Posted by Timberwoof on January 8, 2008, 2:31 am
totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
> > 'm not particularly fond of the pro-Euro commentary that people seem to
> > think justifies doing it. "They do it in Europe, so it must be good" is a
> > pretty piss-poor argument
>
> No, the argument is that we do in in Europe and there's no significant
> risk.
>
> >and completely ignores the radically different
> > driving styles.
>
> How widely do you think riding styles differ across the European Union
> and the 24 countries that make it uip?
>
> Sounds more like making an apology for your own country's lamentable
> driving abilities....
He thinks that the laws of physics are different in Europe and that
therefore nothing learned anywhere in Europe is applicable to the United
States.
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Posted by TOG@Toil on January 8, 2008, 8:19 am
.
> Yes, there are lots of little nooks and crannies where bikes can be
> parked without interfering with anyone.
Not in my garage, there aren't ;-)
Desperately need more space for bikes!
Posted by Wolfie on January 8, 2008, 8:47 am
TOG@Toil wrote:
>
> .
>> Yes, there are lots of little nooks and crannies where bikes can be
>> parked without interfering with anyone.
>>
>
> Not in my garage, there aren't ;-)
>
> Desperately need more space for bikes!
I wish I had more! My wish list would be:
Vincent Black Shadow
Norton Commando
JAP Brough Superior
Triumph Trident
Kawasaki Z1A (Wish I'd never sold it)
Indian Square 4
V-Rod
R1
Ducati 996
--
Wolfie
Posted by Timberwoof on January 8, 2008, 12:04 pm
> Turby wrote:
> > The animosity towards lanesplitters is absolutly amazing.
>
> Excellent point, and very strange. I had this discussion
> with someone on an owners group once and one of the members
> said that if he saw someone lane splitting, he'd like to
> open his truck door in front of them.
There's a story about a CA BDC who did that and then announced, "Hah! I
got one!" Another cager told the CHP officer who investigated the
resulting mess, and he arrested the BDC for attempted murder.
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Posted by Mike Schenk on January 11, 2008, 5:02 am
>Not sure about that. The pickup was actually signaling a right turn
>before the bike started to pass him.
Well, in the Netherlands, that would still put the pickup driver legally
at fault and clean up the insurance mess in favor of the biker.
However, riding a motorcycle I don't want to end up onder a tombstone
saying "Here lies Mike, he had the right of way". So was it smart to
continue in this situation? No I don't think so.
But, there are countless examples of people flying out of a corner and
hitting a tree, both in cars as well as on motorbikes. Yet, no one is
arguing that we should stop cornering and only drive in straight lines.
An example of any one splitting lanes in an unsafe manner does not mean
splitting lanes is unsafe always. People get hit in crosswalks as well,
should we stop crossing the street?
Mike
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> > 'm not particularly fond of the pro-Euro commentary that people seem to
> > think justifies doing it. "They do it in Europe, so it must be good" is a
> > pretty piss-poor argument
>
> No, the argument is that we do in in Europe and there's no significant
> risk.
>
> >and completely ignores the radically different
> > driving styles.
>
> How widely do you think riding styles differ across the European Union
> and the 24 countries that make it uip?
>
> Sounds more like making an apology for your own country's lamentable
> driving abilities....