# an accident waiting to happen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650 "2013-08-19T18:28:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/1 "2013-08-19T18:28:16Z")
Dear Mr Motorcycle Man It’s been a while since I have seen you but the last few days I have had the misfortune to have crossed your path multiple times You scare the hell out of me It’s not enough that you blow past me and I never see you coming I’m already doing 65 to 70 myself so who am I to talk about speeding? But you have to be doing 90 or more I almost cut you off yesterday because I looked to change lanes and it was clear and then all of a sudden, there you were its not enough that you are so quick but do you have to do it on one wheel? I’ve seen you over and over driving miles in a wheelie and I wish you would stop because I know one day you are going to lose your balance or hit a slippery spot or a deer, or fox, or rabbit will run out in front of you One night I almost got you I didn’t see you coming How could I when your headlight is pointing up instead of forward? It was only by seeing a flash of metal that I realized something was coming up beside me even though I had no idea what it was Common sense would tell you that riding in a wheelie at night makes you invisible Then again common sense is probably not your strong point Of course it’s not my business if you want to take risks It’s not my business if you end up killing yourself But I’d prefer not to see it And I’d really rather not be a part of it I think you are very selfish and inconsiderate to the others on the road because one day somebody won’t see you coming and will cut you off or run into you and they will have to deal with the consequences of your actions You’re not cool you’re not impressive You’re just stupid ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/2 "2013-08-19T18:36:24Z")
Next time just call 911. wheelies on the freeway are illegal, as far as I know, everywhere. If you can get his plate. If not just tell the operator where at what time. they can extrapolate from there. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/3 "2013-08-19T18:46:09Z")
Holy crap!! Where’s Darwin when you need him?? ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/4 "2013-08-19T18:47:24Z")
As fast he he drives, even when he has two wheels on the ground I’d never get his tag number. I’ve seen him three times in the last week, I hadn’t seen him for a while though so I thought maybe he’d either gotten hurt or stopped. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/5 "2013-08-19T19:03:27Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > …I hadn’t seen him for a while though so I thought maybe he’d either gotten hurt or stopped. Likely both. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/6 "2013-08-20T09:01:53Z")
Here’s a happy thought for you - if you do hit him, who’s going to believe you that he was pulling a wheelie? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/7 "2013-08-20T09:14:10Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Holy crap!! Where’s Darwin when you need him?? Waiting impatiently and probably not for long. Best hope is the guy doesn’t take out anyone else when he goes. As he will. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/8 "2013-08-20T09:26:57Z")
Speaking as a motorcycle rider, (since 1976) this is obviously an _ **IDIOT** _, with a ‘death wish’! :mad: And you are correct, (he/she?) IT, is an “_ **accident waiting to happen** _”! :eek: We can only hope that it has ageed to be an organ donor and signed the back of it’s drivers license, acknowledging this. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/9 "2013-08-20T09:32:49Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Waiting impatiently and probably not for long. _ **Best hope is the guy doesn’t take out anyone else when he goes.** _ As he will. (bolding mine) True _ **THAT** _! I’ve seen (and **know** from first hand experience) what a motorcycle (and it’s rider) impacting a vehicle can do! It _ **ain’t** _ pretty!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/10 "2013-08-20T12:49:12Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > (bolding mine) > > True _ **THAT** _! I’ve seen (and **know** from first hand experience) what a motorcycle (and it’s rider) impacting a vehicle can do! > It _ **ain’t** _ pretty!:eek: All the OP can really do is know that someone is driving unsafe on her same commute and time frame. The OP could leave earlier and drive slower in the far right lane & hope to not see the leather-jacket taco salad with teeth & hair thats bound to get made fresh soon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/11 "2013-08-20T13:02:20Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Here’s a happy thought for you - if you do hit him, who’s going to believe you that he was pulling a wheelie? As cold as it sounds, I don’t know how guilty I would feel if I was the one to hit him. I’d be more upset over the legal trouble. I’m sure as much as I’ve seen him lately others have too so there should be proof that he drives this way. Last night I took a different way home so I could avoid the highway and this morning is my last trip to that job for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/12 "2013-08-20T13:06:37Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > Speaking as a motorcycle rider, (since 1976) this is obviously an _ **IDIOT** _, with a ‘death wish’! :mad: > And you are correct, (he/she?) IT, is an “_ **accident waiting to happen** _”! :eek: > > We can only hope that it has ageed to be an organ donor and signed the back of it’s drivers license, acknowledging this. ☹ Would there be any usable donor organs left? How can he? see at night driving like that? The highway has street lights but it’s still pretty dark and it’s almost all woods down the end where I usually see him. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/13 "2013-08-20T13:08:12Z")
When I underwent M/C safety training, they said that fatal accidents frequented those with: 1. \< 25 yrs. old 2. No helmet 3. Speeding. They pretty much cured the helmet issue with laws requiring them. It’s the third thing on that list is the mistake most of the deceased riders made. It’s too bad they don’t realize that until it’s too late. It sounds like the OP’s target hasn’t got the message re: speeding. Too bad. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/14 "2013-08-20T17:28:06Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Would there be any usable donor organs left? > How can he? see at night driving like that? The highway has street lights but it’s still pretty dark and it’s almost all woods down the end where I usually see him. Oh, yes. In fact in the medical community they are called “donor cycles.” Kidneys are well protected as is the liver. Heart and lungs may or may not be retrievable. It’s usually a broken neck or head injury that takes them out. He can’t see, even in the daylight. There’s a video on [Right This Minute](http://www.rightthisminute.com/) that shows a cyclist on a track with a helmet cam doing a wheelie who runs into his buddy. All the helmet cam could see was the gas tank. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/15 "2013-08-21T04:25:05Z")
As a fairly experienced rider, seeing that sort of stuff makes me want to catch up with them at a stoplight and bitchslap them. Flipping idiots like that make all the rest of us look bad. Those accidents waiting to happen are the reason that people hate all bikers, even though many of us are safe riders. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/16 "2013-08-21T04:33:58Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I’m sure as much as I’ve seen him lately others have too so there should be proof that he drives this way. This is exactly why you should call 911 every time you see him. If enough people do, maybe the cops will be able to anticipate him. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/17 "2013-08-21T05:20:15Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > In fact in the medical community they are called “donor cycles.” Around here such people are often called “temporary Australians”. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/18 "2013-08-21T18:03:40Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Oh, yes. In fact in the medical community they are called “donor cycles.” Kidneys are well protected as is the liver. Heart and lungs may or may not be retrievable. It’s usually a broken neck or head injury that takes them out. > > He can’t see, even in the daylight. There’s a video on [Right This Minute](http://www.rightthisminute.com/) that shows a cyclist on a track with a helmet cam doing a wheelie who runs into his buddy. All the helmet cam could see was the gas tank. I thought at the speed he goes he will be just a splat on the road. Then again he could go off into the woods and nobody would know he was there. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/19 "2013-08-21T18:22:24Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > As a fairly experienced rider, seeing that sort of stuff makes me want to catch up with them at a stoplight and bitchslap them. Flipping idiots like that make all the rest of us look bad. Those accidents waiting to happen are the reason that people hate all bikers, even though many of us are safe riders. I don’t hate bikers, I try to give y’all plenty of room though. I try to keep track of everybody around me anyway but bikes especially because they are smaller and harder to see. He really upsets me, probably more than he should. I’ll start calling 911 but being that this is a small town I suspect the cops already know about him. It’s just a matter of catching him. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650/20 "2013-08-22T14:07:16Z")
Iknowwhatchamean! I had two guys pass me on the freeway and I was moving at a pretty good clip as usual. One was standing astride his bike gliding on the soles of his shoes while passing me. I don’t have any idea how something like that can be accomplished. His friend was standing on the seat- one leg up and trailing behind him with both hands on the handlebars. I guess I don’t really mind so much if they want to kill themselves, but I do resent them potentially trying to involve me it the event. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-accident-waiting-to-happen/666650.md?page=2)