Be careful out there......

Richard Tool said:

Yeah - I didn’t think of that but you must be right..

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Eye for an eye. Here's your scooter Sister. Good luck.

concours said:

Woman, 28, arrested for intentionally mowing down 23-year-old scooter rider in NYC road-rage killing: cops

Lillibeth Vasquez, 28, of Allentown, Pa., was driving a Honda Civic when she rammed into moped rider Robert Jimenez, 23, as both headed south on Fox Street near the Intervale Avenue intersection ar…

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This has everything to do with a total breakdown of decency in great swaths of our society. He hit her first and didn't care and she retaliated in kind. Makes me fear for life as we know it.

MikeG said:

This has everything to do with a total breakdown of decency in great swaths of our society. He hit her first and didn't care and she retaliated in kind. Makes me fear for life as we know it.

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Yep - and such behavior fueled by dealing with life in an urban jungle day in and day out . My daughter lives in Manhattan- thankfully in a better neighborhood- but it still takes it’s toll.

1 of the worse cases



lots more out there

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flying somewhere?

My definition of 'SAFE' is a situation or condition where the risks are minimised to a tolerable level. If you crash on a race circuit, you have usually done it to yourself. And most race crashes are harmless.
For me, driving a car on public roads is more difficult than riding a motorcycle on a race circuit.

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Some people just have no idea in how to carry loads in the back of their utes/pickups, be better with the tail gate closed and the timber on top of the closed tailgate slopping down towards the front, big heavy fines in Aus for unsecured loads and things laying lose in the back, always see buckets, esky's/iceboxes on the road that have flown out of the back or lose tools, I have picked up many of big shifters off the road over the years.

ashman said:

Some people just have no idea in how to carry loads in the back of their utes/pickups, be better with the tail gate closed and the timber on top of the closed tailgate slopping down towards the front, big heavy fines in Aus for unsecured loads and things laying lose in the back, always see buckets, esky's/iceboxes on the road that have flown out of the back or lose tools, I have picked up many of big shifters off the road over the years.

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It's worse than that, they just don't give a phuck, for anyone but themselves.

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Worse yet - with the advent of extruded plastic 1 x material
(Azek, Royal , etc. ) which has no rigidity I see it being carelessly transported all the time . With the various wood species in days gone by you could put it on your truck racks with several feet extending forward of the tie down straps . Not so with the plastic. If the leading edge of the material is not tightly strapped down wind will get under it , lift it and break it off. I’ve dodged flying material three times now . Once a 6’ long piece of 1x12 while on my ES2 .
I recognized the truck and went straight to his boss and offered my opinion…

Richard Tool said:

Worse yet - with the advent of extruded plastic 1 x material
(Azek, Royal , etc. ) which has no rigidity I see it being carelessly transported all the time . With the various wood species in days gone by you could put it on your truck racks with several feet extending forward of the tie down straps . Not so with the plastic. If the leading edge of the material is not tightly strapped down wind will get under it , lift it and break it off. I’ve dodged flying material three times now . Once a 6’ long piece of 1x12 while on my ES2 .
I recognized the truck and went straight to his boss and offered my opinion…

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"Slack-jaw doofuses"

How many times I have seen trades with loads on the their racks ladders or PVC pipes etc just tied down with gaff tape or similar or people carrying mattress on top of their car roofs over hanging at the front lifting from the wind getting under it with only very thin ropes holding it on through the windows, accident just waiting to happen.
Tie down straps and netting/covers are mandatory these days in my state, ropes are no longer allowed as well the tie down straps must be done without twist in the straps or any frays in the straps, even carting dirt in the back has to be covered all mud/dirt carters have to cover their loads.
About 30+ years ago a mate was driving his ute on the main highway that goes through Nambour just before it there is a big hill climb my mate was minding his own business sitting on 100kmph highways speed when a spare truck tyre was rolling down the hill that fell off the back of a semi gaining speed and bouncing my mate had nowhere to go and he laid down across the seat when the tyre hit the front of his ute, crushed the roof flat and kept bouncing down the road, saved my mate by laying down but rode off his ute.
A week later the truck driver stopped at the local police station to ask if anyone handed in a truck wheel and tyre, the copper said is it that one and he said that's it then the copper handed him the insurance claim and a fine for unsecure load, wonder if he was sorry going to the police station lol.
The highway now by past Nambor now.

Ashley

bud was puttin about 1 day

Motorcycle Shrapnel Accident on the Highway

Sometimes you just have to thank your lucky stars It was just after dawn, and I was riding the on-ramp to the QEW westbound from the 403. I had just moved into the centre lane, doing about 110 km/h and was getting ready to pass a transport truck hauling a 53-foot trailer, when I noticed […]

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I had just moved into the centre lane, doing about 110 km/h and was getting ready to pass a transport truck hauling a 53-foot trailer, when I noticed a shiny blur move under the left side of my bike and then the high-pitched grinding sound of what I thought was a stone caught in the front brake disc.​

In overall dimensions, the offending metal shard was 1.25 cm thick, 96.25 cm long and 20.25 cm wide, narrowing to a point with a wicked hook at the end. I now understood that the noise I’d heard was not a stone, but the wide end of the metal scraping along the road as I made for the shoulder. I was horrified to realize that had I used the front brake, I would have unknowingly driven the metal into the ground and possibly thrown myself over the bars, or it may have jammed into the gas tank or through my seat, as the portion of the highway where I’d had to pull over had rumble strips. The reason it took so long to stop was due to the oil being splashed up on my rear tire and brake, making it all but useless.

Back in my truck driving days I was hauling a load of gravel in our 10 wheeled Mack. In addition to the gravel the customer had ordered a 20 foot section on 18 inch corregated culvert pipe. The boss insisted I put the pipe on top of the tarped gravel and strap it down. Didn't thrill me but I did it, wasn't going more than a few miles anyway. I was headed to a local sawmill with it and the DOT cops loved to hang out about a mile away and nail the log haulers headed to the mill. Sure enough I got pulled over and the best the cop could come up with is I didn't have a red flag on the end of the pipe, as it was overhanging the tailgate by about 3 feet. It was a good 11 feet up in the air but by his reasoning "if a cabover truck got close enough he might hit it". If ANYBODY got that close to the back of my truck they're pretty much asking for it. My load was secured and safe but I swear most of these guys have no idea what they're looking for or why.

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That nimrod could very easily spread that load with the tailgate up.
Note the rear bumper right side...