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Old 01-26-2009, 11:14 PM   #11
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When you don't bother to look, you never see.
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Old 01-26-2009, 11:15 PM   #12
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I still think every person that gets a DL should have to go through the MSF.
I've said it before and I'll say it again... The first license that should be issued to ANYONE is a motorcycle permit... mandatory 250cc for the first two years of being licensed. I think would improve driver skill and motorcycle awareness by leaps and bounds.
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Old 01-26-2009, 11:16 PM   #13
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When you don't bother to look, you never see.
Well, truth be told... even sometimes when you look, you don't see. It's happened to me before, but the difference is I was paying attention so I was able to not fucking run anyone down.
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Old 01-26-2009, 11:18 PM   #14
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Well, truth be told... even sometimes when you look, you don't see. It's happened to me before, but the difference is I was paying attention so I was able to not fucking run anyone down.
I've lost count of the number of times that I've been right along side a driver's window and he hasn't bothered to look beside him, before almost driving me into a guardrail. While I agree that sometimes you can look and still not see, far too many people no longer even bother to look.
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Old 01-26-2009, 11:22 PM   #15
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I've said it before and I'll say it again... The first license that should be issued to ANYONE is a motorcycle permit... mandatory 250cc for the first two years of being licensed. I think would improve driver skill and motorcycle awareness by leaps and bounds.
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Old 01-26-2009, 11:23 PM   #16
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I've lost count of the number of times that I've been right along side a driver's window and he hasn't bothered to look beside him, before almost driving me into a guardrail. While I agree that sometimes you can look and still not see, far too many people no longer even bother to look.
Again though... I think the fact that I look is driven a lot by my motorcycle experience... I've put a boot into a couple inattentive driver's doors...
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Old 01-26-2009, 11:26 PM   #17
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Well, truth be told... even sometimes when you look, you don't see. It's happened to me before, but the difference is I was paying attention so I was able to not fucking run anyone down.
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I've lost count of the number of times that I've been right along side a driver's window and he hasn't bothered to look beside him, before almost driving me into a guardrail. While I agree that sometimes you can look and still not see, far too many people no longer even bother to look.
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Again though... I think the fact that I look is driven a lot by my motorcycle experience... I've put a boot into a couple inattentive driver's doors...

very true... I see motorcycles everywhere because I look for them...

I started thinking about something about a year ago... when I noticed that there were far more motorcycles on the road than I thought... I started to wonder if the motorcycle traffic had really increased... or (more likely) I was only seeing them because I was looking for them. kinda bugs me because i wonder if I ever was that moron who cut off a bike... I don't think I ever was... but no way to know for sure
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Again though... I think the fact that I look is driven a lot by my motorcycle experience... I've put a boot into a couple inattentive driver's doors...
I posted that story not too long ago, when i was driving behind my friend in my cage and the fucking woman almost ran into him twice without knowing. Once she almost pushed him into a concrete dividor before he slammed on her driver side window to get her attention. She had the audacity to roll down her window and flick HIM off..... I dont use this word often, but what a cunt.
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Old 01-27-2009, 02:28 AM   #19
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Yeah this was a few months back...He was "testing tires" meaning he was prolly haulin ass up in the Crest. lol Nontheless, people make illegal U-turns on the mountains all the time instead of using the turnouts.

Does anyone have an update on the boy?
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