Split'en Lanes

[79XS11F]

Re: Ticket, ticket...

Originally posted by planedick
Here in Cantaffordya moving at all either right or left of traffic will get you a ticket for sure. Probably something on the order of $400.

I'm not sure what the ticket here wiuld be but I would only do this if I really was thinking that my engine was going to be damaged. The ticket if given one would be cheaper then writing off my little big bore kit
Rob

[planedick]

And there's more...

Then your insurance rates go up too.... I drove over the double line on the freeway into an empty carpool lane to miss a truck tire carcuss in the lane and it cost me $540 I was told that crossing that line, carpool lane or not is not allowed, period. I consider the cop nothing short of moron. Motor officor too he was, but his head was up his %%%.

[Crazcnuk]

heh, kewl. And just for posterity...

Where are these biker stalls located? (in front of what type of businesses?)


That ticket for avoiding an object (tire) in the road I would have fought, heck I fight any tickets I get.

If they found you guilty of crossing the line to avoid a serious accident, I would turn around and threaten to sue them for unsafe driving conditions on thier highway!

[Special Ed]

O.K. I was being “overly sensitive,” O.K? A condition one can easily succumb to in Cantaffordya.
I hope I can wind this down on a humorous note.
Upon a review of my previous post I noticed a certain train of thought: that being a fear of winding up under an 18-wheeler. Now it isn’t that I get sweaty palms, or suffer heart palpitations at the thought of being crushed beneath the wheels of a semi rig, but it is a thought that passes though my mind. I guess one could say that I’m suffering from a SEMI- PHOBIA?


E.Liberty

[prometheus578]

"Where was I when this fight started?"

Sorry I'm late... did I miss anything?
We don't split lanes in this state, so I never bothered to read this thread. Now I noticed tonight that this thread is several pages long...
"What's the deal... it can't be that interesting?"
( I jump in at page four or five to get the general flavor....)

there's always some a**hole that would try to pinch you off.

Wow... did John just compare himself to a "Danglin' Turd"?
I must now read this thread from start to finish!

[HobbyMan]

I was wondering when you were going to chime in PRo. I had to split lanes to avoid a major accident this weekend. I had to jump out of the HOV lane and back in between two cars. It didn't bother me much because I had a good lead on the two cars when going between. It scared the crud out of the car in the HOV lane that was ahead of me and the guy in the normal lane to my right just layed on his horn. He was half the problem. I can see why people don't do it at high speed. My buddy on the back whom I was transporting was eager to give the trouble makers behind and besid the finger. Two cars decided to change lanes beside and behind me so my only option was to accelerate. I am now in favor of putting real horns on my bike.

[prometheus578]

"If there's one thing that I've leaned from this thread....!"

"Whoa... nice job, Hobbyman!"

I've always underestimated your intellengence and worth. I mean... you pop up out of nowhere..., you already have 18 or 19 XS's..., you fluff and inflate your posts in your quest for Guru status...
But in this thread, you've shown a certain coolness of thought and logic. That explaination of the word "YOU" (several pages back) was rather well thought out, and showed an inkling of insightfullness.
But your latest utterance really caught my attention.
I was quite astounded young man... (there's more to you than I give you credit for)
I'm sure that everyone who reads your last post will immediately notice the fact that you've properly used the pronoun "whom", instead of making the common mistake of typing "who".
Well done, young man. This is another feather in your cap... perched upon that bulbous head of yours.
I, for one, have always felt that in order to be a good motorcyclist, one must show a proper command of the language at all times.
Isn't this why, in the common held view, motorcyclists have such a bad reputation; the poor grammar and sentence structure used?
See if you can follow in this example:
"He lane-splits good."
"He lane-splits well."

Obviously, the second statement is the correct one. Even MRO knows that "GOOD" refers to people or things, but "WELL" must be used to describe actions.
"He is good at lane-splitting, he does that well."

(Oh great... I got distracted typing and burned my frozen pizza! I need to get me one of those "foreign wives" mentioned in that other thread)
(Crunch, crunch, crunch...)
Now where was I?

Lane-splitting....
Illegal here... Then again, I will not sit in traffic and have my pipes blue and the engine lock up again as I so foolishly did five years ago.
If your state allows it, then it's legal. If you've got something to say about it, write your local politician.
(Or have Hobbyman write the letter for you, you just put your "X" at the bottom when he's finished.)

I also noted from reading this morning's Daily Poop that they're now debating opening up the carpool lane to single occupancy vehicles provided they pay to use it.
Interesting...
That comment about getting into theaters by wearing a suit...
HHmmm...
While there is no law against cutting in lines at theaters... there is a law against me punching someone in the back of the neck. Shame, that is.
Why do handicapped people get to park close to the store? Why do they get their own bathroom stalls? To paraphrase John... I have the same need to "Pinch one off" as they do. (Maybe more urgently so!)
Handicapped people get to go to the head of the line at the commissary and soldiers in uniform have priority at aisle #'s 3,4 and 5.
This doesn't bother me.
Each culture makes their own laws. Live with them, or get them changed.
Recall that at Disneyworld, for an extra twenty bucks, you can get "express tickets". No waitin' in line to ride the "Log Jam"! (not really paraphrasing John, but close enough to mention)
A society of whiners, we have become.

[HobbyMan]

Was this thread ever about lane splitting?

In normal context "good" is an adjective, "well" is an adverb. Again, like all rules, there are exceptions. I just can't think of any.
Prometheus:
You did not mention all the misspellings. Have I earned the right to be an apprentice?

[prometheus578]

Experience, Hobbyman, experience.

The seasoned reader can easily judge a mispelled word's appearance as whether due to ignorance, or just thinking faster than one's fingers can search.
Note the common error on this site of the word "Form", when in the context of the sentence the writer clearly meant to type "From".
A common error, I say, as I often make the same one.
Now Hobbyman, don't start assuming that I ever make errors... my thought processes are clear and concise which is the important thing, it's the formal typing skills that I lack.
Now Hobbyman, that being said... don't start assuming that I lack skills. That too, is a common error.
(Shows disrepect for one's elders)

[DiverRay]

Crazcnuk,
The bike stalls are next to the cross walk. They are on the "wrong" side of the street from the beach, and about a one block walk from the bars.

[Special Ed]

Amazing. Leave it to Prom to take this thread from splitting lanes to splitting hairs!
E.Liberty

[prometheus578]

What else can I do at 1:30 in the morn, other than ramble.

[DiverRay]

Prom,
When you ramble on early in the morn, you still have more control of the written word than most.

[prometheus578]

Yeah, Ray, but I'd like much better being able to sleep.

[Crazcnuk]

1:30am? 2.5-3hrs before my bedtime!