Distracted driving with a twist

Rippinyarn · Post by **Rippinyarn** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:28 pm

Distracted riding! (unbelievable pics):

http://www.gizmag.com/distracted-drivin ... ads/19520/

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:43 pm

Scarey! Really Scarey, Reminds me of one of my favorite bumper stickers; Only YOU can prevent narcissism R

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:45 pm

But...Wow! That would distract me for all the wrong reasons....

Sobering article though....

uncleralph · Post by **uncleralph** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:48 pm

It's nice to see they are protecting their child from air pollution.

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:37 pm

There was a knucklehead talking on the phone in my neighborhood, WOT one-handed on a cheapo 49cc, but with no helmet and wearing shorts and flip-flops.

BootScootin'FireFighter · Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:44 pm

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/indian_mind/3381640464/" title="Kashmiri family on Scooter by indian mind, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/338 ... 4016d0.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Kashmiri family on Scooter"></a>

I'm not surprised. Then again, scooters are the majority in SE Asia. I'm sure they think we're nuts for the size of cars we jockey around in the states. It's a whole different way of life across the pond, on either side.

Stormswift · Post by **Stormswift** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:32 pm

Ya ain't seen nothin' until see a nun on a scooter with habit flopping in the wind riding past Coliseum in Rome

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:35 am

LOADS of scooters and small bikes in central Rome. In another life I was a choir director, and I had my group in Rome at the end of the trip. The day after we sing in St. Peter's, my wife and I almost get run down by the Monsignore who was Director of Music at the Basilica.

Milt · Post by **Milt** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:38 am

A few years back, going to a photo shoot in Green River, on I-80 through Wyoming, I watched another driver, who was all over the road and whose speed fluctuated between 50 and 90, reading a paperback that he had propped on his steering wheel. That was entertaining and helped fight off drowsiness - he provided quite a few adrenaline rushes along the way...

still shifting · Post by **still shifting** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:54 pm

At least one seldom gets sleepy on a scooter. R[/code]

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:39 pm

I think that if you get caught with distracted driving, you should get the same punishment as a DUI

rsrider · Post by **rsrider** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:20 pm

Different worlds. Most of those pics are from Asia, where the family transportation is a scooter, so most people around you are on scooters. You rarely see that with scooter or MC riders here in the states, because they know that if they take their eyes off the road, someone in a car that is talking or texting will kill them.

annoythemom · Post by **annoythemom** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:51 am

skully93 wrote:I think that if you get caught with distracted driving, you should get the same punishment as a DUI

I could not agre more,
My friend was t-boned on his scooter,
his left rib caged was shattred along with his rotater cuff, and collar bone
,this happened last march,
He is finally cleared to ride again, All this damage is do to a driver texting while driving

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:09 pm

Rippinyarn wrote:Distracted riding! (unbelievable pics):

http://www.gizmag.com/distracted-drivin ... ads/19520/

I've seen a guy with no helmet and wearing flip-flops, holding the cell in his right hand and throttling with the left. In rush-hour traffic, nonetheless. Craziness.

Point37 · Post by **Point37** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 1:49 pm

^^^it's ok she's hot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y51IFVB-7Oc

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