Holy wtf!!

[MikeSP1]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

For those people who have knocked off mirrors...have you considered the damage they may cause other drivers on the road who are doing nothing wrong and just driving down the road? Not judging - just asking?

I can imagine it would feel good to damage the car of some asshole endangering your life....but what if the mirror bounces and nails some other driver's windsheild? Or dents the fender or hood of their car? Of if some other vehicle ends up driving over it or they try to swerve to avoid driving over it and possibly cause an accident? Just wondering out loud.

If I knock your mirror off, I'm not too worried about damaging you car. And there's shit in the road all the time like tire carcasses from 18 wheelers, 2x4s that fell out of someones pickup, nails, screws, sparkplugs. I've seem all of these. A mirror is just one more thing to add to the list of shit on the roads.

I don't have a problem with someone legitmately (sp?) passing me, but I do have a problem with someone passing me illegally and/or presenting a danger to me, like in Lucky's original post

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by MikeSP1

If I knock your mirror off, I'm not too worried about damaging you car. And there's shit in the road all the time like tire carcasses from 18 wheelers, 2x4s that fell out of someones pickup, nails, screws, sparkplugs. I've seem all of these. A mirror is just one more thing to add to the list of shit on the roads.

I don't have a problem with someone legitmately (sp?) passing me, but I do have a problem with someone passing me illegally and/or presenting a danger to me, like in Lucky's original post

I'm not talking about damaging the car that the mirror was knocked off of....I'm talking about the other motorists sharing the road with you and the asshole that you knocked the mirror off of.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

For those people who have knocked off mirrors...have you considered the damage they may cause other drivers on the road who are doing nothing wrong and just driving down the road? Not judging - just asking?

I can imagine it would feel good to damage the car of some asshole endangering your life....but what if the mirror bounces and nails some other driver's windsheild? Or dents the fender or hood of their car? Of if some other vehicle ends up driving over it or they try to swerve to avoid driving over it and possibly cause an accident? Just wondering out loud.

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[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

I'm not talking about damaging the car that the mirror was knocked off of....I'm talking about the other motorists sharing the road with you and the asshole that you knocked the mirror off of.

Typically they don't come off. YOu will either just break the mirror itself, it could come off and hang by the wire (which is even better cause its not scratchin their door too), or on allot of trucks/suvs, they will just fold (which I hate but it still sends the message).

I have also kicked at a door and a tail light. Got to watch kicking though... I kicked a construction barrel once in PA on while doin about 25 on the 9R and damn near knocked myself right off the bike.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Typically they don't come off. YOu will either just break the mirror itself, it could come off and hang by the wire (which is even better cause its not scratchin their door too), or on allot of trucks/suvs, they will just fold (which I hate but it still sends the message).

I have also kicked at a door and a tail light. Got to watch kicking though... I kicked a construction barrel once in PA on while doin about 25 on the 9R and damn near knocked myself right off the bike.

Good point - didn't think about the wiring harness for the motors.

[the chi]

I'd always wondered myself how people managed to knock mirrors loose...with my luck, I'd knock myself off the darn bike...

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Typically they don't come off. YOu will either just break the mirror itself, it could come off and hang by the wire (which is even better cause its not scratchin their door too), or on allot of trucks/suvs, they will just fold (which I hate but it still sends the message).

I have also kicked at a door and a tail light. Got to watch kicking though... I kicked a construction barrel once in PA on while doin about 25 on the 9R and damn near knocked myself right off the bike.

Ok, wrong to giggle, but I can just see you and the barrel...Barrel = 1, Chris = 0

[Kaneman]

Lee, the wiring harness held the mirror on....but that was definitely not in my train of thought at the time.

However, fear of damaging an innocent person's car is why I don't throw ball bearings. The last time I did it a few years ago one of the bearings clearly bounced off the windshield and landed behind the offending vehicle. Didn't hurt anyone's car, but only because I was lucky enough there was nobody back there.

My new bike isn't really fast enough to guarantee I can outrun every car on the road so I have to be a bit more timid.
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[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

....but that was definitely not in my train of thought at the time.

Completely understandable, in the heat of the moment.

[Papa_Complex]

Arguing with a 4-wheeler is something that you'll never win. I find that a cell phone gives satisfaction, though it may be of the delayed sort.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Arguing with a 4-wheeler is something that you'll never win. I find that a cell phone gives satisfaction, though it may be of the delayed sort.

Completely disagree.

1.) I've never lost an "argument" with any cage I've decided needed a shiny new dent or to donate a mirror to the highway department. Always have an escape route.

2.) Don't believe in calling the police. Completely pointless and a waste of my minutes.
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