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dumb. posted:I hit a bird yesterday. Yeah, I had one come flying out of tall grass next to the road while on a trip in Ohio. Poor thing just rammed itself into my left side fairing. I was afraid he was jammed into the air vents, but the guy riding behind me said he ricocheted off to the road. Poor little bastard.
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I had a cockatoo fly right across me while I was riding up in the hills one day. Hit me on the shoulder, the worst bit was the white dust which came out of the bird and was actually difficult to get off my jacket.
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Jun 27, 2017 09:18
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Absentmindedly jumped off the bike without putting the side stand down, barely caught it before it fell over. Immediately got back on and rode away out of shame.  
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Jul 5, 2017 03:29
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4th of July, in Texas. It was advanced "dunk or texting" test while riding into work this evening.
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Jul 5, 2017 07:22
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Narrowly avoided being tboned by inches. I was leaving work and the road out front is 1 lane each way, with a turn lane in the middle. There was a car coming from my left, checked to the right, and back to the left. The car was pulling into our lot, so I start pulling out and going and as I'm in the middle of the road and car about half the size of the one pulling in just barely missed me. I didn't see this car at all. They were passing the car pulling in, and were driving in the turn lane to go around them. This is super common on this road and I should've just waited but I was ready to go and didn't see the other car at all during both checks. Probably my closest to ever being in an accident with another car. The craziest part to me was my reaction. A very nonchalant "oh that was close," I don't think my blood pressure even spiked. Also I should've gave it more throttle to get clear but I don't recall giving it any more than my normal leaving work speed.
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Jul 12, 2017 22:44
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Whoa, glad you didn't get hit. I always wait for the car to turn in this situation whether I'm riding or driving. Sometimes the turning car decides to go straight too.
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Jul 13, 2017 01:41
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I knew who the person was, otherwise I would've waited for that too. I see too many people driving around with their blinker on to risk pulling out in front of some random.
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Jul 13, 2017 01:55
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Schroeder91 posted:Narrowly avoided being tboned by inches. I was leaving work and the road out front is 1 lane each way, with a turn lane in the middle. There was a car coming from my left, checked to the right, and back to the left. The car was pulling into our lot, so I start pulling out and going and as I'm in the middle of the road and car about half the size of the one pulling in just barely missed me. I didn't see this car at all. They were passing the car pulling in, and were driving in the turn lane to go around them. Congratulations on avoiding the shortlist for No Prisoners 2017 volume 2, although there car number 2 is usually the bike making an ill advised overtake and getting t-boned by whoever is pulling out of the junction.
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Jul 13, 2017 12:35
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I had a situation a few days ago and I wonder if I could have done something differently. I'm following a car about 2 seconds behind in a 35mph zone. We're passing an intersection with two vehicles turning left across my lane. The first one is an SUV. The SUV driver decides to turn between me and the car in front of me, instead of the hundreds of feet of empty space after me. I brake hard and honk. They make it past just fine, but the car behind them comes to a sudden stop. My guess is they couldn't see me because of the SUV, so when the SUV decided to go it looked all clear to them, so I was fortunate they saw me and stopped instead of gunning it through the turn. What could I have done here?
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Jul 17, 2017 21:04
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2 seconds looks like just the perfect size space to fit into to most people. Be aware of this, and anticipate that they may be likely to dive into it. Really any time you're at correct following distance, especially on the motorway, expect some turd to fill the gap. You ever accidentally play pavement chicken? Where you're on foot and walking towards someone else and you or they or both try to dodge the other by moving towards the smallest available space, usually a gap that's actively getting smaller? Remember that people still operate like this on the road.
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Jul 17, 2017 21:26
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Last night I slowed to stop at a red light. Five seconds later I hear tire screeches, silence, then a maxima flies past me in my lane, and just blows through the red light. They were probably going 45, even after all the hard braking that they gave up on.  edit: not sure if this is the right thread but I felt like sharing and it was an almost crash so
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Jul 17, 2017 22:08
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Coydog posted:Last night I slowed to stop at a red light. Five seconds later I hear tire screeches, silence, then a maxima flies past me in my lane, and just blows through the red light. They were probably going 45, even after all the hard braking that they gave up on. I almost got done like this too. They brushed my elbow, went through the light, hit the red light camera on the other side of the intersection, and rolled over. I didn't wait around.
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Jul 18, 2017 01:49
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Dutymode posted:I had a situation a few days ago and I wonder if I could have done something differently. They probably never saw you. I make sure I'm on the far left of my lane for a bit as I approach a situation like this, and I often do a bit of a wiggle back and forth. I do that wiggle a lot when someone looks like they may be about to jump out in front of me, probably at least once a day. I wish I could find the image, but someone posted a photo of a car at twilight waiting for a stop light opposite the camera. The caption said something like "look again for the motorcycle." There was a bike waiting just in front of the car with its headlight lined up with the car's headlight. Bikes are god drat hard to see.
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Jul 18, 2017 02:59
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Yet another reason that all motorcycles should have twin round headlights. Two lights close together looks different enough from a single car headlight that it might make people look twice.
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Jul 18, 2017 05:29
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I hit a deer this morning. I got lucky, it was small enough to still have its spots. I hit it dead square in the neck at about 35mph, the bike went over it. The deer was not so lucky, it was flopping around afterwards so I am pretty sure I broke its neck. Didn't stick around to find out because I was already running late to the airport.
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Jul 18, 2017 12:20
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rdb posted:I hit a deer this morning. I got lucky, it was small enough to still have its spots. I hit it dead square in the neck at about 35mph, the bike went over it. The deer was not so lucky, it was flopping around afterwards so I am pretty sure I broke its neck. Didn't stick around to find out because I was already running late to the airport. Stick around and put it out of its misery next time.
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Jul 18, 2017 15:06
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Sagebrush posted:Yet another reason that all motorcycles should have twin round headlights. Two lights close together looks different enough from a single car headlight that it might make people look twice. One time I almost pulled out in front of a bagger at night because its twin lights looked like it was a far away car.
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Jul 18, 2017 15:06
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Chichevache posted:Stick around and put it out of its misery next time. Then bring it home for some venison and colcannon 😍
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Jul 18, 2017 15:12
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rdb posted:I hit a deer this morning. I got lucky, it was small enough to still have its spots. I hit it dead square in the neck at about 35mph, the bike went over it. The deer was not so lucky, it was flopping around afterwards so I am pretty sure I broke its neck. Didn't stick around to find out because I was already running late to the airport. git owned, rat of the forest
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Jul 18, 2017 16:39
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Chichevache posted:Stick around and put it out of its misery next time. I don't keep guns/knifes on my person, its also considered taking one out of season if your caught doing that. 
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Jul 18, 2017 17:29
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rdb posted:I don't keep guns/knifes on my person, its also considered taking one out of season if your caught doing that. Run it over twice.  sorry if I sound callous. that's a poo poo situation all around.
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Jul 18, 2017 17:31
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I feel pretty lucky to be alive/unharmed at this point.
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Jul 18, 2017 17:47
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the proper thing to do would be to notify authorities so they can come and dispatch the animal. If there is no damage or if it doesnt meet your states threshold then it is not reportable on your end and there is no need for you to stick around but at least report it to be taken care of. but yeah don't dispatch one yourself because that will more often than not be unlawful
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Jul 18, 2017 18:08
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EX250 Type R posted:the proper thing to do would be to notify authorities so they can come and dispatch the animal. If there is no damage or if it doesnt meet your states threshold then it is not reportable on your end and there is no need for you to stick around but at least report it to be taken care of. Maybe it's because I worked in a pet store for so long, but to me leaving a wounded animal to suffer feels really unethical.
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Jul 18, 2017 18:50
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well, assuming you're even carrying a gun, putting it out of its misery is risking a firearms violation and a charge of poaching, isn't it? It sucks either way but a lot of animals (and humans) die in lovely painful ways every single day
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Jul 18, 2017 18:54
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Sagebrush posted:well, assuming you're even carrying a gun, putting it out of its misery is risking a firearms violation and a charge of poaching, isn't it? I'm utterly shocked that an engineer's go-to euthanasia method is a gun. Be more creative!
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Jul 18, 2017 18:57
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Just attach an old timey pedestrian slicer to your fender. No more mercy kill problems
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Jul 18, 2017 18:58
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Chichevache posted:Maybe it's because I worked in a pet store for so long, but to me leaving a wounded animal to suffer feels really unethical. you arent the only one that feels that way. I probably had to talk people out of shooting deer before an officer arrives on scene easily without exaggerating 50 times. edit: I wasn't sure if I had a recording of one of those calls but I found this classic one instead. https://soundcloud.com/perifunl/open-mic Don't let this be you Chiche 500excf type r fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Jul 18, 2017 |
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Jul 18, 2017 19:13
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I'd put it out of it's misery too. I wouldn't want to be slowly dying on the side of the road, why should the animal?
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Jul 19, 2017 10:37
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Fanelien posted:I'd put it out of it's misery too. I wouldn't want to be slowly dying on the side of the road, why should the animal? because deer are useless scum
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Jul 19, 2017 16:18
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Razzled posted:because deer are useless scum Some people say the same thing about motorcyclists.
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Jul 19, 2017 16:20
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Chichevache posted:Some people say the same thing about motorcyclists. And they aren't wrong. I know if I see a biker dying in a ditch I just roll on by.
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Jul 19, 2017 17:30
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I stop and put them out of their misery. Motorcyclists, I mean.
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Jul 19, 2017 19:38
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hell, same
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Jul 20, 2017 13:53
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Sagebrush posted:Yet another reason that all motorcycles should have twin round headlights. Two lights close together looks different enough from a single car headlight that it might make people look twice. There's also something called the "looming" effect. Basically your brain has trouble telling how close or how far away a point source of light is if it's coming directly at you. With multiple points of light, they will appear to get father away from each other as the source approaches, which is easier for you brain to decode. So essentially multiple lights = good, and more separation between lights = good
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Jul 24, 2017 11:02
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Managed to hit and kill a black vulture today. It tore the plastic off the side of the bike and got foul poo poo and feathers everywhere. I plucked most of the feathers out, popped the plastic back on and kept going. Thankful that it didn’t hit me in the chest. It happened right by a turnoff for a place called buzzards roost on IN 66.
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rdb posted:Managed to hit and kill a black vulture today. It tore the plastic off the side of the bike and got foul poo poo and feathers everywhere. I plucked most of the feathers out, popped the plastic back on and kept going. Thankful that it didn’t hit me in the chest. I think you mean fowl poo poo.:iamafag:
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Headbutted either an owl or bat at 110kmh on the way home from work last night. Luckily I was looking down at the time so it hit the top of my helmet rather than in the visor or face area. Not gonna like, was kinda like ... "the gently caress just happened"
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