"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
12/01/2016 at 12:21 • Filed to: PSA
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"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
12/01/2016 at 12:21 • Filed to: PSA | 8
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I know I don’t really have to tell you guys, but it’s always a good PSA.
This is why my better half doesn’t want me to have another bike now that we have kids. I saw the immediate aftermath of a wreck this morning, bike in the middle of the road surrounded by parts, ailing rider on his side on the sidewalk, with people just standing around him. Fortunately he appeared to be pretty well-geared. It must have just happened, because the fire and sheriff stations are a block away and there were no official vehicles there yet. Spooky, man. I don’t know who was at fault, but it’s a busy 4-way intersection that’s 2 into 1 lane, with traffic heading east looking right into the sun so I’m guessing someone didn’t see the guy. Keep your eyes open and watch those mirrors, not everyone commutes in a cage.
Berang
> RallyWrench
12/01/2016 at 12:27 |
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Tangent: I saw two homeless people beating each other up last night.
Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
> Berang
12/01/2016 at 12:31 |
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The comment about everyone standing around watching without intervening is what triggered this memory, isn’t it?
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Berang
> Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/01/2016 at 12:40 |
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Yeah. But my excuse was I was in a car, driving by.
Party-vi
> RallyWrench
12/01/2016 at 12:42 |
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A guy on a Busa took off from a light and popped a wheelie in front of my old gas station job. He high sided coming back down and fucked himself up pretty good (jeans and a short sleeve tee were his gear) while his $13,000 bike did some sick looking floor exercises. Me and others ran out to get him out of the street and the first thing he said was “my wife and daughter are behind me at the light. Don’t let them see me like this”. Paramedics and cops showed up after we carted the bike and parts out of the street. I never understood why he would show off like that knowing his family was close behind.
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RallyWrench
> Berang
12/01/2016 at 12:51 |
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That’s always nice. Hard to know how to help when people are violently mad and mentally disturbed or tweaking, seen that happen, it’s sad.
jimz
> Party-vi
12/01/2016 at 12:54 |
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A guy on a Busa took off from a light and popped a wheelie in front of my old gas station job. He high sided coming back down and fucked himself up pretty good (jeans and a short sleeve tee were his gear) while his $13,000 bike did some sick looking floor exercises.
I know it makes me a bad person, but all I could think after reading that was “ good. ”
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RallyWrench
> Party-vi
12/01/2016 at 12:55 |
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Jesus, that’s an especially dumbass squid move. Bet he didn’t get another bike after that. I had a buddy who used to stunt everywhere, literally every light was a wheelie opportunity. Ran from the cops multiple times. I honestly expected to get a call that he’d been killed, but he thankfully had a family and knocked that shit off.
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Party-vi
> RallyWrench
12/01/2016 at 12:59 |
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I was told by my MSF instructors that those people were “30 day riders” because they would either be dead or in jail after 30 days.
bob and john
> Party-vi
12/01/2016 at 13:29 |
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....wow. just. wow.
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bob and john
> RallyWrench
12/01/2016 at 13:38 |
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Yes
EVERYONE
needs to pay more attention.
While buddy does look like he was riding reasonably (ATGATT), I am a firm believer that 99% of motorcycle accidents could have been avoided by the biker, regardless of who is at fault.
Yes this does mean that you have to at at 120% awareness at all times. learn to read traffic, anticipate stuff, keeping your eyes on cross-traffic, on your mirrors, on the roads, etc etc etc. You would be SHOCKED at how much shit you miss in a car. After you take away your radio, HVAC, cellphone, massaging seats and blah blah blah, and you STILL start to doze off while riding...well. Its your life you are playing with.
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RallyWrench
> bob and john
12/01/2016 at 13:42 |
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Spot on. I commute by bicycle sometimes, 12 miles each way, including through this intersection, always with senses on full alert. I see other riders with earbuds in, no helmet, and I just want to yell at them. It’s dismaying how inattentive drivers are, but it’s also unbelievable how anyone on two wheels, motorized or not, could be anything less than on maximum defense at all times.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> bob and john
12/01/2016 at 13:58 |
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99%, 120%
Let’s go with 79% & 100%.
I generally agree with you. I’m not a bike rider, but am constantly thinking about what drivers around me might do and considering how I’d react.
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bob and john
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/01/2016 at 14:05 |
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no, lets not go with 79% and 100%. that’s the kind of thinking that gets people into accidents. “oh I didn’t get into an accident yesterday, I don’t have to worry as much today”. Motorcycling DEMANDS more then all of your attention.
Do you always have an escape plan? are you watching the road for oil, expansion joints, rocks, sand, etc? are you conscious of a slight drop in temperature that would be foreshadowing a change in weather? if you make on small slip up, do you end up in a hospital at best or a morgue at worst?
you just said it yourself, you are not a rider. so what makes you think that you know how riders think? (well, how they SHOULD think)
Nonster
> bob and john
12/01/2016 at 14:07 |
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Amen to that
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> bob and john
12/01/2016 at 14:17 |
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I was starting with the premise that you can’t be more than 100% aware. “More than all” is not a thing.
And a 99% avoidance rate, while a nice idea that I wish was accurate, is clearly too high of a number to be reasonable. I’m sure you know of excellent riders who were ever vigilant who were involved in accidents that were beyond their control.
I get where you’re coming from and am not trying to discount your point, just saying that reasonable numbers make it easier for a person to take your arguments seriously.
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bob and john
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/01/2016 at 14:21 |
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fair enough, and i do apologize if I came off as an asshole. But I see far too much of “Oh, I give it my 100%!” and then proceed to check their twitter.
and now that I think about it....not really. in every accident anyone that I know has ever been in (including my own), they were able to find one mistake that contributed (in mine, I ran over the center line on a hot day while riding VERY quickly through some twisties. If i wasnt riding so quick or if I hadn’t hit the line, no crash)
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> bob and john
12/01/2016 at 14:26 |
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Like I said, I get it. It really is a matter of life and death for you all out there...
I’m thinking about accidents like a car swerving over to change lanes with no blinker, or a car pulling out quickly from a side street right into or in front of a bike. There’s a lot you can predict and react to, but are some instances in which you just can’t, even if you’re the most experienced, vigilant rider on the planet.
Safe travels, my friend. Loud pipes save lives! Is your helmet/jacket high-visibility yellow?
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bob and john
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/01/2016 at 14:35 |
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I agree that some situations you can not expect. but that doesnt mean I do charging in head first. slow down, in crease distance, watch the side of the road, have options left and right, hands on the controls and ready to react. If that is the case that i really have NO idea what the hell i’m going into, I either turn around and come back later, or I stop and walk it.
I have to admit, my bike (and me) look like the stereotypical asshole on a bike. I’m not much for the high vis. Though I do have a loud pipe and HID in reflector housings. and if you look closely, the entire bike lights up red at night to help with side-to-side presence.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> bob and john
12/01/2016 at 14:39 |
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Nice - lights are good. Do you run your headlight all day?
Great shot! No “chicken strips” on your tires...
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bob and john
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
12/01/2016 at 14:44 |
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yea, i only have the HID on the high beam. This year i’m looking to get a full LED bulb in there, as one of the HIDs burnt out.
I went down there [deals gap. 2 week trip] with a brand new rear and a front that had maybe 5000 km on it? the tread on the right side was GONE by day 8. I mean like it was a slick.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> bob and john
12/01/2016 at 15:17 |
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Nicely done. Ever explored the Ozarks of NW Arkansas? I think you’d like it there.
Jobjoris
> RallyWrench
12/02/2016 at 03:43 |
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Useful PSA. And ALWAYS GEAR UP IF YOU’RE GETTING ON ONE!
pip bip - choose Corrour
> RallyWrench
12/02/2016 at 06:55 |
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earlier this week, in Melbourne, Australia motorcycle rider was killed, got hit by a truck on his way to work. caused chaos on the roads. as the main artery into Melbourne’s CBD from the western side was shutdown. shifted cars/trucks onto another route , then a truck overturned on that route.
woman i know took 4 hours to get to her workplace. should’ve only taken 1.5hours from her home.
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RallyWrench
> Jobjoris
12/02/2016 at 10:30 |
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Truth. I don’t know how anyone can feel ok in anything less than full leathers.