Can't blame the cell phones....

[The Bacon Junkie]

Twice within two miles a cager with food tried to kill me this morning.    
   With the new no cell phone while driving law in CA today, I thought we would have an easier time of it on our highways and byways...  Boy was I wrong. 

  Sh!+Head #1   threw a big gulp cup out her window as I was coming up in the outside lane.  I  couldn't get out of the way, because of the K-rail on my left, so the cup bounced off the ground, then bounced off my head.  Cup still had ice in it.   ow       I wanted to knock her mirror off with my fist, but I restrained myself and just pulled up next to her and wagged my finger "naughty naughty"  at her.

   Sh!+Head #2  two exits later starts getting close to my lane, so I move to the left side of my lane. he gets back into his lane, so I decide to get the hell outta Dodge and throttle up.  Just as I'm doing so, he darts into my lane!   luckily there is a wide shoulder for me to escape to.  He sees me at the last second and pulls back into his lane once more.  I get off the shoulder and look over and he's eating a breakfast burrito with both hands.  He gives me a shrug like it's no big deal that he almost just turned me into road pizza.  Douchebag.   Where's a  when you need one? 

OK... rant over.  Feel much better now.  Thanks

[x136]

   With the new no cell phone while driving law in CA today,

Oh, if only that were the case. Using a cell phone while driving is unfortunately still perfectly legal. One must just use a headset. So a driver can be just as distracted as before, absentmindedly yakking away about trivial crap while piloting a deadly weapon, but now they have an extra hand free!

I was kind of hoping this law would be enforced by snipers, but I have a feeling we'll be lucky if it's enforced at all.

[SolidSnake3035]

Now, if everyone wasn't so obsessed with starting the day so early maybe people like this would have more time in the morning to eat their breakfast at home, or at least off the road...

Hopefully they'll become pavement art.  Without anyone else joining them at the time...

[The Bacon Junkie]

but now they have an extra hand free!

yeah... to eat breakfast burritos with!   

[NAKID]

Twice within two miles a cager with food tried to kill me this morning.    
   With the new no cell phone while driving law in CA today, I thought we would have an easier time of it on our highways and byways...  Boy was I wrong. 

  Sh!+Head #1   threw a big gulp cup out her window as I was coming up in the outside lane.  I  couldn't get out of the way, because of the K-rail on my left, so the cup bounced off the ground, then bounced off my head.  Cup still had ice in it.   ow       I wanted to knock her mirror off with my fist, but I restrained myself and just pulled up next to her and wagged my finger "naughty naughty"  at her.

   Sh!+Head #2  two exits later starts getting close to my lane, so I move to the left side of my lane. he gets back into his lane, so I decide to get the hell outta Dodge and throttle up.  Just as I'm doing so, he darts into my lane!   luckily there is a wide shoulder for me to escape to.  He sees me at the last second and pulls back into his lane once more.  I get off the shoulder and look over and he's eating a breakfast burrito with both hands.  He gives me a shrug like it's no big deal that he almost just turned me into road pizza.  Douchebag.   Where's a  when you need one? 

OK... rant over.  Feel much better now.  Thanks

Shithead #1 shoulda got her mirror knocked off

Shithead #2 shoulda got a boot sized dent in his door

[crashmoto]

driver #1 you should have taken lic no.- any object dispensed from a moving vehicle is considered to be liable for any damages or obstruction.  Like a boat's wake- if your wake rises too high and washes over another boats hull and causes damage you are liable for that.  If any part of your vehicle becomes separated during operation and comes into contact with another vehicle or person it is a liability of the individual who's vehicle it came from and thus any damages incurred are the responsibility of said vehicle's driver/owner.  She would have not only received a hefty littering ticket but potentially a reckless endangerment as well...

sorry that happened to you bro, I would have definitely knocked her mirror off

[x136]

yeah... to eat breakfast burritos with!   

I know this feel-good legislation is sure making me feel safer!

Borg headset in one ear, iPod earbud in the other, breakfast burrito in one hand, composing text messages with the other...

[The Bacon Junkie]

Shithead #1 shoulda got her mirror knocked off

Shithead #2 shoulda got a boot sized dent in his door

I reeeeeally wanted to, but then I would be no better than them.  Plus we get a bad rap anyway from the general public, I didn't want anymore negativity directed towards my fellow riders.  It's like the 4/11 rule of marketing...  If someone likes a product/service, they'll tell 4 others about it. If they don't, they'll tell at least 11. Didn't want to be that guy.  (well I did, but... )   

[The Bacon Junkie]

I was kind of hoping this law would be enforced by snipers

+ 11tybillion     

[Spike]

Yep, you have gotta keep an eye out for the knuckleheads out there and leave them in your wake at the first opportunity. You did the right thing, don't succumb to the urge to dispense justice. Just keep yourself safe. 

[psycledelic]

I have always wondered why after drivers pull out or change lanes in front of you, they give you that, "hey, that was your fault" look.  There is a big difference between couldn't see you and didn't look!  As far as the flying drink cup goes.  That sucks.  As much as I would have wanted to take her mirror out, THAT would have been when the cop was around.  I have found that, although not safe, the pull up beside and flip them off method to be nonviolent and very gratifying.  If there is room, I hold it for a second or two so I can see their reaction.  There again, not safe and not a suggestion, just something that works for me. 

[cmorgan47]

a)  really?  People still throw crap out of their windows?   I thought the crying Indian killed that off around the time we last cared about gas prices

b) these are the worst.   The "shruggers."   or the "wavers."
like they're saying  "sorry dude.   It's cool, right?"  I can't tell you how oftens this happens... But then, I don't need to.  Seriously though.... I've had cops do this

[Popeye the Sailor]

Like a boat's wake- if your wake rises too high and washes over another boats hull and causes damage you are liable for that.

Last time I checked the rules of the road, no such thing exists. Where are you getting your information from?

[He Man]

Last time I checked the rules of the road, no such thing exists. Where are you getting your information from?

you need to check rules of the sea, not road.

Someone install a window breaker on their knuckle protector and give me a review. Still on my to do list of mods. :/

[dbran1949]

The new law actually makes it more dangerous. Now I can't tell who is on the phone. At least before it was obvious who was yakking on the phone. Moron legislators think it was driving with one hand that was dangerous, in reality it is the distraction of maintaining a conversation about what was just on Oprah while trying to command the right foot to depress the accelerator that is dangerous