I know, I know - Redwing is getting surly and curmudgeonly in his posts as of recent. Well, it's true and I've reached the age where I'm allowed to be....
Now, as for my topic - it's that time of year again where all the "Watch Out For Motorcycles" signs and bumper stickers start showing up. Well you know what - fuck that, those assholes better be watching out for me!!
I know that there are many many safe, courteous, and responsible motorcyclist out there - I would guess some of them are members here. But my perception is that the large majority of motorcyclist are morons driving around our streets and highways at exceptionally high rates of speed, weaving in and out of traffic, cutting people off, doing stunts like wheelies and standing on their seats going down the highway.
Well, to the assholes I have referenced above I say, I am not going to watch out for you - you need to watch out for me - because if we crash, I'm going to win; you and your bike are no match for my 7000 pound SUV traveling at 65 mph. And, if you are one of those mental midgets driving down the highway standing on the seat of your bike, I am just going to fucking laugh at you when I see your lifeless body spread across the highway in pieces a few miles down the road because you decided to fuck with a tractor trailer or large SUV (by the way, your families can cry all they want about "what a good person" you were - I don't care).
Jeez, I really am getting grumpy in my old age....