Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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I’ll be dammed, I never believed that it existed!
Uh huh. Is that why Hardley riders swear that 'loud pipes save lives?'
I've ridden in SoCal and DC traffic for decades so keep trying to lecture me on the differences between motos and bicycles. There IS a difference. There are also similarities.
The biggest difference is that cyclists don't have a throttle to accelerate out of trouble. We're stuck taking the abuse and unsafe driving from the (thankfully tiny) percentage of drivers that drive with their head up their asses,
The similarty is that lane position is one of the biggest ways to avoid thoes DHUA types. So let me ask you a question: do you ride exclusively on the right side of the lane all the time or do you move around based on traffic conditions? If you move around your lane depending on lane and traffic conditions to keep safe, what makes you think cyclists don't/can't do the same thing for the same reasons?
Someone staring at their phone doesn't look anywhere but straight ahead when they do check the road. If you aren't in their sightline when they do manage to stop staring at the phone and you're not immediately visible, you're much more likely to be run over. Doubt me? Try it and see.
Those of us that spend real time riding figure this out quickly and adapt our riding to conditions. Get passed at the crest of a hill with someone coming more than once? Move left till traffic has to stay behind you till its safe. Too bad the guy driving the dump truck hadn't figured out that there may just be something coming as he pulled out to get around me just before a crest of a hill. The oncoming car wasn't speeding so he had time to jam on the brakes and get back in his lane.
Get passed into oncoming traffic? Move left till its safe for the car behind to pass? I can't stop the absolutely idiotic maneuvers but can mitigate them a bit. The moron in the Civic that passed me into oncoming traffic WHILE I WAS TURNING LEFT. I was on the DY with my arm out till the last second and Mr Rocket Science figured it was a good idea to pass me at over the speed limit to avoid a head-on. If I hadn't done one last shoulder check and straightened my turn, said moron would have certainly hit me. Thankfully, the person behind him had somewhat more of a brain and let me turn.
Believe it or not, most of us don't actually want you behind us more than is absolutely necessary. We're not on some power trip to see how many cars we can 'hold up despite what y'all seem to think.
M
When they Ignore traffic laws Its a get out of Jail Free Card to Smokem
Shitty drivers, shitty cyclists, shitty shooters. They are all out there and just as dangerous. Ranting about them isn't going to change their behavior and just avoid situations where you can put yourself in harms way. If cyclists are acting like assholes on the road just get out of their way because acting aggressively only increases the probability of a bad outcome that could forever change your life. This applies for the road with other vehicles as well as at the range.
I read stuff like above and
sometimes I wonder: Is everyone stupid?
sometimes I wonder: Is everyone stupid?
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and whoever else. Let's move that over to here:
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@akmike47
@W54/XM-388
@Thumper580
and whoever else. Let's move that over to here:
Road cyclist, the good, the bad and the ugly!
So, let's get this out of the motivational picture thread. You all can discuss that stuff here. I'll start from google.
www.snipershide.com 
Modern gas vehicles can be though. Get a classic.
My kryptonite.
Here's some REAL Motivation for y'all.........
OK. Wow. Well done, sir! (I mean good job, not the steak's condition.)
The type of tanks that Imperial Japan built and fielded in World War II, would all today, fuction EXTREMELY well as remote controlled hazmat search and recon vehicles in industrial settings contaminated with chemical and radioactive materials, and where human crews cannot go because of fire and threat of imminent explosions, such as the site of recent large freight train wrecks or the site of the infamous Pepcon factory inferno. Outfitted with cameras and video equipment displaying various light frequencies, driven via a video game controller and a multi-screen computer workstation, and manipulator arms, claws, and drills/impact drivers, along with smaller and more precise robot arms fielding entire sets of ratchets, screwdrivers and plasma cutters, these types of vehicles would be perfectly suited for industrial first response.
Type-95 Ha-Go super light:
Type-97 Chi-Ha light/medium:
Towards the very end of the war, with supplies, raw materials, and industrial output running periously low, the Imperial Japanese army made several attempts to construct a much larger battle tank and tank destroyers capable of "one shot kills" on Allied armor. Only one design was actually produced, with 2-4 experimental vehicles that never made it onto the battlefield. That was the Type-5 Chi-Ri heavy tank destroyer. There is at least 1 specimen sitting in a museum in the US somewhere, captured from a cargo ship that had surrendered before reaching it's destination at a Pacific battlefield.
Type-95 Ha-Go super light:
Type-97 Chi-Ha light/medium:
Towards the very end of the war, with supplies, raw materials, and industrial output running periously low, the Imperial Japanese army made several attempts to construct a much larger battle tank and tank destroyers capable of "one shot kills" on Allied armor. Only one design was actually produced, with 2-4 experimental vehicles that never made it onto the battlefield. That was the Type-5 Chi-Ri heavy tank destroyer. There is at least 1 specimen sitting in a museum in the US somewhere, captured from a cargo ship that had surrendered before reaching it's destination at a Pacific battlefield.
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I hope one of those fiery horns was shoved up his ass before he lost consciousness.
Hahaha! Good for the bull. Stupid should come with potential penalties. He paid big time.
There isn't anything they keep it clean for miles because of the bikes nice try though.
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@mikeshaw2
@akmike47
@W54/XM-388
@Thumper580
and whoever else. Let's move that over to here:
Road cyclist, the good, the bad and the ugly!
So, let's get this out of the motivational picture thread. You all can discuss that stuff here. I'll start from google.
