morons on two wheels
Sorry, Ride Fast, but this is a perfect example of why cagers like me generally hate scoot-jockeys.
Today, on my way back from the range (more on that later), I had to navigate Oceanside, Kalifornistan, to pick up some gas. Interesting little town... the commercial districts seem like they froze in the early 70's, if not earlier, while the residential areas are as modern as they come. Anywise, I eventually ended up on one of the side roads, and pulled up to a four-way-stop intersection about the same time as a minivan, 90 degrees anti-clockwise around the intersection from me. Being that I was the vehicle to the left, I yielded to him, and off he went... along with two of the three morons on crotchrockets behind him.
It just about turned bad for them, considering that I was taught and raised to take turns at an intersection, and was expecting the van to go, me to go, and then them to go, so as soon as the van was out of my route of travel, I was an idiot and started my forward motion... and immediately noticed that the nimwits on the bikes had not stopped, as they should have, and instead had taken off after the minivan. I scared the hell out of the two that were already moving, and they accelerated through the intersection even faster, but the third had not quite launched off yet, so he stopped, and we stared at each other for a second. I motioned for him to go, he shook his head and motioned for me to go, and I went.
I am not trying to say that all motorcycle drivers are halfwit retards who could not figure out the rules of the road if their lives depended on it (and, more often than not, their lives do)... but I am saying that whenever I see a two-wheeled conveyance on the road, I give it a very wide berth, especially considering how many of them do the crazy (but perfectly legal) lane-splitting nonsense down here...
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One of the reasons I came to prefer dirt and avoid asphaltbikes - many street riders today seem to have learned all the bad traits and arrogance of spandex yuppie bicyclists - but there's no arguing with the laws of physics.
Indeed... my car is definitely not the biggest thing on the roads, but I can guarantee that it outweighed both of them and both their bikes combined. And I have airbags.