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talltex wrote:

AlaskanInTexas wrote:

tommyg wrote:I wish that the 1% ( the bad element of motorcycle riders)

Based on my personal experience, the bad element is closer to 75%, not 1%. That said, my experience as of late has been pretty much limited to driving 75 in Dallas after 9pm - not necessarily a good sample. This is not a gut reaction either. I was involved in the rather heated motorcycle post several months back, and since then have been keeping track in my head of the number of safe v. crazy bikers I encounter.

I've been riding since I was 12 years old, and I'm sickened by what happened to the Lien family, but that 75% number is just ridiculous overall...although your experience may very well be skewed by where and when you are encountering them. Come on down to the country and you'll have a much different perception. I'd really be surprised if you came up with the 1% that tommyg mentioned. I honestly just don't see any of it here, and I'm out on the roads all around this area in my truck every day of the week.

I'm glad to hear that it is better in your neck of the woods...after dark on the Dallas freeways can be pretty scary. There is virtually no enforcement (at least on the Dallas County stretch of US 75), so anything goes. It is not unusual in my 25 mile commute to be passed by 5 people going well over 100mph; often in packs.

tommyg wrote:I wish that the 1% ( the bad element of motorcycle riders)

Based on my personal experience, the bad element is closer to 75%, not 1%. That said, my experience as of late has been pretty much limited to driving 75 in Dallas after 9pm - not necessarily a good sample. This is not a gut reaction either. I was involved in the rather heated motorcycle post several months back, and since then have been keeping track in my head of the number of safe v. crazy bikers I encounter.

rbwhatever1 wrote:I think after the first empty magazine hit the pavement following 9 bikers, and the second magazine was inserted the "Mindless Neanderthal Cowards" would have dispersed....

Unless of course the MNCs also had firearms, in which case, the driver, his wife, and child may not have fared as well as they did. Instead of firing, I would have started doing donuts until everything within 50 feet was flat.

I really wish lawmakers would crack down on these types of bikers. I would be happy to see the following laws passed:

- Failure to display a license plate: forfeiture of bike and a $20,000 fine
- Running from cops: Forfeiture of bike, $50,000 fine, permanent loss of Texas drivers license
- Exceeding speed limit by more than 30mph: Forfeiture of bike and a $10,000 fine
- Performing wheelies on public street: $5,000 fine and a one-year suspension of license
- Stopping traffic on freeway: firing squad.

I have spent a few minutes trying to articulate the passion with which I hate bikers like this; but can't quite capture it. Unfortunately, they are all too ubiquitous up here in DFW. I often have to drive home up 75 in the late evening, and invariably am passed by a group of idiots. In my latest run in, I was passing a semi in the left lane, going quite a bit faster than I should have. Notwithstanding my speed, some guy on a bike with a girl on the back flies between me and the semi going at least 120. I flash him. He slams on the breaks in front of me. I come to a complete stop and then go around him when safe. He catches up and keeps trying to stop me (I make it clear by my lack of brakes that he gets one free pass, but no more). He comes along my side and for a few miles tries to get me to engage him. I ignore him. He then comes real close and starts kicking my car (while we are going 65mph). But for the thought "that gal on the back is somebody's daughter" he would have felt the wrath of my mighty Honda Civic.