Reply #68: Thank you for that [View All]

[Patchuli]

You just expressed my opinion pretty well. I gave up riding when helmets became mandatory in my state.

I noticed no one until you happened to mention that it is usually cars causing bikes to have accidents. We used to chase people down when they'd pull a left turn or some other idiocy in front of us just to find out WHY?! The biggest answer was "I didn't hear you!" If you cannot hear a Harley, you are hearing-impaired and shouldn't be driving a car. With the influx of idiots on cell phones, I am glad I don't ride anymore. I was hit head on (sitting still on my brakes!) at an intersection by a stupid woman on her cell phone that sped up to run the red light but didn't bother to steer her Jetta away from my front end. *Upon edit, I should note that I was sitting in a bright red pick up truck!

Cell phones while driving need to be outlawed and I wonder how many posters here are guilty of that one?

I hate hearing otherwise normal libs bashing bikers.