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[killa Cali Kid]

[roadkillross]

wow way to run into that not parked car

[LBmtb]

What are you talking about? That guy is a genius!

looks like his helmet was in the backseat...that guy is so Xtreme.

[UseItOrLooseIt]

\m/ yay darwin

[Keith B]

LMAO! Serious case of enthusiasm defeating intelligence!

[Pain Freak]

Soon to be internet famous....I hear Darwin calling.

[PHAT TIRE]

New bike $6000 + Video Camera $500 - $800 Save on Helmet and Leathers + Hospital Bill $5000= Look on my friends face in the rearview mirror. Priceless. Idiot.

[gurp13]

Oh man, I love watching dudes like that crash their bikes. Morons. There were four guys on their crotch rockets popping wheelies down Baseline in front of me yesterday as I drove my family in the mini-van and I kept praying for a crash. Guys like that deserve it.

[UseItOrLooseIt]

Originally Posted by gurp13

Oh man, I love watching dudes like that crash their bikes. Morons. There were four guys on their crotch rockets popping wheelies down Baseline in front of me yesterday as I drove my family in the mini-van and I kept praying for a crash. Guys like that deserve it.

For popping wheelies?!?! Don't you think you're being a little too harsh there, man? Motorcycle crashes aren't fun little scratches. They kill people.

[jfromlv]

Originally Posted by UseItOrLooseIt

For popping wheelies?!?! Don't you think you're being a little too harsh there, man? Motorcycle crashes aren't fun little scratches. They kill people.

That's why they should pop their wheelies on a closed course, not on public streets where they endanger the lives of others, beside themselves.

[kevinator]

Originally Posted by UseItOrLooseIt

For popping wheelies?!?! Don't you think you're being a little too harsh there, man? Motorcycle crashes aren't fun little scratches. They kill people.

That is pretty f*ed up. I ride motorcycles too but I'd MUCH rather see some idiot put their $50k SUV into a wall trying to cut someone else off.

[gurp13]

Originally Posted by jfromlv

That's why they should pop their wheelies on a closed course, not on public streets where they endanger the lives of others, beside themselves.

Exactly. I'm on a public street with my family in the car. There's a reason it's illegal to drive like they were. It's unsafe. If they crash there's a potential that they could cause more damage to just themselves. I have nothing against motorcyclists. But, I think if you want to race or pull stunts then you need to get off the streets. If you're so self-centered that you can't imagine your behavior might affect others then I think you should pay as steep a "fine" as possible. Same as me on my bike. If I ride out of control or unsafely then I deserve what I get.

Sorry, I have no sympathy for people who are too stupid to figure it out on their own and too hardheaded to listen to others who know better. Popping wheelies isn't the part that bothered me. It's that they were doing it on Baseline Road, in traffic, at 2pm in the afternoon. So, yeah, for that, I'm pretty comfortable thinking it's appropriate they should suffer pretty harshly. Those kind of people never learn any other way. You think if I pulled along side and told they were driving unsafely that they'd listen? However, I bet if they peeled back their skin to the muscle, broke some major bones and had scars to remember their idiocy they might make some lifestyle changes. In a perfect world they would have lost control of their bikes, skidded completely off the road and wrapped themselves around a tree or telephone pole. Something tells me that they'd ride a lot more safely in the future, if at all. Nobody would have to tell them. They'd have it all figured out. I feel good about that.

Originally Posted by kevinator

That is pretty f*ed up. I ride motorcycles too but I'd MUCH rather see some idiot put their $50k SUV into a wall trying to cut someone else off.

Well, like I said. Anyone that drives unsafely should get what they deserve. In a perfect world, said SUV driver would roll his car off the embankment and suffer horribly. It pisses me off that people treat these gigantic three-ton metal monsters like toys. Cars and motorcycles are not toys. I used to drive like an as*hole too. I have since matured, fortunately. But, now, it's not me I worry about. It's the tools that ride my ass in the carpool lane when I'm already going 85mph. (It's not the f&%$ing autobahn lane, people, it's the carpool lane). It's the numbskull in the sportscar that's racing the idiot in the Mugen-powered import on the freeway going in out of traffic as if we were orange cones. People like that are dangerous to all of us. It's not fun and it's not amusing. It's the reason medical and insurance costs are so high. As a taxpayer and a father, I wish everybody like that would do us all a favor and throw a belt over the shower rod and swing. At least that way they'd only be hurting themselves.

[Pain Freak]

Were you referring to our ride home last week? It's true I was doing 80 and had a guy hugging my rear end.

I too get a little upset when I see these guys endangering themselves and others. I've stopped a few times to render aid after some horrific crashes and the memories never fade much.

[UseItOrLooseIt]

...yea

[gurp13]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

Were you referring to our ride home last week? It's true I was doing 80 and had a guy hugging my rear end.

No, but see? It happens all the freaking time!

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

I too get a little upset when I see these guys endangering themselves and others. I've stopped a few times to render aid after some horrific crashes and the memories never fade much.

I'm lucky, I've never been in that situation. And, in a really perfect world, people would take a moment to realize that cars are incredibly dangerous. I mean, people die in them so often that it's not even noteworthy. How many people died on the roads today? It wasn't even on the news because it's just not that big of a deal.

So, do I really want people to be horribly maimed in accidents? No. But, I do think that's what it takes for some people to learn.

[Skeeter]

Originally Posted by gurp13

It's the numbskull in the sportscar that's racing the idiot in the Mugen-powered import on the freeway going in out of traffic as if we were orange cones. It's the reason medical and insurance costs are so high.

The medical and insurance costs are more the result of "uninsured residents" and "fraudulent claims" then the guy driving the expensive sportscar

[gurp13]

Originally Posted by RSMLA

The medical and insurance costs are more the result of "uninsured residents" and "fraudulent claims" then the guy driving the expensive sportscar

Well, it's *A* reason, though. Right?

Hey, I'm just an English teacher. As I frequently tell my students... If I'm talking about how to write, or how to read, or how to analyze a poem, or literary analysis, or grammar... then I'm an expert and you should take my word for it. But, if I'm talking about practically anything else then I'm just some guy who's probably full of it. Keep that in mind.

[killa Cali Kid]

Originally Posted by gurp13

Hey, I'm just an English teacher. As I frequently tell my students... If I'm talking about how to write, or how to read, or how to analyze a poem, or literary analysis, or grammar... then I'm an expert

[FONT=Arial]okay, so analyze this my man -[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]There once was dude named gurp[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]When mtn biking, his camelback he would slurp[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Then one day he bought a road bike[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]This the bubbs did not like[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]And his trail access they did usurp [/FONT]

just playing bud

[kevinator]

"Well, like I said. Anyone that drives unsafely should get what they deserve. In a perfect world, said SUV driver would roll his car off the embankment and suffer horribly. It pisses me off that people treat these gigantic three-ton metal monsters like toys."

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Puttin' on the makeup:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister...le_1322892.php