Re: Crowding the Interesection DOES NOT get you out there any faster...

["Tommy" <tommy at leesecurity.net>]

While in Korea once on a business trip we were given a ride from the airport
to the hotel in Seoul on a small bus. The traffic made a left turn from 4
lanes down to two at 50 Mph (guessing) and no one was mashed, maimed, or
killed. Dangest driving I ever saw.


"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms> wrote in message
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>>> No but is scares the "bejeebers" out of the
>>> OLD Guys...
>>
>> Shortly before my recent trip to Brazil I noticed
>> a highly customized Goldwing with an older
>> couple aboard ride past me on US41.  He was
>> cruising well below the limit from what I could
>> tell as he went by.  I had just stopped to chat
>> with a friend I had spotted.
>>
>> A few moments later as I rode down 41 in the
>> same direction I saw the red and blue lights.
>> Some moron ran a stop sign and broad-sided
>> the bike.  The ambulance station was only a
>> few blocks away so they already had the
>> body covered.  Sad.
>>
>> Odds are the cage driver probably said, "I
>> didn't see the motorcycle, officer," even
>> though that bike was lit up like Christmas in
>> Times Square.
>>
>> Riding in Brazil I notice that many cagers will
>> actually give "motos" a little space to glide
>> past them though they all drive like Mario
>> Andretti.
>
> I have not been all over the world, but the few places I've been tell me
> US drivers seem to be the worst.  Same from other folks I know who have
> been a few more places.
>
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