I'm going to jail

Discussion in 'The Roadie Hangout' started by Pain Freak, Sep 9, 2009.

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  1. DownHillPhil

    DownHillPhil Team Rider

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    Mike,

    Helmet cam will be your best friend in this case. Start recording your rides, nothing better than wet sloppy video evidence.
     
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  2. UR2KLOS

    UR2KLOS Senior Member

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    EUREKA. Your post gave me the perfect solution to this problem. Wear bike jerseys promoting NASCAR, chewing tobacco, TapOUT, Budweiser, etc. (I hope I didn't offend anyone here.)
     
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  3. ladera Dave

    ladera Dave New Member

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    Ride the dirt it is Safer
     
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    DISCO Banned

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    Works for me, the "tapout" ghettoflage anyway, now I just need a soccer jersey for my ride through east L.A.
     
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  5. JoeTruth

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    I completely agree! Mike, you should call the TLG posse out of retirement and have them be your wing men while riding the 909. Ah, the good ol' days! ;)

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    With that said.. I give up on the human race..

    Which reminds me, time to go to Walmart and horde some .45 ACPs.


     
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  7. vlad

    vlad Montrose Bike Shop

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    Great interval training. Catch-up with the car that buzzes you.

    Maybe the day will come when drivers start fearing riders: "..Oooh I better watch out or that cyclist will kick my a$$..."

    Seriously though, read liscence plates and report anything that endangers other fellow riders...
     
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  8. Salter77

    Salter77 OMGWAFJ...

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    I've actually been hit by a car on my old 24" DK Cruiser in college while riding to work. She made me a hood ornament on her Chevy Celebrity station wagon and killed my bike. I mule kicked a guy in a honda civics door at an intersection for honking at me and damn near hitting me sometime later. People are in a hurry no matter what kind of bike your riding. I think roadies get it worse because of the outfits, thats just the way it goes. Worse comes to worse unclamp your seat post and use it as a weapon! ;)
     
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  9. dgaspar

    dgaspar I like to burn things

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    If you can catch up to the car, a knife through the right side tires works well. I'm just sayin'...

    (ETA: This is not legal advice.)
     
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  10. NRamzi

    NRamzi Software Archaeologist

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    I'm a law student and not a lawyer. That disclaimer out of the way, get the license plate, get a good look at both people in the car. See if you can't get the driver as an accessory to assault and battery, he'll probably be willing to give up his buddy.
     
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  11. Shu

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    I'm just sayin....

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  12. JOx2

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    Paint stripper on one of your bottles and squirt the hell out of it on their vehicle, then a few days later, voila! they'll be surprised!
     
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    Get license plate numbers and call 911. They will respond. Best if you have a fellow rider with you as a witness. I almost got ran off the road by a drunk on PCH. I called 911 told them they asked for location as I continued (yes, cell in hand while riding :( and the dip$hit rearended a car at 9th street so I let the dispatcher know that he had now stopped and was trying to remove his grille from the rear bumper of the Explorer at the light. (The @$$munch was cheering me with his styrofoam coffee cup as he was veering into me and the construction at Main and PCH! ) RIDE DEFENSIVELY! THEN THROW POO! Like a monkey!!!
     
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  14. panteratwork

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    Joe not trying to be racist but they where just that.Really. and I mean no offense to any one so i hope no one takes it the wrong way! i aint got nothing against any one except for the bike dealer who Jipped me 4G's!
     
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  15. northshore

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    I had to chime in. I've been to Europe a bunch and the mentality of the drivers there is, "It's just how it is". If anyone has been there...driving is just nuts. People cutting each other off, speeding, etc but it's a part of their life. People are just trying to get to where they are going and it's nothing personal. I would think this holds true in N.Y. as well. Generally drivers in CA and especially O.C. are just too uptight. Everything is offensive to them. It's the whole, "I'm in my car and you are in a lane that I own" thought process. Honestly, it's never going to change unless you decide to move elsewhere. I can recall countless incidents I've been involved in and I'm not even a roadie. Case in point, riding down Portoloa after a Whiting loop.
     
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  16. hiyou

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    BEST LINE EVEEEEEEERRRRR!!!! AFTER BFLOWS " I TOOK IT IN THE BUTT"

    haa
     
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  17. stinky180

    stinky180 Will make it Reign....

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    keep a used spark plug with you and toss that at their window. friggin pansys
     
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  18. protijy

    protijy Bean Town Bonehead

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    things I've been hit by in the past year.

    half eaten bananna
    half emtpy pepsi can
    spit
    cigarette
     
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  19. Abui

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    It's always reassuring to have your prejudices reaffirmed isn't it?

    Zwarte Cross 2008, europe has rednecks too

    From the Netherlands ...
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  20. Ladd Jasper

    Ladd Jasper Full speed, half blind

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    Just brainstorming here:


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    Concealable, deniable...dare I say perfect? :-k :lol:
     
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