mdd0127
100 kW
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- Sep 30, 2008
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Nice sign language! Lol!
I think your next project should be a handlebar mounted EMP gun!
Just so you know it's not just you. People are just idiots and don't generally think of people on bikes as humans on vehicles. They're the same way with old vans, even if the van is hauling ass. Something in their monkey brains assumes, "Slow vehicle. Must pass!...or turn right in front of! " and they can't possibly over ride that instinct with logic! I've had idiots pass me on my e-bike when I was going 35mph in 25mph zones and then stop right in front of me. I don't generally speed but when there's a car coming up behind me and I get the feeling they're about to do something stupid, like passing on the double yellow, around blind corners, or into oncoming traffic, I try and match my speed as closely as possible to theirs to lessen the impact if there is one.
It has even happened on my pedal only downhill bike. Last summer, I was riding down highway 89A from the top of Mingus Mountain into Cottonwood, AZ and was going at least 50mph(in a 35 zone) and a girl in an eclipse HAD to pass me on the only straightaway. She nearly blew the upcoming hairpin turn and I tailgated her, giggling at myself, the whole way down. I don't think she could even comprehend that a guy on a bicycle was keeping up with her little sports car and it was really fun to "push" her down the mountain. I knew I could out brake and out maneuver her POS at any second so I stayed nice and close just so I could see her face in the mirror freaking out as she was going way too fast into all of the turns!
EMP is the answer!
I think your next project should be a handlebar mounted EMP gun!
Just so you know it's not just you. People are just idiots and don't generally think of people on bikes as humans on vehicles. They're the same way with old vans, even if the van is hauling ass. Something in their monkey brains assumes, "Slow vehicle. Must pass!...or turn right in front of! " and they can't possibly over ride that instinct with logic! I've had idiots pass me on my e-bike when I was going 35mph in 25mph zones and then stop right in front of me. I don't generally speed but when there's a car coming up behind me and I get the feeling they're about to do something stupid, like passing on the double yellow, around blind corners, or into oncoming traffic, I try and match my speed as closely as possible to theirs to lessen the impact if there is one.
It has even happened on my pedal only downhill bike. Last summer, I was riding down highway 89A from the top of Mingus Mountain into Cottonwood, AZ and was going at least 50mph(in a 35 zone) and a girl in an eclipse HAD to pass me on the only straightaway. She nearly blew the upcoming hairpin turn and I tailgated her, giggling at myself, the whole way down. I don't think she could even comprehend that a guy on a bicycle was keeping up with her little sports car and it was really fun to "push" her down the mountain. I knew I could out brake and out maneuver her POS at any second so I stayed nice and close just so I could see her face in the mirror freaking out as she was going way too fast into all of the turns!
EMP is the answer!