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Old 09-28-09 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by calamarichris
There are irresponsible cyclists (moto & pedal) all over. You can't point to the actions of a few and judge an entire group.
I sure don't like it when I see one of ours blitzing red lights or taking-a-lane of a 50+ mph two-lane road (willfully inconveniencing and sometimes endangering anyone stuck behind them), just as much as I mislike seeing your (lame) video.
What were these motorcyclists doing wrong, exactly? They were annoyingly loud, and it is indeed against the law to change the exhaust pipe on their motorcycles.
Speeding? How fast were they going?
What was the speed limit on that road? (They white-sign speed limit, not the yellow-sign advisory limit.)

Pedal-partisans may claim it's perfectly legal for them to ride two-abreast or take-a-lane, even as traffic backs up behind them. But this is just as irresponsible & dangerous, and only sows hostility & hatred like the OP seems to have for these 'super bikers'. Did you know that the yellow speed limit signs (they usually say 25 or 35) around many corners are advisory speed limits, and are not binding or citable? Even if the yellow sign says 25, if it's a public highway, the actual speed limit is 55, or whatever the most recent white sign decreed.

There are responsible, reasonable cyclists (pedal & motor) out there too. We have a lot more in common with those people than you might think.
I know this SN. Did you frequent the CW boards and the giga-forums?
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