Do not text and ride

[furious_blue_imp]

PSA

I almost can't believe that this even needs to be said.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/.../30917917/

[redbirds_imp]

Yes, a very poor idea as shown by this incredibly lucky idiot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJP-XhY_SCw

[Henrik_imp]

PSA

I almost can't believe that this even needs to be said.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/.../30917917/

That's a proper Darwin award contender. No helmet, and texting while riding a motorcycle.

[furious_blue_imp]

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.

[Pterodactyl_imp]

Texting while riding? Lunacy. On long runs I absolutely refuse to put down my Kindle to respond to SMS messages.

Cheers

[emptysea]

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!!!

[Cormanus]

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

[flynrider]

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?

[ZenBiker_imp]

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.

[GoldOxide_imp]

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.