Cagers texting, all over the road??

[vifferman]

One does occasionally wonder whether his entire motorcycle-related career is nothing more than a carefully-planned series of tragicomic vignettes, written by a professional and acted out in public by an up-and-coming young thespian, which will in due course be revealed as the fraudulent social experiment that it is.

It's brilliant!
Even the double entendre of the nickname is perfect.

[snot]

I just got cut up by a chick doing 80kph in a 60kph zone the other day. Cellphone, oversized glasses and mum's RAV4. Though, to be fair I've had a close call with a dude shaving his head on the motorway before, so if anything there'd need to be a blanket law for all in-car distractions.

Are you sure it was a chick?
Could have been skidmark by the sounds of that description..

[mowgli]

i send texts while on the bike

Geez man! Improve you chances of making your own 30th. Put your mobile in a pocket you can't reach!

[Swoop]

I was quite impressed by the young, blonde, (attractive) girl yesterday. I stopped behind her as she was intending to turn left from 18 onto 16.
Right hand was busy txting.
Head looking to the right, possibly for traffic (possibly not, who knows...).
LEFT hand busy tuning the radio/setting something into the programming of the unit perhaps...

No wonder men cannot multi-task

[motorbyclist]

today i saw one of the stupidest things yet

i was alerted to what this driver was doing when she wandered across into my lane on a slight bend and nearly knocked me

i pulled in behind and maybe 50m later she slams the brakes on for no apparent reason

then i see why - she's got one hand on the wheel and a map book in the other, and she's holding the map book up and trying to read it

after two more random slamming of brakes and a few near misses with cars in all directions i pull up beside at some lights about to give her an earful and see that not only is she an asain - probably a tourist - but she has a passenger!

so tell me, if you were in a foreign country, in a busy part of a major city in fast moving rush hour traffic, should the driver hold the map or should the passenger be navigating?

unbelieveable

you'd think it was common sense

i send texts while on the bike

for christ's sake man! you can't txt and ride at the same time - you'll get both things done faster if you just pull over or do it when you're stopped at the lights

i do my txting at lights and/or pull over - it's not hard

[Blue Velvet]

today i saw one of the stupidest things yet

I rode through Wellington on a GPS mission for the SV after work yesterday and I ended up so farking scared I just wanted to get the hell home. It seemed every twat was out to get you.

Witnessed 3 near-miss head on/nose-to-tail crashes, one was a texter. Another was a driver who didn't know if he was Arthur or Martha (then forgot he was actually waiting at a red light). Third was multiple instances of impatient scatty lane changing without indicating and/or checking.

A lot of people on the road who either don't normally drive, and/or don't normally drive in that location.

Xmas madness gone madder.

Edit: And no I'm not a fucking wuss.

[skidMark]

Welcome to the Life of skidMark.



One does occasionally wonder whether his entire motorcycle-related career is nothing more than a carefully-planned series of tragicomic vignettes, written by a professional and acted out in public by an up-and-coming young thespian, which will in due course be revealed as the fraudulent social experiment that it is.

man did hitcher write that for you???

thats some plausable shit.

[jrandom]

man did hitcher write that for you???

I am perfectly capable of generating my own purple prose, thank you very much.

Harrumph.

[yungatart]

man did hitcher write that for you???

thats some plausable shit.

Hitcher is not the only person on here, who can spell, punctuate, use correct grammar and write with flair and creativity,you know.
There are many who are literate, sadly, they are still in the minority.

[Blue Velvet]

Hitcher is not the only person on here, who can spell, punctuate, use correct grammar and write with flair and creativity,you know.
There are many who are literate, sadly, they are still in the minority.

Hey, you missed a space...

Joking!

[Drew]

LOL, I take a glove off and text when I'm riding.

[moko]

In the UK a couple of years ago the brought in a fixed fine and 3 penalty points for using a mobile,these are like your demerits,10 and you're banned,6 for road-users with less than 2 years experience.Caught several thousand so penalty increased to 6 points and much bigger fine,caught even more so latest is a potential 2 year jail term.Me I'd shove their mobile where the sun don't shine,un-lubricated for a second offence.

[moko]

Hitcher is not the only person on here, who can spell, punctuate, use correct grammar and write with flair and creativity,you know.
There are many who are literate, sadly, they are still in the minority.

Surely: Hitcher is not the only person on here who can spell, punctuate, use correct grammar and write with flair and creativity,you know.
There are many who are literate,sadly they are still in the minority.

[bell]

Sounds like you need a Stebel Nautilus. I took mine off yesterday as I'm selling the bike and today I needed it.

What a pathetic message a standard bike horn gives to that tosser that is moving over toward you as they drift about in their lane. A 2 second blast from Mr Stebel will rouse most people in a cage from whatever they were preoccupied doing....hair, make-up, texting, wanking...ok, I've yet to see anyone wanking as they drive BUT I'm sure someone reading this is looking guiltily over their shoulder.

[awayatc]

. A 2 second blast from Mr Stebel will rouse most people in a cage from whatever they were preoccupied doing....hair, make-up, texting, wanking...ok, I've yet to see anyone wanking as they drive BUT I'm sure someone reading this is looking guiltily over their shoulder.

Maybe if you look hard enough somebody will come....