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10-17-2010, 04:32 PM
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1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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This is my rant and rave for the day... I am trying to bring awareness to this crap!
1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash... One was a pregnant woman
This is freaking sad as hell.
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10-17-2010, 06:44 PM
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10-18-2010, 11:28 PM
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I won't even read this. Normally, when something like this happens at a gathering, it's due to the stupidity of the riders. I have no sympathy for idiots on motorcycles.
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10-21-2010, 11:18 AM
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that site has very low traffic, looks like they are trying to promote it.
user only has 11 posts too hint hint
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10-22-2010, 11:54 AM
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link doesn't work but sad if true
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11-28-2010, 09:23 PM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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I have no sympathy for idiots on motorcycles.
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As a motorcycle (Harley) rider, I don't either.
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You should have...
Ripped from the article- The death of a pregnant woman marks the first motorcycle fatality of Biketoberfest - the annual motorcycle festival in Daytona Beach.
A pregnant woman who was a passenger on a motorcycle died and three other people were injured when a sport utility vehicle crossed into the path of three motorcycles Friday night.
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Normally, when something like this happens at a gathering, it's due to the stupidity of the riders.
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Simply put, your above statement is ignorant. As a rider, I have seen riders on all types of bikes do stupid things. That said, believe me, the number of car drivers using a cell phone (talking or texting) outnumbers stupid bikers about 10,000:1.
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that site has very low traffic, looks like they are trying to promote it.
user only has 11 posts too hint hint
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I have fewer posts than that... this thread appears to about putting light on a trgaic situation, NOT trying to increase a website's traffic (as if BBF's Rants & Raves section could do that.)
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11-28-2010, 09:27 PM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
Looks like the web site took the view down.
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11-28-2010, 10:43 PM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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As a motorcycle (Harley) rider, I don't either
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Bear in mind that you ride a cruiser, not a crotch rocket. There's a difference in the crowds those types of bikes attract. This incident involved the latter.
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11-29-2010, 08:29 PM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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Bear in mind that you ride a cruiser, not a crotch rocket. There's a difference in the crowds those types of bikes attract. This incident involved the latter.
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Biketoberfest is a huge annual Bike Rally in Daytona, where Crusiers (Harley's) outnumber sportbikes at least 20:1. (I've been twice in the past 10 years.)
Is it OK for me to stereotype a blackberry user because I "know" that they text/email/or talk on the phone while driving?
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11-29-2010, 09:55 PM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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Biketoberfest is a huge annual Bike Rally in Daytona, where Crusiers (Harley's) outnumber sportbikes at least 20:1. (I've been twice in the past 10 years.)
Is it OK for me to stereotype a blackberry user because I "know" that they text/email/or talk on the phone while driving?
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Eh, I also pass gas.
In my day they were called cafe racers.
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11-29-2010, 11:07 PM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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Biketoberfest is a huge annual Bike Rally in Daytona, where Crusiers (Harley's) outnumber sportbikes at least 20:1. (I've been twice in the past 10 years.)
Is it OK for me to stereotype a blackberry user because I "know" that they text/email/or talk on the phone while driving?
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Irrelevant. The people involved were sportbikers, and unfortunately, the stereotypes for them are almost always true. They just get stupid in large numbers.
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11-29-2010, 11:56 PM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
Sorry to be a buzz kill and I know this the rant section but don't we get plenty of shitty news thru the lame stream media on a daily basis??? I know I don't want to read about this type of stuff when looking for blackberry info.
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11-30-2010, 09:28 AM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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Sorry to be a buzz kill and I know this the rant section but don't we get plenty of shitty news thru the lame stream media on a daily basis??? I know I don't want to read about this type of stuff when looking for blackberry info.
Just my two cents.
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Did you seriously just post to tell people not to post?
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11-30-2010, 10:12 AM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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Irrelevant. The people involved were sportbikers, and unfortunately, the stereotypes for them are almost always true. They just get stupid in large numbers.
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Have you ever been to Biketoberfest? There are not "large numbers" of sport bikes.
How do you know the pople involved were sport bikers...?...you refused to read it...?
Regarding the tragic incident (as well as some aspects of this thread), the quote from Ron White rings through my brain- "Ya' just can't fix stupid."
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11-30-2010, 11:11 PM
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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Have you ever been to Biketoberfest? There are not "large numbers" of sport bikes.
How do you know the pople involved were sport bikers...?...you refused to read it...?
Regarding the tragic incident (as well as some aspects of this thread), the quote from Ron White rings through my brain- "Ya' just can't fix stupid."
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It was plainly obvious. The linked forum was for sportbike tuning.
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11-30-2010, 11:49 PM
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Did you seriously just post to tell people not to post?
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No I don't see where I told people not to post. I said this is a blackberry forum...and we get plenty of bad news about all sorts of accidents, murders, rapes, etc etc in the news. In my opinion, people don't normally want to see or get into this sort of discussion on a blackberry info site. I don't see what you don't understand about that.
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Re: 1 killed, 2 injured in Biketoberfest crash
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No I don't see where I told people not to post. I said this is a blackberry forum...and we get plenty of bad news about all sorts of accidents, murders, rapes, etc etc in the news. In my opinion, people don't normally want to see or get into this sort of discussion on a blackberry info site. I don't see what you don't understand about that.
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Dude, relax. She winked. And really, it is the rants and rave forum. If it's something you don't want to read, move on.
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