Dallas, TX says boo to red light cameras, yay to money.

[Words Of Wisdom]

rocketpig said:

twesterm said:

Do you ever see people driving on motorcycles? Most of them deserve to die.

I see them all the time doing wheelies through intersections, weaving through traffic, and driving 100+ down the highway.

As for someone borrowing your car: don't let people drive your car. If that person isn't on your insurance, why are they driving your car anyways?

And once again, the auto-generated tickets work. Remember, the point of tickets isn't (or shouldn't be) to make money, it's to protect the citizens. It's true having a cop nearby makes you be a little more careful, but cops can't be everywhere at once.

Whoa there, as a motorcyclist on dirt and street since I was seven years old, I find that more than a little fuckin' offensive.

If you had any idea how stupid the average car driver is and how vulnerable you are on a motorcycle, you would be a little more courteous toward our two-wheeled friends and their behaviors. Half the shit you probably put in the "they deserve to die" category are actually defense mechanisms used by motorcyclists to not get fucking killed by some fucking soccer mom talking on a cell phone while doing her makeup (such as lane-splitting or driving slightly faster than the regular flow of traffic).

twesterm probably could have said it a little nicer, but motorcyclists are often problematic.  Not only do they often weave through traffic but they making a driving situation very precarious.  You can rearend the car in front of you and everyone will usually walk away just fine, but rearend a motorcyclist and the driver may not live to see the next day.  

So when you get a person driving a motorcycle carelessly combined with the fact that it would be very easy for them to get severely injured or killed when (not if) they screw up, it's a bad situation.

I don't honestly believe that every motorcyclist in existence is a poor driver, but I have never seen one that doesn't drive carelessly.