Today is officialy "stupid 2 wheel motorist" day.

[Evadman]

I had to run out to the post office today, and saw a guy on a crotch rocket cause an accident. Little %@$#. I was driving south on RT 59, a 4 lane road ( also called Suton ) and a crotch rocket passed me at what seemed to be over 100. Didn't even see him in the mirror. The little punk swerved between the 2 cars in front of me and made one of them drive off the road. I immediately took off after the little sh!t and got close enough to read his plate. Believe you me he knew I was there. Reading that little fricking plate from my truck is hard enough.

I wrote down his plate, and called the cops from a menards parking lot ( figures, right? ) So this guy is toast.

To top it all off, I was going down my street and about to pull into my driveway when a kid ( like 12 years old ) comes flying out of the park behind my house on a small dirt bike and flys right across my driveway.

So we slo got Uberdave with a drunk cyclist, and me with a rocket. Who else?

 

[xirtam]

I don't drive on Thursdays.

 

[loup garou]

I wrote down his plate, and called the cops from a menards parking lot ( figures, right? ) So this guy is toast

Do you really think the cops are going to put out an APB on a vehicle that can outrun any vehicle they have save a chopper because some guy called in from a payphone complaining about his driving?

And great job on catching up to him in your car. If he was going 100mph+ and caused an accident, most likely he would've been the only one killed. Now you, with your car, could kill a whole car full of people. Leave the detective work up to the cops.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: werk

I wrote down his plate, and called the cops from a menards parking lot ( figures, right? ) So this guy is toast

Do you really think the cops are going to put out an APB on a vehicle that can outrun any vehicle they have save a chopper because some guy called in from a payphone complaining about his driving?

And great job on catching up to him in your car. If he was going 100mph+ and caused an accident, most likely he would've been the only one killed. Now you, with your car, could kill a whole car full of people. Leave the detective work up to the cops.

Why would they have to put out an ATB? They have his plate. They just show up at his house when he gets home. and I do not drive a car. I drive a 2500 Dodge ram. I wouldn't have taken out a car of people. I would have taken out a city block. And I have a cell. I just don't use while I am moving.

 

[loup garou]

Why would they have to put out an ATB? They have his plate. They just show up at his house when he gets home

And give him a ticket for what? Being seen driving fast by some guy in a truck? Sheesh.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

this wasnt today, but last night i was driving home on a road that has one lane in each direction, and there was a guy on a bicycle wearing dark clothes coming at me about 3 feet from the curb on my side of the street...had to cross the double yellow to avoid him...luckily it was an empty road and i saw him in time

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: werk

Why would they have to put out an ATB? They have his plate. They just show up at his house when he gets home

And give him a ticket for what? Being seen driving fast by some guy in a truck? Sheesh.

if the car that swerved can identify the bike and/or helmet and/or clothing you have a witness. not to mention Evadman as a witness. Pretty easy to build a case off of that.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: werk

Why would they have to put out an ATB? They have his plate. They just show up at his house when he gets home

And give him a ticket for what? Being seen driving fast by some guy in a truck? Sheesh.

if the car that swerved can identify the bike and/or helmet and/or clothing you have a witness. not to mention Evadman as a witness. Pretty easy to build a case off of that.

Oh that's just silly. If the police in your area will carry out an "investigation" on a reckless driver, they have way too much time on their hands. Honestly, if I called the cops on a guy who was driving recklessly, the NOPD would laugh at me.

 

[Evadman]

Maybe it would help if I say that the road this happened on was a 4 lane divided highway with good sized curbs. The car that went off the road had to jump it and probably did some damage to the front / bottom of the car. You can bet the insurance company will be called.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: werk

Oh that's just silly. If the police in your area will carry out an "investigation" on a reckless driver, they have way too much time on their hands. Honestly, if I called the cops on a guy who was driving recklessly, the NOPD would laugh at me.

So what if the people in the car had died because they swerved into oncoming traffic or hit a pole. Let him go? It wouldn't take much of an investigation. The whole thing can be accomplished in a matter of a half a days work. It's not like you have to piece the whole thing together. besides, that is the job of the police. to investigate crimes. So we should rank which crimes should be investigated? what about if you have 100 murders. try and solve the murders of babies before adults because they are more important?

 

[notfred]

While we've got this thread:

I hate motorcycles and 99% of the people who ride them!!

Is it possible that somewhere there's some motorcycle manufacturer capable of making a motorcycle that's quieter than a doozen chainsaws? I don't think so. At least not from my experience. Either that or it's jsut that every damn person on a motorcycle thinks it's mandatory to race up and down my 35mph street at 2AM. Well the Harley's don't race, they jsut cruise along still be noisier than hell. God damn things. I don't mind if you want a loud vehicle, but if you're going to ride it around late at night, in residential aras, make sure that there's some manner in which you can drive it that WONT wake up the whole neighborhood. NOTE: Driving at full throttle will NOT acomplish that. Oh, and this applies to riced out hondas too, they're almost as loud as the crotch rockets.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: werk

Why would they have to put out an ATB? They have his plate. They just show up at his house when he gets home

And give him a ticket for what? Being seen driving fast by some guy in a truck? Sheesh.

if the car that swerved can identify the bike and/or helmet and/or clothing you have a witness. not to mention Evadman as a witness. Pretty easy to build a case off of that.

probably depends on where this is...i know it you can report it and they can get a ticket, its happened before in the town i grew up in...but if you are in a city i doubt anything would happen

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: werk

Why would they have to put out an ATB? They have his plate. They just show up at his house when he gets home

And give him a ticket for what? Being seen driving fast by some guy in a truck? Sheesh.

if the car that swerved can identify the bike and/or helmet and/or clothing you have a witness. not to mention Evadman as a witness. Pretty easy to build a case off of that.

probably depends on where this is...i know it you can report it and they can get a ticket, its happened before in the town i grew up in...but if you are in a city i doubt anything would happen

i'm sure it does depend. but how would you know unless you called?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: werk

Oh that's just silly. If the police in your area will carry out an "investigation" on a reckless driver, they have way too much time on their hands. Honestly, if I called the cops on a guy who was driving recklessly, the NOPD would laugh at me.

So what if the people in the car had died because they swerved into oncoming traffic or hit a pole. Let him go? It wouldn't take much of an investigation. The whole thing can be accomplished in a matter of a half a days work. It's not like you have to piece the whole thing together. besides, that is the job of the police. to investigate crimes. So we should rank which crimes should be investigated? what about if you have 100 murders. try and solve the murders of babies before adults because they are more important?

I'm only going to address the first sentence of your post because the rest is the lamest reasoning I've ever read. They didn't hit anything except for a curb (which was not mentioned in the original post). I responded to Evadman's post the way I did for 2 reasons:

1. As per the original post, someone got run off the road. He didn't mention any damage to the vehicle. If there weren't cops there to witness it, what are they going to do?
2. He chased down a motorcycle in his truck that was going, by his account, over 100MPH (I doubt it was going that fast when he caught up to it, but still...)

My point was that by chasing the guy on the crotch-rocket, he presented more of a danger to the road than the original offender.

Now that he has mentioned that there is the possibility of damage to the car that got run off the road, I agree that the people who were in that car should call the cops, but it really isn't any of Evadman's business.

Edited because "offendener" is not a word.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

i'm sure it does depend. but how would you know unless you called?

one of my teachers in high school was complaining about getting a ticket because someone called in on her...

 

[pyonir]

none of his business? He witnessed an accident. He stated in his first sentence, that the guy on the bike had caused an accident. That, to me, makes it rather obvious that damage was done to the car.

I highly doubt Evadman (and Evadman you can correct me on this if i'm wrong) drove as unsafely as the guy on the bike. I'm sure he used due caution to get the plate and i would assume the bike did slow down (correct me again, if i am wrong).

Regardless, my point is, it is his business. You are the same type of person that thinks someone beating his wife is 'their business'. Don't attack him for calling the cops when he sees something wrong, because the police could use more help from the public as a whole.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle

one of my teachers in high school was complaining about getting a ticket because someone called in on her...

You misunderstood me, it was a rhetorical question. If you don't call when you see someone cause an accident, or for any crime for that matter, then the police department definately won't do anything. If you do call, who knows, they may take the information and follow up.

 

[Instan00dles]

Originally posted by: notfred
While we've got this thread:

I hate motorcycles and 99% of the people who ride them!!

Is it possible that somewhere there's some motorcycle manufacturer capable of making a motorcycle that's quieter than a doozen chainsaws? I don't think so. At least not from my experience. Either that or it's jsut that every damn person on a motorcycle thinks it's mandatory to race up and down my 35mph street at 2AM. Well the Harley's don't race, they jsut cruise along still be noisier than hell. God damn things. I don't mind if you want a loud vehicle, but if you're going to ride it around late at night, in residential aras, make sure that there's some manner in which you can drive it that WONT wake up the whole neighborhood. NOTE: Driving at full throttle will NOT acomplish that. Oh, and this applies to riced out hondas too, they're almost as loud as the crotch rockets.

Yea well if you hate me, than I hate you too. I will not drive around at 2 am in a residential area cause at that time I cant think very clearly and I hate people wo make noise that time of night. Yes you can make a quite motorcycle take bmw touring machines you cant hear tham at all, you want to know why most are loud? cause stupud people seem to think that loud cars/van/trucks/motorcycles make them go faster. harleys are loud as f|_|ck but a snail could beat them. It all depends on the mentality of the driver. I drive a suzuki gr650 and it is rated at 85db at 4000rpm, I hate the damm thing it is really loud I am always riding through towns at a higher gear than I should be. I want a quiter bike but I cant afford it, this is my first bike. You seem to think that motorcycles are the only loud veichles on the road, how about those damm ricer car, big dumb trucks that have been modded to look like a monster truck they are loud as well. Well that is my semi-rant for that day, if it doesnt make alot of sence, that is beacuse I am trying to type this while my boss is walking around.

 

[ElFenix]

if he caused an accident then he should be getting a ticket

 

[The Stigenator]

Originally posted by: notfred
While we've got this thread:

I hate motorcycles and 99% of the people who ride them!!

Is it possible that somewhere there's some motorcycle manufacturer capable of making a motorcycle that's quieter than a doozen chainsaws? I don't think so. At least not from my experience. Either that or it's jsut that every damn person on a motorcycle thinks it's mandatory to race up and down my 35mph street at 2AM. Well the Harley's don't race, they jsut cruise along still be noisier than hell. God damn things. I don't mind if you want a loud vehicle, but if you're going to ride it around late at night, in residential aras, make sure that there's some manner in which you can drive it that WONT wake up the whole neighborhood. NOTE: Driving at full throttle will NOT acomplish that. Oh, and this applies to riced out hondas too, they're almost as loud as the crotch rockets.

Someone is being A*& because he got smoked by a motorcycle......

Somehow there has to be something about motorcycles these days.. another guy in another forum nearly got hit by one yesterday.. he was taking a right turn and some car tried to squeeze between him and the curb (mind you he had the right turn lane to himself and made a wide turn and had his indicator).

Cagers are equally to blame.. better look out for us motorcyclists.. we are everwhere..

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Regardless, my point is, it is his business. You are the same type of person that thinks someone beating his wife is 'their business'. Don't attack him for calling the cops when he sees something wrong, because the police could use more help from the public as a whole.

I knew you were going to come back with that...as a matter of fact, I almost put a disclaimer in my last post. Of course you should report crimes you witness. But, you should not put other people in danger to do so. I apologize to Evadman if he obeyed all rules of the road to track the guy down, but from what he has posted (motorcycle driving recklessly at 100MPH), it is hard to reason that he did.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: The_good_guy


Cagers are equally to blame.. better look out for us motorcyclists.. we are everwhere..

I hate when people mention this. I see you, now stop driving like a fricken moron and you won't have to worry about getting hit. I see so many weaving in and out of traffic on my way home from work everyday. No turn signals, driving 5-15mph faster than the flow of traffic. Then a motorcyclist gets hit, and spouts on about, "start seeing motorcycles!"

I know there are you good riders out there too, i see a few of those as well.

<end rant>

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: werk

I knew you were going to come back with that...as a matter of fact, I almost put a disclaimer in my last post. Of course you should report crimes you witness. But, you should not put other people in danger to do so. I apologize to Evadman if he obeyed all rules of the road to track the guy down, but from what he has posted (motorcycle driving recklessly at 100MPH), it is hard to reason that he did.

Then you should have added that in your post.

i guess we'll never know, because Evadman doesn't come back to his freaking posts!!! :disgust:

 

[Instan00dles]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: The_good_guy


Cagers are equally to blame.. better look out for us motorcyclists.. we are everwhere..

I hate when people mention this. I see you, now stop driving like a fricken moron and you won't have to worry about getting hit. I see so many weaving in and out of traffic on my way home from work everyday. No turn signals, driving 5-15mph faster than the flow of traffic. Then a motorcyclist gets hit, and spouts on about, "start seeing motorcycles!"

I know there are you good riders out there too, i see a few of those as well.

<end rant>

Thats nice one more person that actually notices us out there but there are more drivers out there that are sleeping at the wheel and cant see out of the car once they are behind a windshield. I will weave in and out of traffic when I see someone who cant keep there car in their lane, make sudden stops like the jsut woke up and saw a car infront of them, are talking on phone and playing with their hair in the mirror. There are too many drivers out there not paying attention so I will get infront of them so when they do make a mistake I will not be in the way.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Instan00dles

Thats nice one more person that actually notices us out there but there are more drivers out there that are sleeping at the wheel and cant see out of the car once they are behind a windshield. I will weave in and out of traffic when I see someone who cant keep there car in their lane, make sudden stops like the jsut woke up and saw a car infront of them, are talking on phone and playing with their hair in the mirror. There are too many drivers out there not paying attention so I will get infront of them so when they do make a mistake I will not be in the way.

I completely agree with you and I think that you should. There are terrible drivers out there, that even us in cars have to watch out for. So when you do have to move in and out of traffic, don't cut cars off by switching lanes with only 12" to spare in front of the car, ya know what i mean? There are a lot of riders that continue to weave in and out, but a few just do it once or twice to get away from an inattentive driver.