Display of Idiocy

[My Name Is Dave]

Just a quick tale of a complete retard on the highway this morning. I was in the far-right lane doing about 75. About 100 yards away from an exit, this dude in a big white van (industrial-style panel van) signals a lane change from two lanes over and moves into the center lane. I notice he's on a cell and he isn't be too aware of the road. He leaves the blinker on, so I maintain my position in the right-most part of the lane and am ready to speed up or slow down, depending on what he does. He doesn't move. Then when we get parallel with the exit, he looks at me and throws his hands up, as if I stopped him from getting off. Pretty funny.

You know, it makes it a lot easier to get somewhere if you don't wait until the absolute last second. And driving is easier sans cell phone. And you're just an idiot, what else can I say?

I'm over it.

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[Phaedrus]

Thing is,  in NY anyway, there are laws about driving with your cell phone (you can't do it). There are regulations on how far ahead of an exit you should put your turn signal on (some people do, some people don't). There are speed regulations, lane use regulations, etc. etc. A true multitude of laws. Unfortunately, however.....

There is no law against being an idiot  :mrgreen:

[My Name Is Dave]

Shiat, if there was a law against being an idiot, I have many close friends and relatives that would be going away for a LONG time  :lol:

I know about those NY laws: I visited my buddy in Ithaca last year for his gradumawation from Cornell. I kept calling to ask things when I was in my stop-over in Chicago (he drove to Syracuse to get me) and he was getting all pissed because he had to keep pulling over to answer my calls. Once I found that out, I made sure to double the call volume.  

But yeah, there are some total tards on the highways. Not that it's any secret.

Oh by the way, I'll hit 2000 miles this Friday on my trip to the coast. All service done myself, no drops (knock on wood), nothing but good times on my first bike over 125cc. Too bad the riding season is coming to a close in OR.  

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[Phaedrus]

Ithaca? Syracuse? Wow, thats almost my neck of the woods   Did you get to enjoy other NY laws, like the No Smoking in restaurant/bars one? A lot of out-of-staters just love that one..haha.

I've seen idiots on bikes too, it isn't just cagers. Yesterday I saw a couple of R6's riding threough downtown (30mph in traffic) popping wheelies..haha. Of course we did The Wave but I was like wow, thats pretty squidly. They were in full riding gear, tho, from boots to full leathers.

[My Name Is Dave]

Yeah, I learned that one real quickly. When you're in a no-smoking bar and you unknowingly light up, people look at you like you yelled "creamy pickle juice" or some other random phrase at the top of your lungs. I guess the lack of ashtrays and hoards of people outside smoking should have been a hint  
Creamy pickle juice!

But I did love the all-night pizza spot across from the main bar we went to (Peacock or Paradise or some crap; for some reason I can't remember the name of the bar). Good stuff.

There are a lot of stupid non-cagers, you're right. I'm all for getting more trashed than davidpu, but not while riding. There's a bar by my house and every Thursday there are about 20 scooters parked out front. And seeing that the bar really only sells High Life and PBR, I don't think they're there to enjoy one beer and take off; those are drink-to-get-drunk beers.

But what can you do?  :dunno:

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