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Do red lights at intersections mean anything?

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From what I’ve seen recently shows drivers care less

I’ve been thinking about doing this blog entry for a while and this morning an experience drove me to the keyboard. I’m stopped at a busy intersection on my way to work. I had just missed the left turn green arrow so I was waiting for traffic to clear and make my turn when this guy behind me honks his horn for me to go. Go, where, there’s lots of traffic here dude and I’m on a motorcycle. The light turns yellow and I wait. Recently I’ve seen too many drivers here in Wisconsin run the red light and I don’t want to get wacked. The guy gets out of his truck and gives me a lecture on how I didn’t have to wait for the green arrow and could have turned on the orange. Not this rider. He also said that I was holding a whole line of vehicles behind him and I should show some courtesy. OK, whatever. When I turned on the next green arrow, guess how many vehicles I was holding up. Yup, just him. Continue reading Do red lights at intersections mean anything? →

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Please tell me why there are so many bad drivers

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I notice this more on my motorcycle

rustic roads, bad drivers, brake tappers, drivers who don't stop, I took my what most likely will have been my final ride of the season on my Hayabusa here in Wisconsin as it was 51 degrees. The weather folks forecast it all downhill from here. Actually riding this late has been a nice bonus because most years I put my bike away much earlier so I’ve been putting lots of miles the last couple of weeks and have been seeing some of the worst drivers. Continue reading Please tell me why there are so many bad drivers →

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What kind of driver are you?

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I think I’ve seen them all …

By Paul Daniel

… and went through them in a blog entry I did a while back on drivers that really annoy me. If you have been under a rock and never heard of Dude Perfect, these guys do some really funny stuff on YouTube. You name it and they’ve most likely tried some stunt like sinking a basketball from a Piper Cub. Really. In this video they team up with Dale Jr. See if you are, or know somebody, who might fit one of these stereotypes.

 

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Dude, take a chill pill

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Angry, party of one, angry party of one…….

rode rage, ford fusion, motorcycle, bad florida drivers, suzuki hayabusaBy Paul Daniel

That best describes the jerk driving the Ford Fusion in this video shot in Florida. Classic case of road rage. A guy on a bike pulls up at a stop light between two cars (guess you can do that in Florida. Not for me though) and the guy in the car on the right got ticked off. OK, it’s easy to say what I’d do after the fact but here’s what I would do. I could easily out run the guy on my Suzuki Hayabusa but that would put me and others in danger. I would have pulled into the nearest gas station and dialed 911. The guy in the Fusion should be charged with attempted vehicular homicide and undergo serious anger management. One things for sure. It would have scared the s……t out of me! Thoughts?

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Drivers who really annoy me…..

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…and the cars they drive

 

I’m really a patient guy except when it comes to getting from point A to point B either in one of our cars, 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, our 2008 Chrysler Pacifica (we really love that car and wish it was still being made), or my Suzuki Hayabusa. I experience more bad drivers on my bike than in the car or the Jeep, mostly because drivers don’t respect motorcycles. I really think that over half of the drivers are bad with you of course being in the good group, I hope. See if you can relate to any of my experiences. I have even categorized them so here we go.

Cloggers

Vehicles driven: Buick, Cadillac, Prius, Leafs, dump trucks

Drivers who don't know the light it green, bad drivers, clueless driversroad cloggersThese are the people, who for some reason, don’t know what the speed limit is, that they can actually go that speed, and maybe even five mph over. Some just poke along in the left hand lane. I think there must be some sort of governor built-in their car. The Prius and Leaf drivers are notorious for this and maybe are trying to save the planet. But Cloggers are not limited to cars, Dump trucks are HUGE cloggers. They take off from a stop signal so slow and take for ever to get up to speed. I’m thinking of petitioning Wisconsin to limit their travel to times when I’m not on the road like 11 pm-7 am. Only kidding if you drive one of these beasts. Cloggers are also the people who sit at the light when it turns green. Hello! Green means go. Go now, go! Continue reading Drivers who really annoy me….. →