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Unless they have a video of the crash itself we can only go by what people are saying. Nobody will admit to doing wrong, cop or biker. So where does that leave us? Is there no cruiser cam footage? I thought that police dashcams were almost universal these days. If that department didn't have cameras.... Well I bet they wish they did now.

If the cop swerves to avoid the bike then he wrecks the cruiser and he's blamed. And if the cop *doesn't* swerve then he wrecks the bike and he's blamed. Either way he's blamed.

Huh. Why the hell did it pop up under the new posts then?

Those vending machines are expensive to replace when they catch you trying that, you know...

glws = good luck with sale lbts = ???

The supposed crime was never that he *recorded* the conversation, but that he made it public. It is possible to accidentally record a private conversation (Example: CCTV at your house that records two door-to-door salesment talking at your doorstep before you open the door. Neither knows that audio is being recorded). In that situation it's wasn't illegal to record because you didn't "knowingly" record the private conversation. However, there is a seperate law prohibiting the release of a conversation so recorded. That's where the prosecutor got hung up. It was his opinion that the conversation was "private". The rest of us disagreed. Also remember Maryland is an all-party state. Ohio only requires one person know of the recording. At the end of day, though, the judge simply rubberstamped what we all knew from day one: A conversation on a public street is not a private conversation.

Cool. Do I get to see that upside-down in a ditch this winter like all the other SUVs???

Looks waaay to Mad Max for my tastes. Where do you drive that you don't have time to draw from an IWB or crossdraw/shoulder rig? I work in IT. 99% of the people in this office would wet their pants if they knew I had a CCW. I can imagine the drive to lunch being VERY quiet.

How wide is an R1? He looked like he was squeezing through gaps that were only 3' wide... Not that it matters if he accidentally scrapes someone or takes a mirror off. It's not like they'll catch him.

New bike jacket: "Can you see me now? Gooooood!"

Yeah, Miss Cleo really let herself go after her Psychic Hotline was canceled. "Caaall mi now fuh yuh free hummer!"

Looking at the damage there, I wouldn't have thought he would have survived at all. Still, Looks like WELL into 3-figs, assuming the van was going the legal speed. Still, hope he makes it. And then either wises up or gives up on riding. When you're being THAT dumb and you're THAT lucky then you'd better head on over to your place of worship and start making with the "Thank-yous"...

If you feel compelled to wind it out on the public highway then it's probably better to do it when nobody else is around.

So, at what speed do you forgive a car for cutting you off? When someone checks the mirror and sees you 400' behind them then they're not going to see you as a threat. However, if you're doing 150mph then you will probably still wind up hitting them unless you had a plan B.

Goes well with "Cutting off the bike like a douchebag".

It's a pity you don't get a sense of his reaction time / when he started braking. Looks like the truck just never stopped - so when does the bike start braking? When *should* the bike start braking?

Huh. Maybe. Way to take the wind out of my sail.

I picked my 2yo from daycare and was told he had been getting fussy. I held him with him head on my right shoulder and heard him start to cry. Then I heard him puke. Prunes. All I could smell was sour prunes. My back and side were all warm and wet. I asked the daycare lady if there was any puke on my phone (belt clip) and she said no. Well, nothing I could do about it but go home. I walked to my car, scraped the solid bits off onto the floor and put him in the baby seat. I set off driving north on 315 from Worthington Hill towards Powell and heard him start to fuss again. He puked again. Epic puke. From his centrally-mounted rear-facing baby seat he managed to get puke on the seats, both doors and the rear deck/window. PRUNES!!! SOUR PRUNES!!! But then he stopped making noises - the angle of the baby seat meant he couldn't clear his airway - he was choking. I stopped the car in the middle of the road and got him out of the seat to clear his airway. (To the 7 or 8 cars that honked at me: F*ck you) Thankfully, no CPR needed. We got back under way. I was sure that the smell of sour prunes would become the basis of nightmares for years to come. We made it another mile before he puked again. Again, it was epic. Again, he started choking and again I had to stop the car and get him out the seat to clear his airway. The whole back of the car was coating in a thin film of half-digested prunes - not one surface was spared. Again, we got under way and this time made it back home. I handed the boy (literally dripping with prune puke) to my wife and got a shower. I figured it would take me a couple of hours to clean the prune puke out of the car. Well, I'll let you into a little secret... IT DOES NOT EVER GO AWAY. EVER. After removing all of the seats, pulling up the carpet - steam cleaning the whole interior of the car down to the metal tub.... Nope. Prune puke. That's all that car ever smelled of after that. I tried all the tricks - baking soda, lysol, coffee grounds, commercial product, NOTHING worked. The bet I could do was leave the windows upon over the weekend and on monday morning it MIGHT not smell overpowering... After a hot day in the sun it would be like wiping a puke-covered rag over my nose. About 3 years later I finally scraped up enough money to buy another car but had to sell this one privately. Left the windows open for days before the sale. The guy came and test-drove it. Loved the car. I kept thinking I hoped he chose to buy it quick before the smell came back. Right after we did the deal he drove me back to work. As I was getting out the car he said; "Hey, do you smell something, like rotten fruit or something?" "Oh, I had cranberries with my lunch." That was the last I saw of that car. According the the BMV records he sold the car again only a few months later.

Anyone see the BW3 ad where the bartender signals a football groundskeeper to make sure the game ends in overtime. The groundskeeper then makes sure the touchdown succeed by using the sprinklers to spray the defense? K, how many of *you* noticed that before the touchdown it was 27-20... Then after the touchdown (but before the conversion) it was 27-27?? (The groundskeeper prevents the conversion the sprinklers too) If you're going to make a commercial for football fans shouldn't you know how many points you get for a touchdown?

The ride home got real interesting as I passed breaks in the trees and went from "relatively protected" to "full crosswind". I joked to a friend at work that I'd be riding home at a 20deg lean to stay straight. I wasn't that far off...

And your buddy is still eating through a straw.... Or even better: "Hey, Buddy... I left your car keys at the top."

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Your $9.99/mo subscription to that website does not constitute "lots of money"

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It cuts out about 50% of the freeway speed wind. Under 60mph I only feel crosswinds.