[Xela]

Originally Posted by Industry_Hack

She'll probably go home crying and tell her parents you assaulted her. This is America, after all.

Yeah, be on the lookout for litigation papers in the mail. Especially if you scratched the car.

Glad it wasn't worse, and I admire how you handled it.

[kneedrachen]

Nah, no damage to her car at all, wheel seems okay, maybe, just maybe a bit out of true, and if it is, it seems negligible. Like I said, it was super low speed because I had a feeling it was going to happen.

I think this whole new "graduated/tiered" licensing system is great, but jeezus, they need to drill in to these kids' heads that they can do a lot of harm to a lot of people for not making good decisions.

I get teenagers are stupid due to feeling invincible, unable to understand long term consequences, etc. I do, I really do. But why is it so easy to get a license? I just don't get it. Want a good read? Do some looking up on what you need to do to get a motorcycle license in England.

[newleaf150]

Might be interesting if one had to 'graduate' to a car, license-wise. You first ride a bicycle x miles, then go to a motorcycle before you ever get to sit behind the wheel of a cage.

I was stunned at how vulnerable I felt the first few times I rode a motorcycle on the street. I looked out for motorcyclists while driving a lot more after that. Ditto for bicycles, once I started getting out on the street on mine. I don't believe I was a danger to cyclists before that, but I was much less conscious of their presence.

You can't really understand what it's like until you've done it. We'd be a lot better off as cyclists if more cagers understood in their gut what it's like to be on the road without a cage.

[synack]

Great post, newleaf! I never realized how stupid drivers can be until I rode a motorcycle.

[kneedrachen]

So update, had my homestead peloton in the car today, the bubblehead came whipping around a curve in our direction.










on the wrong side of the road.

[synack]

I went on a shop group ride this morning for the first time. I got there early because I wanted to make sure there wasn't anything that I needed to know. Waiting for all of the riders to show up, I got the displeasure of listening to the shop owner on the phone about his mechanic being in the hospital because he was hit by a car this morning. Ugh, I wish people would be more careful and considerate.

[rynoman03]

Originally Posted by kneedrachen

So update, had my homestead peloton in the car today, the bubblehead came whipping around a curve in our direction.










on the wrong side of the road.

The same girl? If so wow!

[kneedrachen]

Yup, lives across the main thoroughfare from me