Share the Road

Anybody riding in the State of Texas has seen the signs that the State of Texas has spent millions of dollars on.
Share the Road with Motorcycles..................

Cagers don't care to share the road, yer in their way, they pull out in front of you all the time, they cut you off. The git on yer A*S and ride it cause yer doing the speed limit.
You hear about a motorcycle on the interstate that somebody has run over all the time and a biker killed.

You can't tell me all this is the motorcycle riders fault.
Folks will not give the motorcycle riders any space.

And motorcycles save fuel and put less wear on the roads.

Its sad to say. Butt....

Until the Great State of Texas passes a law making it a crime for a wreck with a motorcycle we are never going to be given any room .

Not just in Texas, but all over. On my recent trip to Atlanta and back I was cut off 4 times. People just don't care, they don't know how to merge, they rush to get one car length ahead for no reason, when they get behind the wheel they act like idiots.

Unfortunately the police don't help, as if they cannot see it on radar, or get numbers for a breathalyzer, they don't enforce the laws.

Cell phones do not help either!

I had some young girl almost take me out at a stop sign when she cut the corner to sharp while she was applying make-up to her face.

Yep. Riding in to work one morning on the freeway. The car next to me had a license plate that said OMG IDK and the woman was talking on her cell phone AND looking at herself in the rear-view mirror. I stayed as far away from that car as possible.

I have considered carrying a basket of rocks to throw at cars driven by idiots.

When I was working in the Netherlands, driving around, I was warned that the one violation you never want to do is to hit a bicyclist. They have equal rights to the road over there, and bicycling in Netherlands is very safe. Perhaps similar laws are needed to protect bikers, bicyclist, and pedestrians here. Hit one, go directly to jail, do not pass go, etc. etc.

I always thought to make the highways safer they need to require all drivers to ride a motorcycle for the first year before they can get in a car. Maybe then they would appreciate the dangers, or get themselves killed off and cleanse the gene pool of a bit of stupidity.

I have thought about a paint ball gun but my luck I would get in trouble for making terroristic threats for using it.

When I worked at a Indy Shop 2 yrs ago, a customer come in with a Electra Glide with one if these air horns on his bike.

It was the baddest air horn I've ever heard.
This air horn makes the loudest noise you've ever heard.

BJ's is suppose to be at the Lonestar Rally in Galveston this year. I'm considering seriously gittin one on my bike.

BJ Specialties motorcycle air horns and motorcycle accessories

The thing that is the most annoying is the people that see you and pull out anyway cause they think motorcycles have miracle brakes that will stop on a dime. They would never pull out in front of a semi like they do in front of a motorcycle.

Hey Chuck I have a paintball gun....these try it!! lol

I've heard that same thing, also was told small rocks work very well.

This may sound like I'm a nut, but I've always carried a few 1" rocks in my left pocket when riding. I watch my mirrors a lot for anyone coming up behind me too close or quickly. Car drivers don't care one bit about bikes on the road, and probably get a kick out of shaking you up.

Read my comment in the thread "Remember this bike", but be prepared to get away quickly when you do this: downshift into 4th gear, then toss the rocks over your shoulder. It works--believe me.