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#1 ·
Wanted to start a new thread and see how far it goes. Post some crazy things the you have seen cagers do or something crazy that you have seen in you travels.
Today, I saw a cager holding her cell phone on her LEFT ear with her RIGHT hand while doing 65 on the freeway. :confused: And people say BIKES ar dangerous :rolleyes:
 
#5 ·
I seen a guy in a commercial glass installation pick-up pull out infront of us yesterday. We and the rest of the on coming cars were going 65 on the 4 lane highway. I backed off when I seen him crossing the two north bound lanes. The cagers infront of me kept going, I'm guessing they weren't paying attention till he whipped it out in front of them with just enough time to stand on their brakes to keep from hitting him. From 300 or so feet back I got to see all the parts under a ford focus while it about stood up on its front bumper!

Then we go to a local bike night last night, one of the guys there said they were riding up by Paonia the day before. I guess a cager got in a hurry and passed him and 4 other bikes on a very curvy road in a no passing zone. While attempting to get back in the correct lane in the middle of a corner, he run an oncoming car off the road....... A county sheriff! They said when the sheriff turned on his lights they just pulled over and waited for him to go by. LOL!
 
#7 ·
Last Fri on the PNW M&G ride to Spokane on I-90, we passed and Explorer with the driver looking down working on an I-pad while the passenger was steering.:eek:
 
#8 ·
Was cruising down the expwy when the car in front of me starts to hit the brakes! No exit ahead, nothing in the road. So I slow down since I couldn't go around yet. Then she proceeded to spray her windshield washer fluid for what seemed like a full minute! So I'm guessing she hit a bug SO big, she had to slow down to clean her windshield.
Looking back, it's really funny. But, you guys know as well as I do, when you have to hit the brakes at 65 for no reason it makes you a little hot. So when I was able to get next to her, she was still fumbling with her damn washer fluid, so I blasted her with my airhorn and I think she pissed herself!! BEST UPGRADE EVER!!
 
#10 ·
now you've got me thinkin about an airhorn.....man,I hate it when they use washer fluid and you're behind em and get a facefull! Used to happen a lot of my FXD with a windshield.
 
#9 ·
This happened a few years ago but i saw a moron driving holding an open news paper on his steering wheel while driving down the hiway. Ive also seen some douchbag putting makeup on while on the way to work too
 
#15 ·
Back when I was a motorcop, saw a guy doing exactly that. Pulled him over; insurance representative. Cited him for unsafe speed for conditions (safe speed being 0 if you want to read). Tried to fight it in court, he did. Lost. Happy twice 'cause of that one. No accounting for the potential dumbness of some drivers...
 
#12 ·
Saw a kid, 20 or so, reading Rich Dad Poor Dad while driving on a heavily traveled 3 lane arterial here in town. I could see the title, as it was the hard cover, and he had it in his left hand held at eye level. Steering with his right hand and engrossed in the book.

Must be a great read...:rolleyes:
 
#13 ·
Yesterday, while paying my toll getting off the Pa turnpike, a sport bike came flying threw my lane !!!! Thank god it was another bike and not a car !!!
 
#16 ·
Sittin at a red light here in town I witnessed a young lady texting and walked into traffic and got hit by another lady who was texting and driving...no one was seriously hurt but c'mon get your head out of your arse.
 
#17 ·
What do people seem least able to tie down correctly and what also happens to present one of the scariest road hazards? Ladders and mattresses, right? Last year on my 48 state tour, I saw the worst possible combination of the two - a mattress on top of a van - being held down by a ladder.
 
#18 ·
Cager pulled out right in front of me while I was doing the 45MPH speed limit, first time I've experienced ABS on my bike. The awesome part was the 6...let me repeat, 6 bright yellow "Watch for Motorcycles" stickers on the back of his car.

Really???
 
#21 ·
Wish I could think of one but driving a truck for over 25 yrs I think they all have run together. Pretty sad that I have seen enough that I just shake my head and think "If they could just see it from my viewpoint", then I just continue on as it is all in a days work.:eek::eek:
 
#22 ·
One time while riding through town I saw a girl in a car with her left arm out the window holding a cigarate while holding her cell phone up to her ear with the right hand. I have no friggin idea how she was steering the car....
 
#23 ·
This happened a few years back while driving to work in downtown Seattle during rush hour; The freeway's crowded, but traffic is still moving along at about 60 mph. I saw a guy holding a harmonica up to his mouth with both hands, jammin away, while steering with his elbows...
 
#24 ·
Well I goota add to Stray Mutt story. Coming home I was behind two 18 wheelers, 1 in right lane the other in the left lane ( there's the first up the heart rate) All of a sudden the trucks split. Guess wht's in the middle of I-10.
A ladder.
 
#25 ·
while driving down I80

I was cruising down I80. Went to pass a semi. While cruising in the fast lane, the pickup in front of me had a wheelbarrow in the back. When he passed the semi cab, the wheelbarrow got airborne.

With a semi on my right, and a car on my rear, I had no place to go. The semi locked up his brakes to give me an out, but hit the handles on the wheelbarrow. (In the slow motion while on the way to a wreck, I figured I could break them, so aimed for them)
To this day, not sure how I survived that, but I pulled over after that to catch my breath, the car that was behind me pulled in behind me and told me she thought I was gonna die. That made two of us. My handlebars were tweaked, and my right arm had a bruise the size of a softball. I immediately went to my church and said a prayer of thanks (yes, I believe in divine intervention), then off to the HD shop to have my front end aligned. I am still pretty cautious when following a pick up out on the freeway.
 
#37 ·
I was cruising down I80. Went to pass a semi. While cruising in the fast lane, the pickup in front of me had a wheelbarrow in the back. When he passed the semi cab, the wheelbarrow got airborne.

With a semi on my right, and a car on my rear, I had no place to go. The semi locked up his brakes to give me an out, but hit the handles on the wheelbarrow. (In the slow motion while on the way to a wreck, I figured I could break them, so aimed for them)
To this day, not sure how I survived that, but I pulled over after that to catch my breath, the car that was behind me pulled in behind me and told me she thought I was gonna die. That made two of us. My handlebars were tweaked, and my right arm had a bruise the size of a softball. I immediately went to my church and said a prayer of thanks (yes, I believe in divine intervention), then off to the HD shop to have my front end aligned. I am still pretty cautious when following a pick up out on the freeway.

Shit in my pants just reading this
 
#31 ·
I'll add to this...
Back in 2008 I was on my way to work on my 06 softail standard. the night before I stripped her down (thank god). Windshield, bags, lindby bar, etc. On the way to work as I rode over the interstate over pass on a major road some woman exiting the interstate (on her phone) immediately came over three lanes to the left. I am in the left far lane. She comes all the way over into my lane to the point where I am between the yellow line and the concrete median curb. My right hand grip is IN HER OPEN WINDOW. I start hitting the horn and yelling like a mad man since I could not go anywhere. She keeps blabbing on the phone so I took a big chance... I quickly tap her on the shoulder and regrab my grip waiting to go down. She quickly looks over at me, screams and yanks the wheel to the right sending her across all the lanes to the right hand curb. She regained her composure, looked at me and sees me calling her a dumb b!t*h and mouths....... I know, I'm sorry! LOL crazy, scary but it taught me that in an unpredictable situation I would keep my composure and concentrate on staying up right.
 
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#32 ·
I had just finished fueling my bike at a garage station, I was just about to walk around the bike and get on and leave when this Toyota Echo came around the pump island and the chick driving stomped on the gas and not the brake. You can probably figure out what happened next. She target fixated on my bike and pushed it about 6 feet ahead, the jiffy stand lock failed at about 4 feet, the bike brushed my legs on it's way by. I am glad I didn't have a gun because I was so mad I probably would have shot on general principles. She hit my bike so hard she was not able to open the drivers door after the impact. But amazingly the bag gaurd did its job, the bag mounts spun as the gaurd was pushed forward, and the bag survived in one piece. This chick had her learners license for 4 hour when this happened. I got off lucky because I wasn't on the bike yet. She still did $1800.00 dollars damage to the bike. Her attitude was like whats your problem it's only a motorcycle. At that point her mom told her to get in the car and shut her pie hole. Good thing cause I was ready to throttle her.
 
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