Posted by CJB on August 5, 2008, 8:49 pm
I was right behind a ridiculous wreck yesterday. A 60ish y.o. man and his
wife were cruising lazily along a country road, and I was right behind them.
As we were about to pass a roadside bar, a drunk backed his dual wheeled 1
ton Ford right across both lanes of the road. The jerk watched as the guy
layed the bike down to avoid hitting the truck, and then drove off without
even checking on them.
I ran up to see if they were okay, and thank God they were not seriously
hurt. Then I went into the bar to find out who the guy was who caused the
wreck. There were no more than eight people in this podunk country bar, so
you know that they knew who the guy was. Would you believe that not a
single one of them would admit to knowing who the guy was, or even admit to
noticing someone had left. One lady said to a guy there, "Hey, that's your
friend, what's his name?" But instead of giving an answer, the guy just
glared at her, and said he didn't know who it might be.
I was mad as could be, but by the time I had helped the victims up and got
their bike out of the road, there was no way to catch up to the drunk.
I know that no one likes to rat out a friend, but when the friend in
question is so drunk and stupid that he causes a wreck, and then runs away
like a pussy with no concern for the people he hurt, I'd have no problem
pointing him out. Someone that stupid will kill someone else or themselves
one day. What do you think?
CJB
Posted by .p.jm on August 5, 2008, 8:54 pm
wrote:
>I was right behind a ridiculous wreck yesterday. A 60ish y.o. man and his
>wife were cruising lazily along a country road, and I was right behind them.
>As we were about to pass a roadside bar, a drunk backed his dual wheeled 1
>ton Ford right across both lanes of the road. The jerk watched as the guy
>layed the bike down to avoid hitting the truck,
How exactly does that work ? Does it help you stop faster
than the brakes with tires on the road ?
</sarcasm>
>and then drove off without
>even checking on them.
>I ran up to see if they were okay, and thank God they were not seriously
>hurt. Then I went into the bar to find out who the guy was who caused the
>wreck. There were no more than eight people in this podunk country bar, so
>you know that they knew who the guy was. Would you believe that not a
>single one of them would admit to knowing who the guy was, or even admit to
>noticing someone had left. One lady said to a guy there, "Hey, that's your
>friend, what's his name?" But instead of giving an answer, the guy just
>glared at her, and said he didn't know who it might be.
>I was mad as could be, but by the time I had helped the victims up and got
>their bike out of the road, there was no way to catch up to the drunk.
>I know that no one likes to rat out a friend, but when the friend in
>question is so drunk and stupid that he causes a wreck, and then runs away
>like a pussy with no concern for the people he hurt, I'd have no problem
>pointing him out. Someone that stupid will kill someone else or themselves
>one day. What do you think?
>CJB
At most, you know he was stupid. You don't know if he was
drunk.
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Posted by oasysco on August 5, 2008, 9:05 pm
On Aug 5, 8:54 pm, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> wrote:
> >I was right behind a ridiculous wreck yesterday. A 60ish y.o. man and his
> >wife were cruising lazily along a country road, and I was right behind them.
> >As we were about to pass a roadside bar, a drunk backed his dual wheeled 1
> >ton Ford right across both lanes of the road. The jerk watched as the guy
> >layed the bike down to avoid hitting the truck,
> How exactly does that work ? Does it help you stop faster
> than the brakes with tires on the road ?
> </sarcasm>
I've not laid it down to avoid an accident, so it's hard for me to
judge if it's safer to hit a stationary 2.5 ton piece of steel or to
ride it out in a skid down the street.
Greg
Posted by Outback Jon on August 5, 2008, 9:11 pm
oasysco wrote:
> On Aug 5, 8:54 pm, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I was right behind a ridiculous wreck yesterday. A 60ish y.o. man and his
>>> wife were cruising lazily along a country road, and I was right behind them.
>>> As we were about to pass a roadside bar, a drunk backed his dual wheeled 1
>>> ton Ford right across both lanes of the road. The jerk watched as the guy
>>> layed the bike down to avoid hitting the truck,
>> How exactly does that work ? Does it help you stop faster
>> than the brakes with tires on the road ?
>>
>> </sarcasm>
>
> I've not laid it down to avoid an accident,
Laying a bike down *is* an accident.
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Posted by Bruce Richmond on August 5, 2008, 11:27 pm
> On Aug 5, 8:54 pm, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> > wrote:
> > >I was right behind a ridiculous wreck yesterday. A 60ish y.o. man and his
> > >wife were cruising lazily along a country road, and I was right behind them.
> > >As we were about to pass a roadside bar, a drunk backed his dual wheeled 1
> > >ton Ford right across both lanes of the road. The jerk watched as the guy
> > >layed the bike down to avoid hitting the truck,
> > How exactly does that work ? Does it help you stop faster
> > than the brakes with tires on the road ?
> > </sarcasm>
> I've not laid it down to avoid an accident, so it's hard for me to
> judge if it's safer to hit a stationary 2.5 ton piece of steel or to
> ride it out in a skid down the street.
> Greg
Hint, rubber has better traction than metal. IOW you stop in a
shorter distance if you don't lay it down. Add to that the fact that
you still have some control over the path of the bike while it is up.
Bruce
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>wife were cruising lazily along a country road, and I was right behind them.
>As we were about to pass a roadside bar, a drunk backed his dual wheeled 1
>ton Ford right across both lanes of the road. The jerk watched as the guy
>layed the bike down to avoid hitting the truck,