How do you react when you see people talking on their phone or texting whilst driving

[Luckylegs]

It must be challenging riding a sports bike with the weight of the world on your shoulders like that.

Surely you meant wrists

[Madness]

Surely you meant wrists

Nope. Shoulders.

[FJRider]

Next generation phone will text the next speed camera you go past and tell it to ticket you for using it moving faster than 30kph. TAX..

Nope .... the GPS app will have already have sent the information to the cops.


Shortly after ... you will have mail ...

[Luckylegs]

Nope. Shoulders.

But Its a sprotsbike the weights always on the wrists

[Madness]

But Its a sprotsbike its always the wrists

The weight of the world likely remains on his shoulders long after dismounting.

[FJRider]

... what do you all do when you see these kind of idiots

Give them a ring (if their number is on their vehicle) and tell them off ... but I usually have to leave a message ...

[Luckylegs]

The weight of the world likely remains on his shoulders long after dismounting.

Ah, gotcha

[Berries]

Question? What kind of person would associate the many with the actions of one?

It depends on how many times they have had a tap on the window, unintelligible muffled shouting from someone in a helmet or their mirror kicked off when they have simply failed to comply with some law that the rider thinks was important to them at that particular time, or they made a mistake. You know, perhaps they were *555'ing some drunk who was all over the road and was in fact saving your life although you did not know it?

On the rare occasion I am on four wheels I will answer my phone if it rings and if I assess the risk as being low. I will also exceed the speed limit daily if I assess the risk as being low. In both cases risk means the chance of crashing and the chance of getting caught. If I get caught then I expect to put up with a lecture from the fuzz, but not from some dogooder, they can talk to the hand.

So in answer to your question, yes, definitely.

[awayatc]

The other day.....
driver turning into one way,
me doing same thing from opposite side of intersection...
driver turning unfaltering into wrong lane for starters,
more annoyingly I was in that very lane one bike...
driver was studying crotch....

Is one supposed not to react to that....?
If so, then I failed completely....

[Tazz]

Is one supposed not to react to that....?
If so, then I failed completely....

You studied it too then?
Did you give her the all clear or refer to a healthcare professional?

[f2dz]

and what do you base that on?

given how frequently i do "apparently dangerous" illegal shit... like, you know, travelling at speeds in excess of the posted limit, or, in this case, calling/texting cunts (frequency= fucken frequently) VS times i've run a motorcyclist off the cunting road(or crashed into anything at all whilst doing such things) (frequency=none fucking ever)
you're statistically pretty fucking safe with me doing that shit, dawg.

Safe with you doing that perhaps but I sure as shit don't feel that safe around the average inattentive driver on their phone.

It must be challenging riding a sports bike with the weight of the world on your shoulders like that.

Pretty tough but I manage easily enough.

An extreme example that a driver on their phone might cause a crash within 5 minutes time if I didn't "stop" them, but I'm sure you understand the point.

Having said that, I probably only call out 1 of 50 drivers I see on their phone cos I usually don't think it's my place to be enforcing the law when I'm just an average road user like anyone else.

[mossy1200]

Riders are a bit busy to notice drivers texting.