Poll of the Day > I want a shirt that says 'God hates bikers'

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VROOOM VROOOM lM SO LOUD

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I was behind a lifted truck in a drive thru today, and the douchebag's vehicle was so loud that he had to turn it off to place his order lmao

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If only there was a South Park episode to describe how they are.

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Smiffwilm posted...

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You mean like in that episode where that derogatory slur referring to homosexual people was redefined so that it refers instead to bikers and their ilk.
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To a certain extent, motorcycles being loud is justifiable. It's very, very common for drivers to simply not see motorcycles because they're looking for cars and not motorcycles, and being loud enough to be clearly audible draws an extra amount of attention to them that helps keep them safe. That isn't carte blanche to be as loud as one wants, though, and there are definitely plenty of bikers out there that make lots of noise because they're just tools about it, not for any reason related to safety.

Now, loud cars/trucks? That's just people being douchebags. There's no reason for that.

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Do bikers still wear 1%er patches now after the 1% has a different meaning?

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Car drivers are bastions of road safety.

Loud pipes save lives.

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There really should be a lane for motorcycles like the bicycle lane-or just allow them there-because Im tired of them breaking laws to pass daily drivers through exits, or the sides, or the center lane.

Cardgames on motorcycles!
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adjl posted...

To a certain extent, motorcycles being loud is justifiable. It's very, very common for drivers to simply not see motorcycles because they're looking for cars and not motorcycles, and being loud enough to be clearly audible draws an extra amount of attention to them that helps keep them safe. That isn't carte blanche to be as loud as one wants, though, and there are definitely plenty of bikers out there that make lots of noise because they're just tools about it, not for any reason related to safety.

Now, loud cars/trucks? That's just people being douchebags. There's no reason for that.

Agreed to a degree, but if safety was a huge concern there would be more helmets and people wearing leathers I feel...

JoseAAV posted...

There really should be a lane for motorcycles like the bicycle lane-or just allow them there-

Wait, are you saying to allow motorcycles (motorized vehicles that can go 100+ km/h) on the bicycle lane when a perfectly fine road is available?

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JoseAAV posted...

There really should be a lane for motorcycles like the bicycle lane-or just allow them there-because Im tired of them breaking laws to pass daily drivers through exits, or the sides, or the center lane.

Bike lanes exist because they allow bikes to use the road without obstructing traffic, since the vast majority of cyclists can't keep up with most car traffic. Motorcycles can keep up with traffic (if anything, traffic struggles to keep up with them, given how much more quickly they can accelerate/stop), so they don't need a dedicated lane. That they abuse shoulders and other extra bits of road to pass dangerously is just them driving dangerously, not a sign that they need a dedicated lane to make it safer for them to drive dangerously.

hockey7318 posted...

Agreed to a degree, but if safety was a huge concern there would be more helmets and people wearing leathers I feel...

There is an argument to be made that motorcycle helmets do more harm by obstructing visibility than they do good by preventing brain/neck injuries. I haven't seen any actual stats on the matter, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if real evidence leans in favour of wearing them, but speaking theoretically and on an intuitive basis, I can sympathize with not wearing one.

Leathers, though, everyone should indeed wear. Dress for the slide, not the ride.

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I can understand the allure of riding without a helmet. Wind in your hair has got to feel nice, but both my parents worked in the ER for years/decades and saw some horrific head injuries. Enough that dad sold his bike long ago and my mom would probably still lose her shit if I got one despite the fact that I'm a grown ass man.

The additional bonus of leathers is that, if the person does crash, it tends to be a broken neck that kills them, which means all of their organs are nicely pre-packaged in a solid body bag that keeps them safe for donation.

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