04-18-2024, 05:40 PM
gabester wrote:
[quote=wurm]
Careful with that wide paint brush, gabester. Many of us riders are very careful, conservative riders who are likely more aware of our surroundings on the road than those drivers on four wheels. And I for one abhor those obnoxiously loud bikes. I don't ascribe to the 'loud bikes save lives' theory. More often than not, they scare the bejeesus out of me whether I'm on the bike or in my car. Frankly all it does is piss me off and make me more annoyed.
And don't get me started on the morons doing wheelies, weaving in and out of traffic way too fast, and yes, even lane splitting. It may be legal in some states, but all I see it doing is aggravating a driver who's sitting in traffic possibly looking for revenge.
All that sounds fine by me. I'll try to narrow my brush.
I suppose we only notice the problematic motorcyclists, so it's definitely a problem of confirmation bias!
There's a guy (or three, I'm not 100% it's the same guy) in my town with a Harley loaded with a sound system who rumbles around town with his tunes blaring - how it isn't a noise violation that gets him cited is beyond me (or maybe he does and just pays the fines regularly.)
Harleys get a pass, and I also wonder why. I’ve always figured it’s because the cops ride them too. But I have to rewind/relisten my tv when they go by. Cool noise bro, where’s the armor piercing ammo ;-). I feel like following them home with an air horn.