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Resisting Temptation
- Thread starter KC 120
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Imagine how many lives would be saved if car drivers were forced to wear helmets.
I agree.....................helmets should be mandatory in cars/trucks/buses. Canadians send e-mails to your provincial and federal mpp and mp. Americans do the same to your congressmen and senators. If we flood their offices with e-mail they will have to listen.
On the other hand, its a little to late to enact a helmet law for cars and trucks. Within a few years, all vehicles on our roads will be controlled by computers. Perhaps even motorcycles and scooters will be run by computers. When that happens, there will be no need for helmets or seat belts, because computers don't make driving errors. Automotive collision and body shops will go out of business. There will no longer be traffic gridlock, because computers will regulate traffic flow. Even airplanes will soon be absent of a pilot.......................they may keep a blowup dummy in the cockpit, just to give passengers a false sense of "human" control.
Yes my friends this is all going to happen very soon. Google, Apple and Bill Gates will soon be controlling your whole life. Many people think they control us now, but this is just the beginning. You think your smart phone bill is high now. Wait until the added monthly fees for household vehicle control services are added in. I hope I haven't scared anyone
On the other hand, its a little to late to enact a helmet law for cars and trucks. Within a few years, all vehicles on our roads will be controlled by computers. Perhaps even motorcycles and scooters will be run by computers. When that happens, there will be no need for helmets or seat belts, because computers don't make driving errors. Automotive collision and body shops will go out of business. There will no longer be traffic gridlock, because computers will regulate traffic flow. Even airplanes will soon be absent of a pilot.......................they may keep a blowup dummy in the cockpit, just to give passengers a false sense of "human" control.
Yes my friends this is all going to happen very soon. Google, Apple and Bill Gates will soon be controlling your whole life. Many people think they control us now, but this is just the beginning. You think your smart phone bill is high now. Wait until the added monthly fees for household vehicle control services are added in. I hope I haven't scared anyone
I quess the question is why the need to ask...........ultimately it was the Administrators decision to ban him............having to ask is only rehashing a situation or questioning some one right to an opinion............if you weren't there what does it matter.............
An aside, that second thread you linked to indicate MikesXS 750 kits are problematic..........it appears media from the media blasting wasn't cleaned out of the engine properly hence scratched bores = smoking barrels
Hi Pete,
well, I was sorry to see him go. Consider the amusement factor, eh?
and if anyone was naive enough to take him seriously, it's just too bad.
I was trying to figure out why he's gone yet you're still here, decade after decade, not doing much except correcting the behavior of other grownups.
That wasn't my intent, but since it doesn't involve you, why elaborate? Your philosophy.
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Seemed to be friendly.
KC 120
1980 XS650
When I still live in CA, my GF at the time worked in the hospital down in San Diego. I used to go and hang out with her at work and life flight with motorcycle accidents were very common.
Hey, you guys miss him so much go over to the KZ forum and say gidday
...............................................did you say grownups..........
...............................................did you say grownups..........
KC 120
1980 XS650
Haha! Been there!
True Fred - but he did hurt some nice people's feelings in a bullying fashion - and I have always hated bullies.
Cheers,
Pete
KC 120
1980 XS650
Yes, most accidents happen within 5 minutes from home. My buddy stopped two blocks from home bought some smokes and was going home. Pretty much right out in front of our place a van was signaling right and doing it like molasses in winter. So my buddy went around to the left and the van driver turned left. He was only doing about 20 mph, he was fine, but his bike was trashed.
It applies equally to Sacremento traffic jams, and maintaining despots in power to uphold World order.
Hi xjwmx,
OK, I thought I'd heard it all but you got me with that one. What's a "virtue signaller"?
A turn indicator that sez "Jesus" when it flashes? Surely not a stoplight that sez "Oh fuck!"
Bob Kelly III
Ranch Kid from way back,.... that got Old !
thank you Fred... I didn't want to show my "UN- HIP-NESS" by asking the same question...LOL.... not that I really care if I'm Hip or not ! LOL....
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but to quote.....
the thing that struck me was this statement that seams to have been lost on everyone else...
"I was trying to figure out why he's gone yet you're still here"..... which is a DAMM good Question !
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Bob........
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but to quote.....
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the thing that struck me was this statement that seams to have been lost on everyone else...
"I was trying to figure out why he's gone yet you're still here"..... which is a DAMM good Question !
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Bob........
upthemaiden
XS650 Enthusiast
I think equating all lane splitting to someone who's trying to pass cars between lanes while going 50mph around a turn shortly after tailgating a car, all in a state where lane splitting isn't legal and cares are not used to it, is just a bad comparison. California has insane traffic on multilane highways, which as I understand it, used to cause problems with air cooled bikes overheating, and was the reason for letting bikes slowly filter their way through slow moving traffic.
I live in Pennsylvania, where it's also not legal, and I have never done it. Having said that, I've never understood why people are so bothered by it. I assume they've seen too many sportbikes going 100mph down the highway weaving between cars and assume it's the same thing. Same people who get mad at bicycles who don't wait in traffic downtown, people just irritated when they see someone moving faster than they are.
I live in Pennsylvania, where it's also not legal, and I have never done it. Having said that, I've never understood why people are so bothered by it. I assume they've seen too many sportbikes going 100mph down the highway weaving between cars and assume it's the same thing. Same people who get mad at bicycles who don't wait in traffic downtown, people just irritated when they see someone moving faster than they are.
theDQG
XS650 Addict
My dad is a retired orthopedic surgeon who hated the no-helmet law that they have in some states.
The problem, he said, wasn't that riders died. If you died, no problem, that was your choice, your decision.
But if you somehow survived, you are going to bankrupt yourself, your family, and more. Health insurance, being as awful as it is in this country, will fight you every inch of the way and eventually stop giving you coverage.
He said he had seen this happen too many times.
KC 120
1980 XS650
DQG, point well taken. I never really was a helmet guy, but over the years I wear it more and more. Now, I always wear one.
