GRRRR! Crotch rocket A holes!

[seuadr]

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apperantly, this is a pretty common thing

[buttonhook]

In tennessee it is legal for one motorcycle to pass another in the same lane (2 in one lane) no matter what line is painted on the road. but I wouldn't do it unless they know your coming.

[speedzter2000]

I have 2 "sport bikes" if you would call them that. I met up with some people on Sunday with cruisers, and the look of disdain was quite apparent amongst ALL of them. One even made a comment about how "Sport bike riders are reckless, causing accidents....Did you hear about that accident the other day where that stupid crotch-rocket blah blah blah....." I was a little miffed, to say the least, but kept my mouth shut. Thankfully, another guy on his Honda Hawk pulled up, and he made the ride a LOT better. Then we sat there and quietly bashed the cruiser people for wearing no gear, and brain buckets. To each his own, but don't lump us all together!!
I am NOT a fan of being passed in aforementioned circumstance. I was nearly killed last year by some knuckleheads who were being chased by a cop, I was sitting at a light to make a left, and they passed me on the left. If it hadn't been for the purple truck in front of me not wanting to go (and me cursing him to GO) as these boneheads passed me, I felt the blood drain out of my head.
I go at a good clip, and to be passed on a TURN, which I have been many times, is not only against the law here, but puts MY life at risk, as well as other innocent people. There have been accidents here at least once a week where someone gets killed, and I don't want it to be me, or someone I know. Save your stuff for the race track. Sorry, I know you guys think differently, but there is a reason why there are limits on things. I had a little spill, (doing about 45 in a 20 mph turn) and let me tell you, it changed my thinking completely.

[tone]

I always pass on the right :-D

[isleoman]

I would be considered a 1%er by probably most of the people here. But I never, ever would pass on the right. I frequently pass on the double yellow, cars all the time and in an instant, but bikes I usually wait for them to aknowladge me first. If I am behind them for a while (more than 60 seconds) and they don't give me the signal or at least look like they know I am there, then I pass them. But when I do pass on the double yellow I always use the other lane entirely, no matter what the road ahead looks like. Keep in mind that in some states it is entirely legal to pass on the double yellow if it is clear.

I'm with you Jethro, if I was going to drive the speed limit I would take the car and be comfortable. I will occasionally pass on the double yellow but I keep it to a minimum. I know my roads and I know where its safe to over take. There's no sense in ****ing people off needlessly especially since most have cell phones now. I would never pass someone on a bike on the right. Just like you though if I get no acknowledgment in 60 seconds, what ever is in front of me is going to get passed. Even if its 150 Harleys in search of the next bar (I generalize) on Rt 202 near the Quabin.

Remember Massachusetts Gov Dukakis? The clown in the tank running for President? King of the Nanny State. His great claim to fame was that he eliminated 50% of the legal passing areas on rural roads in Mass in the name of safety. I'd still like to ring his neck, in the name of freedom.

[spyug]

Passing on a double yellow is illegal in Ontario, dangerous as hell but people do it anyway.

I can't count the number of times I've been doing the speed limit or a touch higher and the cager behind is in such blasted hurry that they shoot on around me. I even remember the first time it happened to me riding the scoot. No oncoming traffic, me doing the speed limit and the silly cow driving the cage barely pulls out and passes me as she staddles the double yellow taking half of my lane. As a habit, I pull to the right when I see someone about to pass me and I'm glad I did or she surely would have driven through me.

On the routes I usually go for my weekend rides, there are lots of bikes out and about and most are usually polite about passing. When I see someone coming up fast, I move right over to the fog line and wave them through. Most guys will straddle the center line but i've had a time or two when a whole passle of crotch rockets came thundering through right in my lane. One guy's pressure wave almost sent me to the ditch. Those are the twits that need education.

I don't like to pass slower vehicles unless I am absolutely sure what they are going to do and I will hang back on any double line stretch until I get the dotted line. Saving a few minutes is not worth the risks in my mind. The only time I have broken this rule is with bicycle riders. Coming up on them I will get within 50 feet or so and swing over but close to the yellow and then right back in as I pass. Don't want to scare them.

Ride safe folks.

Cheers,
Spyug.

[Nascar Fan]

I want to say I am not looking for a fight.I am new here and I like the site but this post has brought out soooooo many different things.I will say that I have been passed on a double yellow and too many times it's because someone is unhappy with the pace-even though the person(myself) is running at the normal 5 over speed limit I.E. doing 60 in a 55 M.P.H. zone.I do know that NY,if/when ever you cross that double line--No matter what--- you assume ALL responsibility in the event of an accident.I just want to know is it really worth it??I do remember a guy (kid)( when I worked at a motorcycle dealership (Honda&Kawasaki) around 1990 came in and bought a used 1985 Honda Nighthawk S 700 nice clean bike.I had my eye on it but he came in before I could get the coin.He owned the bike 2 nights before he was killed on it.The story is he was on a double solid line and following an older couple and when they hit 45 M.P.H. he would hit his brakes to slow down.The guy on the bike decided well I will just pass him on the right because there is too much oncoming traffic.Well he downs a gear and held it on the pin when Grandpa hit his brakes again only because he caught his Headlight coming like a bullet and tried to pull over......the bike swerved over farther to the shoulder and Grandpa kept comin over and the bike made it to the right front tire of the car.He hit so hard that when the bars and gas tank met his hand was still on the throttle and stayed there while he was thrown over the car into the oncoming traffic lane and was run over there..his parents did not recognize him at the morgue he was that bad...The big problem there was that when people started slamming on thier brakes in the oncoming lane, to miss an accident a 3 year old in his car seat was badly injured because the car they were in was slammed from behind by a dump truck.My point is that if you wanna ride like an idiot.....go man go stupidity is self inflicted,but dont involve anyone else.

[Kris V]

WOW,you guys would hate it here in the calif mountains, this is the norm! If your in the way you will get passes on both sides if your not paying attention. These asswipes will pass you even if your going fast (which I do) I even get passed on my zx14 carving a canyon now and then and I am no slouch when it comes to canyon carving. I always like it when the WAD on angeles crest and they are in pain I honk the horn as I go by.

[buttonhook]

WOW,you guys would hate it here in the calif mountains, this is the norm! If your in the way you will get passes on both sides if your not paying attention. These asswipes will pass you even if your going fast (which I do) I even get passed on my zx14 carving a canyon now and then and I am no slouch when it comes to canyon carving. I always like it when the WAD on angeles crest and they are in pain I honk the horn as I go by.

is lane splitting is also legal there?? I don't know if I could handle that(since I've never had to deal with it)

[C.V.]

is lane splitting is also legal there?? I don't know if I could handle that(since I've never had to deal with it)

lane splitting is perfectly legal in california.

[buttonhook]

sorry wrong post

[loudest143]

I would like to offer a bit of clarity...... We all have our views about this group or that group, and we poke fun at the hd guys as they try to figure out how to put oil in their bikes, but an observation..... You guys aren't complaining about bikers, or a type of biker, you're complaining about STUPID PEOPLE. Stupid people do stupid things, like kneedragging on a beemer their first trip up the dragon. Stupid people ride in between lanes and get creamed missing the car turning left. Stupid people are stupid, and will always be stupid. Leave them be, they don't know they're stupid. Let them breed amongst themselves so we can continue to watch Judge Judy and America's Next Top Model.

You can't fix stupid.

loudest143
*embrace the chaos

[rudy]

Let them breed amongst themselves so we can continue to watch Judge Judy and America's Next Top Model.

He he! So true!

Like Mama always said, stupid is as stupid does.

[jbs80106]

[QUOTE=Jethro;836546]I frequently pass on the double yellow.....QUOTE]

Interestingly, in Hough's book he talks about passing on the double yellow (of which there seems to an ever increasing amount here in Colorado, paritcularly on Hwy 83, a frequent ride for may, including slow putt-putt-putters.....

Hough says something along the lines that speeding is no more or less illegal than crossing the double yellow line...both could land you a ticket....just know the risks and do them safely.....

[tkent02]

Double yellow has nothing to do with safe passing on a motorcycle...
The yellow lines usually seem to be designed for underpowered cars, with a really long straight required. Legally they apply to us but in reality, they rarely do. Often a very safe place to pass on a bike has double yellow, quite often a place with no double lines is not safe on a bike.

We can see over little rises, have near instant acceleration, we corner differently than cars.

Sometimes the safest place to pass is a left hairpin corner, where the cars are the slowest, the road is wide and you can see all the way up the next straight. They will certainly be double yellow here if the road has lines at all.

If you know the road, and there are no hidden dangers such as driveways or lanes that split off to the right, go for it.

I would like to know in which states passing on these lines is completely illegal, and which states it's not.