Re: Re:
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:29 am
TacoDelRio wrote:NancyHands wrote:These guys buzz around at high speeds up there and they have no idea where or when there are going to be workers in the road, possibly around a blind corner. If you're bold enough to go past the barricade and use it like a bridge, you're likely to make another unsafe judgment once inside.
With all due respect, your view on motorcyclists is erroneous. Do you ride motorcycles on ACH and similar roads?
Not erroneous at all. I never said every guy on a road bike is unsafe or drives too fast, but please don't try and tell me that more than 30% of the dudes on Hwy 2 are out for a leisurely Sunday ride. I always pull out for them to allow for their fun, and have no issue with it under normal circumstances. A bike can travel much faster than a car on those roads and remain within safe limits, but a closed road does not accommodate for this and is a risky endeavor for rider and city worker alike. To answer your question, I do not ride, but I have two dead friends, one that can not ride anymore after hitting a deer at high speed in Yosemite a few years ago, one that has a high tech prosthetic leg just below the knee (who still rides and has the plate of roboleg) and had another close friend die as a passenger. I have never known anyone who died in a car wreck. You mean like this?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfn9T76zCSs[/youtube]
or this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pppBI6KHKxU[/youtube]