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W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It does make them special in one very important way: it’s much harder for police to catch them.

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  • muzzle@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s also a lot easier for a motorcyclists to die or be gruesomely maimed in an accident.

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    • KneeTitts@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s also a lot easier for a motorcyclists to die or be gruesomely maimed

      In normal countries (not dumberikkka where the leading cause of death for almost all age groups of guns) the leading cause of death for young makles is motorcycles. ER workers call them donorcycles.

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      • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean fuk people get shot by their pets there…

        This made me laugh so fucking hard. Because it’s true.

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    • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      …then don’t ride a motorcycle.

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• Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Stop signs exist to compensate for blind spots. At some intersections, the angle and the speed limit line up such that a car will remain hidden in the front blind spot behind the roof support beam until it’s too late to avoid a crash. These intersections are rare, but they’re the only appropriate place to put stop signs. Most stop signs are put in due to poor traffic planning and political unwillingness to implement proper traffic calming, and do little to improve safety.

  Motorcycles do not have roof support beams, do not have front blind spots, and thus have no use for stop signs. They shouldn’t be required to stop at stop signs.

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  • rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No. Just fucking no.

    Stop signs exist because it’s not possible to evaluate if the junction is safe to pull into without stopping and looking around first, and then making sure you’re moving into the junction slowly by starting from stationary rather than launching into the middle of the road at 20mph.

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    • eightys3v3n@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In the UK they rarely ever use stop signs apparently. Every fucking intersection where I am is a stop sign.
      I think we way over use them and in many cases we should have had a yeild sign.

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    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There’s no reason a motorbike should have to stop at this intersection

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      • moopet@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For every one you find like that, there are a shitload where everyone needs to stop because you can’t see past the hedge or there’s a curve.

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      • rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        What about these? I mean, if we’re being totally disingenuous and fixating on extreme outliers…

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  • Dozzi92@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re just following the prompt right? Posting an unpopular opinion? Because you’ve nailed it.

    Sometimes I feel like a motorcycle’s blindspots is everyone else on the road.

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• crazyslinkz@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The reason motorcycles are allowed to filter is many years ago they were all air cooled. Sitting in traffic without moving would overheat your bike.

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  • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not necessarily. It’s also safer, as the filtered cars act as a buffer for the texting idiot to hit instead of the bike.

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• nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You should visit India sometime

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  • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nope!

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• moopet@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Challenge accepted

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• rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lots of cars already don’t follow the rules, though, and I didn’t get the impression that motorcyclists are less likely to be punished for it. I do think that both cars and motorcycles should have way stricter noise restrictions, which might very well spell the end of ICE motorcycles because the technology is inherently loud even when they aren’t making noise on purpose.

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• LurkingLuddite@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Eh. Lane splitting can legitimately reduce congestion and improve safety, at least when drivers are aware of their surroundings… which yes I know, for some is apparently a high bar.

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  and i think they can be a bigger ahole, they once knocked the plastic casing off the front door mirror of my dads car, just by passing by for no reason.

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• BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Never owned one but splitting lanes is dope. More power to the riders and stay safe out there.

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