Annoying things people do when driving...

mrclean81 said:
We have 2 high volume Harley dealerships here that are owned by the same guy. I talked to him one day about a truck he had taken in on trade, and the topic came up about new riders and their choice of bikes. He made the statement that 1/3 of the bikes that he sells to noobs are dropped before they get out of the parking lot. That's scary considering they still have to make their may through down town traffic no matter which way they want to go, on a bike they can't ride.
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When I had my bike shop we had a warning sign hanging that said " 90% of motorcycle accidents happen in the first 30 days of ownership". Scary but very true.
 
Addicted2Bling said:
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HEY! That's not Chuck Norris! :lol2:
 
TLMitchell said:
The uhfishal term is "posers", H-D emblazoned head to toe, even on their jammies and stick-on tattoos. Fortunately, most of the time if they're traveling their bike is in a trailer getting hauled. IMO, there's only 3 reasons to have a bike on a trailer... it's broke, snow is a factor or it's stolen.

The mid-life-crisis posers that think it's a good idea to buy a 900lb, chrome festooned barge when they've never ridden usually aren't around long enough to annoy many people.

TL
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Agreed on all counts. I remember taking my motorcycle endorsement test in Chicago when I was 18. My brother, his friend, and I were all on our 'rice rockets'. Half the group was on rice-rockets and other group was on cruisers (of which about 80 percent where Harelys).

The Harely gang looked serious, older guys with leather everything, orange T-shirts, and beautiful chrome rides. Ya know, SERIOUS looking bikers.

One of the tests was set up so we had to zig-zag through a series of cones, make 10 of them about 6 feet apart. This is quite hard on a rice-rocket because (as you know) at low-speed your steering with the wheel and they don't you cannot turn the wheel very far, maybe on 30 degrees to each-side. Most of us got 7 out of 8, I think another guy and I got 8 out of 8, but just barely. Rice-Rockets, with your weight up high, and lack of turning radius are simply not comfortable with at parking lot speed.

The Harely guys come up and at least half of them do terrible. I mean fully chrome, bad-azz Fat Boys getting 3 out of 8, 4 out of 8, and so on. They had been (playfully) talking junk the whole day and it was right there I realized that they (half of them) where posers.

Another person we knew has a Honda Shadow and let me do a trial run through the slalom and I was amazed at how easy it was, with wide handle bars that turn and a low center of gravity, while sitting upwards.

There was also a test where we had to do a panic stop from 15 mph and stop between two cones. This guy on an Enduro blew past the cones like 3 times in a row, and when they asked him why, he said he was legally blind. The tester was like, "How did you get here."

The legally blind rider,"I rode."

The tester, "On public roads?"



My other Harley story was when a group of us when riding with my friend (who also owned a Honda Shadow 750) and his in-laws who all owned Harleys. His sister's husband's dad had just bought this full dresser and it was sweet. The whole day he kept making snide comments about ricers and how they don't know how to ride.

Finally we go to get gas and then all park in a row at the front of the gas station. My YZF-6R next to my brother's brand new CBR-600 Euro. The old guy drops in Harely Full-Dresser and it starts a domino effect that wipes out every bike (minus mine) ending with my brother's CRB, which tour the lower panels up.



Paul S said:
When I had my bike shop we had a warning sign hanging that said " 90% of motorcycle accidents happen in the first 30 days of ownership". Scary but very true.
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Saw a dealer talk an 18 year old kid into an R1 while I was trying talk him into buying a used Honda Rebel 250. The dealer was like,"its only 140 a month, this bike is FAST, you will get chicks." Kid goes for it. Found on later on the news that the kid died that day (shortly after driving it off the lot). Panicked making a right hand turn (didn't know how to lean) and accident (they assume) twisted the throttle, sending 180 horsepower to the ground and propelling the 390 lb bike (better power to weight ratio then an F1 car) into an oncoming police car. DOA.
 
I could probably go for days listing all the things, but I'll only do two.

One: People who cannot maintain the speed limit. Either they are driving a vehicle that should be off the road or something else it annoys me to no end. It's a never ending thing on my route to work. Speed limit is 55, of course people will go 35-40mph. I've even now gone to the point of leaving an extra 20 minutes to get ahead of the morning slow traffic.

Two: Tractor trailers on the highway. I know we are supposed to respect them, but that's a two way street. I really noticed this on my 2500 miles roadtrip this year. It was 4:45AM and I barely got out of my county when one almost sideswipes me not paying attention. Also, going up a hill. Big rigs need to stay in the right lane, there are even signs that say this every mile through, especially Tennessee and Virginia. No, what do they do? Stay there in the left lane. :lol:
 
mrclean81 said:
We have 2 high volume Harley dealerships here that are owned by the same guy. I talked to him one day about a truck he had taken in on trade, and the topic came up about new riders and their choice of bikes. He made the statement that 1/3 of the bikes that he sells to noobs are dropped before they get out of the parking lot. That's scary considering they still have to make their may through down town traffic no matter which way they want to go, on a bike they can't ride.
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One of my favorites:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEBCTIlfMow"]Harley Crash - YouTube[/ame]

TL
 
It is amazing what people do that gets caught on video. You can only imagine how much does not.
 
Nizmo said:
I could probably go for days listing all the things, but I'll only do two.

One: People who cannot maintain the speed limit.:
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How about people who cannot maintain their speed in general. I almost always use cruise control on the expressway and I cannot tell you how many times I pass somebody only to have them come back and pass me 3-10 minutes later. Then I will pass them again and they pass again.

Along the same lines, it seems there is a large contingent of people who just don't like to get passed. When you pull alongside they speed up, forcing you to speed up (some times a mini race) until you pass them and pull in front of them. Then they return to their normal speed and fade in the distance. It's so weird.
 
Todd I had that happen the other day. I was using cruise control on my way to work and passed a lady. I guess she did t like it and passed me a minute later. Once she nearly got past me she changed lanes in front of me and nearly cut me off. Then she slowed down below the speed limit. I thought she was moving over to exit. It she never did. I ended up changing lanes to get past her. Wonder what people are thinking when they do stuff like that
 
Todd Helme said:
How about people who cannot maintain their speed in general. I almost always use cruise control on the expressway and I cannot tell you how many times I pass somebody only to have them come back and pass me 3-10 minutes later. Then I will pass them again and they pass again.

Along the same lines, it seems there is a large contingent of people who just don't like to get passed. When you pull alongside they speed up, forcing you to speed up (some times a mini race) until you pass them and pull in front of them. Then they return to their normal speed and fade in the distance. It's so weird.
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There's a woman around here for some odd reason will drive slow but when you try and pass her she will floor it and not let you. I tried a couple times in my 04 Frontier with a 4 cylinder 5 speed, the anemic 4 banger just wasn't fast enough. When I got my 07 Frontier with the 4.0 V6 she didn't know what to think when I laid into the throttle.:lmfaoShe promptly flipped me off when I turned in the parking lot at work. Freakin' people.
 
People who are turning on to a 55mph two way road and see you coming then pull out slowly 3 car lengths in front of you.
This is bad enough but in an classic vehicle it can be pucker and pray.
 
Bunky said:
It can get you there faster but like getting in the wrong line at a grocery store etc. it depends on luck. You get more tailgating when someone is in the left lane going slower than what the left laners want to drive.

I guess one question does everything think the "flash" to pass to be honored? That is if someone comes up behind you in the left lane and flashes (or maybe not) but clearly wants to move along faster, what is the front driver's duty?

a, ignore the driver behind because he is a jerk and no one is going to tell me what to do
b. move over to allow him to pass at a safe time (not 30 miles down the road)
c. make gestures at the driver
d. slow down to make him suffer
e. start checking for your gun in case you need it
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Great point-
Nobody ever tailgates me - because if someone needs to go faster than I'm going, I get out of the way. And I think it's reasonable for me to expect the same courtesy. The only thing more annoying to me than a tailgater is the idiot holding up everyone else because he refuses to move over...
 
A lot of good ones have been listed, but I'm surprised no one has mentioned this so far:

Police turning on their lights to blow an intersection, then turn them off once they're passed.

In addition to not using blinkers or excessive speeding, how about when LEO do this - I think it's twice as bad as they're supposed to be the ones to uphold the law.
 
MarcHarris said:
A lot of good ones have been listed, but I'm surprised no one has mentioned this so far:

Police turning on their lights to blow an intersection, then turn them off once they're passed.

In addition to not using blinkers or excessive speeding, how about when LEO do this - I think it's twice as bad as they're supposed to be the ones to uphold the law.
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I think a lot of LEOs feel the law doesn't apply to them.

A buddy of mine got rear-ended by a cop who was talking on his cell phone. Cop was in a Crown Vic, my buddy was on a Honda bike. No damage to the push bar on the cruiser, but the bike sustained some nasty damage.

Of course, no ticket or reprimand whatsoever for the cop.
 
Guyz.....the women who wont let you pass probably just like the way you look and are checkin you out, or maybe they like the way your shiney car looks too!:D

I havent read the whole thread but I hate when motorcyclist ride along side you between lanes to pass..........its legal to do here but it always really scares me and I think its dangerous . I had one the other day pass me , I swear he was 1/2 inch away from hitting my side mirror!

It always bugs me too to see people on motorcycles dressed in camouflage clothes .Why ? I almost creamed a guy on his bike at a stop sign he blended in so well , and I am one to especially pay attention to people on bikes .

I love people on motorcycles and love them more when they are safe and alive !:)
 
We have several right-turn bypasses in this town. More than one on some intersections.

What annoys me most is when people STOP to merge. Seriously! The traffic is only moving ~25 mph coming right out of a stopped line, and there is almost always room to squeeze in, or there is somebody kind enough to let you.

Granted, I can understand if the driver is not skilled enough to do so. Maybe it just annoys me when people aren't as skilled of drivers as I am.
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Todd Helme said:
Saw a dealer talk an 18 year old kid into an R1 while I was trying talk him into buying a used Honda Rebel 250. The dealer was like,"its only 140 a month, this bike is FAST, you will get chicks." Kid goes for it. Found on later on the news that the kid died that day (shortly after driving it off the lot). Panicked making a right hand turn (didn't know how to lean) and accident (they assume) twisted the throttle, sending 180 horsepower to the ground and propelling the 390 lb bike (better power to weight ratio then an F1 car) into an oncoming police car. DOA.
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Please tell me you went back and punched the salesman in the face, HARD.
 
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