down my Kindle to respond to SMS messages.
Cheers
RE: Do not text and ride - emptysea - 08-02-2015
We don't really know, at least as of my last perusal of the news, what this guy was doing. Maybe he was checking his GPS. The take away is this: pay attention to your ride and pull over if you need to check ANY device.
Oh.. And wear a freakin helmet!!!
RE: Do not text and ride - Cormanus - 08-04-2015
What's wrong with you blokes? The only time I read the forum is when I'm riding the bike. Indeed,maps I write this the speedo says 125 kph as I hurtle somewhere or other. Any fool can read, p
RE: Do not text and ride - flynrider - 08-05-2015
(08-04-2015, 08:49 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: What's wrong with you blokes? The only time I read the forum is when I'm riding the bike. Indeed,maps I write this the speedo says 125 kph as I hurtle somewhere or other. Any fool can read, p
Exactly! It seemed clear by the name that this is the CB1100 forum. It's not the couch forum or the lounge chair forum. Where else would you post from?
RE: Do not text and ride - ZenBiker_imp - 08-08-2015
(08-04-2015, 08:49 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: What's wrong with you blokes? The only time I read the forum is when I'm riding the bike. Indeed,maps I write this the speedo says 125 kph as I hurtle somewhere or other. Any fool can read, p
You jest (I think), but the first time I saw a blatant example of distracted driving involved reading.
I was in in Montgomery, AL, in 1999 driving my '71 Stingray. As I pulled alongside a blue Dodge Caravan, I noticed the driver's head was down. I thought he was falling asleep at the wheel and I was about to blow my horn...when I saw him turn a page in the book he was reading. We were doing 65 mph on I-85 at the time.
I accelerated briskly and got the hell out of there.
RE: Do not text and ride - GoldOxide_imp - 12-27-2018
Yeah, I can barely text with two feet on ground and no gloves on. I can't imagine one of ours with gloves on.
Leave that stuff in the circus and keep families safe on the road.