Driving habits of rural folk

[5030]

Side note, today, taking a backpack blower in to my local shop, coming back home, some idiot drove past me on a double line road back home in the rain. I was doing the speed limit. Very rural road.

If a bike was coming fast in the other direction (double line road, no expectations that some idiot would be passing coming the other way), good chance there could be an accident and the biker would end up on the short end of the stick).

Perhaps as we get older we see all the idiots we use to be when we were younger, I'm not certain.

Maybe the person had to take a leak real bad and didn't want to wet his seat or maybe pooped their pants... That sort of stuff can add breakneck speed to anyone's driving.

 

[fried1765]

Very well said and I couldn't agree more.

However, that is only our opinion. People who choose otherwise should have that right to do so.

My one 16 year old had talked about getting a bike. Both my wife and I can try to convince him otherwise, but when he becomes an adult and is out on his own, the reality is it comes down to his decision. Keep in mind, this is the same kid who thinks 4 wheel drive will get you out of anything if you get the Kubota stuck.

I told all three of my children "no one rides, or owns a bike, while they live in this house, or while I am paying the bills".
As I kinda expected, one (19) decided to test me.
Coming home early from a work trip, I discovered a bike in the garage.
I said, I am going on another trip tomorrow; If that bike is still here when I get back, I will bury it.
Never saw the bike again!

 

[Molalla1]

Once in my younger days I was running about 10 over and a hi way patrolman stopped me, As we were talking a sports car went by doing close to 80 or 90 in the 55 mph zone and I asked "What about him?". The cop, an older guy, looked toward the speeding car and asked me, "You ever go fishing?" I answered sure, he asked " You ever catch them all?" I got the message . He only gave me a written warning and I've never forgotten his answer.

:thumbsup: . . .

 

[lman]

Here's the problem with making heroin/meth legal. I was a cop/detective for 30 years. I recall arresting a male/female for armed robbery of a gas station. when I questioned them about why they did it and where the money was, they said that they were heroin addicts and had used all of the money to purchase and consume heroin. Many burglaries and shopliftings also are committed by drug addicts to support their habit.
I ride a motorcycle and would not say I'm addicted to it and I don't committ felonies to support my habit.

 

[Sigarms]

Maybe the person had to take a leak real bad and didn't want to wet his seat or maybe pooped their pants... That sort of stuff can add breakneck speed to anyone's driving.

ANYONE with common sense knows that if you need to pee that bad, you pull over on the side of the road (safely of course) and do a right front tire safety check kneeling down or yet another reason to have a large empy Gatorade bottle laying around in the car:thumbsup:

As far as pooping, my one (pre teen at the time) use to drive me up the wall with that. Leave the house driving and 5 minitues later he tells me he has to take a #2 Think we finally got through to him about planning to use the bathroom BEFORE we leave as I don't remember him having that problem for some time now (particularly since he wants his driving hours in). As for adults having that issue on a short drive, no clue what the solution is.

 

[JethroB]

The comments about Jeeps and primitive vehicles got me thinking. My first car 40+ years ago was a 1954 Willys soft top jeep (which I still have.) I would say the only standard factory safety features it has is the single left tail light and the horn. Mirrors, rear bumperettes, turn signals, and even the passenger seat were options. Brake design and effectiveness was likely an afterthought. A top speed of maybe 55 mph probably saved my young & dumb life a few times. A good many farming options were also available:

 

[turnkey4099]

I don't disagree with anything you said and agree with you wholeheartedly. "You are invisible" was said to me more than once when I started riding and I took it as an exaggeration. I learned otherwise" I couldn't of said it better and that is exactly why I stopped riding bikes, and that was at a young age.

That said, for better or worse, that is only our opinion. I personally knew people killed riding, also knew people who did things much more dangerous who were killed doing what they loved doing. Thing is, for better our worse, that choice is left to the person to make themselves.

There are people in this world who sincerely believe guns are dangerous and you run a much higher risk of death if you own them. I'm not trying to make this political, only point out that although I may agree with you about riding bikes on the road, I would disagree with those who have those opinions that guns increase the chances of your own demise, and that they are all only opinions.

Heck, I can't believe how many kids ride ATV's without helmets or I see adults with kids on ATV's without helmets. Should I stop and tell them they're crazy for riding without riding helmets? (of course I don't say anything to anyone riding a ATV without a helmet). Thing is, it's their choice (although illegal if riding an ATV on public land without a helmet in NC).

I got my first exerience early on. Stationed in Syracuse NY 1960 something. Never had a bike, decided to buy one. Honda 160. Paid for it, hopped on at the dealer, right turn onto a 4-lane street downtown, Stoplight at next intersection 1/2 block down. I am in the right lane, car in lane left of me, both of us stopped aat the red light, I am turning right and assume he is going straight. While sitting there right alongside him, and he has the passenger side window down, I am 'sorta' jazzing the throttle. Lipght turns green I turn right AND SO DOES HE RIGHT INTO MY LANE ALSONGSIDE ME. I booted his door (hope I put a big dent in it) and somehow avoided going down. Total ride was a big half block before the encounter - my first time on a bike.

 

[Sigarms]

I got my first exerience early on. Stationed in Syracuse NY 1960 something. Never had a bike, decided to buy one. Honda 160. Paid for it, hopped on at the dealer, right turn onto a 4-lane street downtown, Stoplight at next intersection 1/2 block down. I am in the right lane, car in lane left of me, both of us stopped aat the red light, I am turning right and assume he is going straight. While sitting there right alongside him, and he has the passenger side window down, I am 'sorta' jazzing the throttle. Lipght turns green I turn right AND SO DOES HE RIGHT INTO MY LANE ALSONGSIDE ME. I booted his door (hope I put a big dent in it) and somehow avoided going down. Total ride was a big half block before the encounter - my first time on a bike.

You're definitely older than me as Griffiss was closed when I moved back to NY.

Living both in Syracuse and Watertown, that area wouldn't be my first place to choose to ride a bike for the first time, being you may have a good 5 months out of the year to do so Too much winter...

 

[strantor]

Here's the problem with making heroin/meth legal. I was a cop/detective for 30 years. I recall arresting a male/female for armed robbery of a gas station. when I questioned them about why they did it and where the money was, they said that they were heroin addicts and had used all of the money to purchase and consume heroin. Many burglaries and shopliftings also are committed by drug addicts to support their habit.
I ride a motorcycle and would not say I'm addicted to it and I don't committ felonies to support my habit.

I'm sure you know a lot more about criminals and illegal drug addicts than I do, so I'm curious what you think about my theory below:

Since illegal drugs are illegal, any illegal drug addicts are criminals by definition. I would suspect that anyone willing to habitually break the law long enough to develop a serious illegal drug addiction, is more likely than the average person to commit a felony even if there were no drugs involved. I don't deny that the drugs play a part, but I suspect that the felonies have more to do with the character of the individual than they do with the drugs. In other words, they aren't felons because they're illegal drug addicts; they're illegal drug addicts and felons because they're poor quality specimens of our species.

According to the first Google result in my search, Heroin is the most addictive substance in society today, followed by alcohol at #2 and tobacco at #5. How often do people rob stores to buy booze and smokes? And if that was their excuse would you attribute the crime to the addictive nature of booze and smokes or would you attribute it to the poor moral character of the criminal who committed the act?

I suspect the vast majority of beer and cigarette addicts go their whole lives without ever stealing to feed their habit. They are substance addicts and that doesn't cause them to commit crimes. Their addictions are legal.

 

[Peter 315]

I told all three of my children "no one rides, or owns a bike, while they live in this house, or while I am paying the bills".
As I kinda expected, one (19) decided to test me.
Coming home early from a work trip, I discovered a bike in the garage.
I said, I am going on another trip tomorrow; If that bike is still here when I get back, I will bury it.
Never saw the bike again!

HaHa I went to the gun range and rode my Harley today and still alive, Now If I can make it thru dinner with the wife I will be doing good,LOL..............