Redneck Morons in Pickup Trucks
06-02-14, 01:25 PM
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It's important and significant that you specified "redneck morons in pickup trucks", because any on or two of those qualifiers do not logically imply the other two or one. For example, someone may be redneck and drive a PU and not be a moron. My wife fit's into this category.
06-02-14, 02:37 PM
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06-02-14, 02:51 PM
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Boulder. You know, the bike friendliest place in the country....
06-02-14, 04:10 PM
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Doubtful. It's a tandem.
06-02-14, 04:19 PM
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06-02-14, 04:51 PM
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Then again, there is also Redneck Karma. This exists when some bonehead in his fancy new truck tries to run over me on my bicycle...and then finds a bigger, beat to hell F-250 that the owner clearly doesn't give a durn about wrecking waiting for them in the same spot the next day......
06-03-14, 12:20 AM
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Since smart phones addictions and texting as a primary form of communication have become the norm, as a cyclist I seldom ride on street or bike lanes that share heavy automotive traffic flow, opting to ride roads less traveled, very early in the am and using more MUP’s or bike specific trails. It is a strategy I have chosen to increase my chances of living. As a result I have had very few close calls with vehicles anymore.
As a motorist, however, I have recently had more close calls with cyclist’s who have made some stupid maneuvers that have put themselves and other vehicles in potential accident situations (we live close to a University). These people obviously don’t take the responsibility of cycling seriously and I figure are not likely the kind of folks who would even spend time on a forum like this.
The point is, people are cautious or careless. It is not about demographics, the color of your neck or the vehicle you choose to use. The best course of action is to be proactive and ride assuming everyone is going to do something stupid and be pleasantly surprised when they show some courtesy. It might even be a redneck.
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As a motorist, however, I have recently had more close calls with cyclist’s who have made some stupid maneuvers that have put themselves and other vehicles in potential accident situations (we live close to a University). These people obviously don’t take the responsibility of cycling seriously and I figure are not likely the kind of folks who would even spend time on a forum like this.
The point is, people are cautious or careless. It is not about demographics, the color of your neck or the vehicle you choose to use. The best course of action is to be proactive and ride assuming everyone is going to do something stupid and be pleasantly surprised when they show some courtesy. It might even be a redneck.
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06-03-14, 06:57 AM
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No offense was taken. IMO the guys with the balls hanging are just trash usually.. a good ole boy or redneck has a lot more respect for the world at large than those jokers IMO again and I know what you mean with the lift.. there's a huge difference between a truck that sits high for use purposes, a truck that sits high for rock climbing, and a LIFTED ASS truck that maybe the idiot kid drives out into someone elses field and goes "mudding" i.g. trashing someone elses property.. those kids give rednecks a bad name, and I'd wager most of them can't hunt, fish, or do an honest days labor.
06-03-14, 08:25 AM
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People who have to show off with a "LOOK AT ME" are compensating for the fact their are scared little boys who have a massive lack of self-confidence. They feel the only way they will ever be anything, is to force the world to look at what a big shooter they are. Whether it's jacking up the back of a truck, putting 50,000watts worth of amplifier in their trunk, or one of those exhaust systems you can hear for 40 miles..... Best cure for that, a tour of military duty.
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06-03-14, 08:43 AM
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I live in Kentucky. I've been buzzed three times, and one made me so angry I would have drawn down had I had a weapon. It was some bourbon riddled bum hole in an Escalade.
I've been taken to the curb twice by thoughtless but probably not malicious drivers. Both were of color. I say this only to maintain a bipartisan flavor to this thread.
I've been taken to the curb twice by thoughtless but probably not malicious drivers. Both were of color. I say this only to maintain a bipartisan flavor to this thread.
06-03-14, 08:51 AM
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Demographic most likely to give me grief on the road: 20 something males driving full sized pickups. A distant second is someone driving a luxury car.
Demographic least likely to give me grief on the road: Immigrant gardeners driving their flat bed or pickup with their stuff in the back.
Demographic least likely to give me grief on the road: Immigrant gardeners driving their flat bed or pickup with their stuff in the back.
06-03-14, 10:05 AM
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Read your history.
At the time, they were shipping a lot of people off to the colonies.
They classified anyone not well off as criminals for the most trivial reason, or no reason at all...
Like orphans.
They got a bounty on people shipped off, and into indentured servitude. In the more hospitable colonies as many as 20% survived their period of servitude.
Round up the poor, sell them off...
At the time, they were shipping a lot of people off to the colonies.
They classified anyone not well off as criminals for the most trivial reason, or no reason at all...
Like orphans.
They got a bounty on people shipped off, and into indentured servitude. In the more hospitable colonies as many as 20% survived their period of servitude.
Round up the poor, sell them off...
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What about yuppie morons in priuses?
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Actually I have often thot of getting a $50 pickup and teaching a few drivers a lesson. I would love to slam on the brakes of that old pickup when Im being tailgated by a woman on her cell phone. It would be great to see her little foreign car fold up, and teach her a lesson about driving and texting.
Actually I have often thot of getting a $50 pickup and teaching a few drivers a lesson. I would love to slam on the brakes of that old pickup when Im being tailgated by a woman on her cell phone. It would be great to see her little foreign car fold up, and teach her a lesson about driving and texting.
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