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[Travelover]

Was tooling down Rte 5 in CT one afternoon and was passed by a motorcycle doing somewhere between 90 and 100. Doing a wheelie. The operator had on jeans. No helmet, gloves, leathers, shirt, boots, socks, or footwear of any kind.

You say this like it is a bad thing. :laughing:

 

[GLyford]

I wouldn't have wanted to put bare feet on the sun-scorched pavement even without the additional hazard of movement...no idea of how they coped with stop signs or traffic lights. As for the rest, I just assume they had an organ donor card filled out.

 

[Redneck in training]

Was tooling down Rte 5 in CT one afternoon and was passed by a motorcycle doing somewhere between 90 and 100. Doing a wheelie. The operator had on jeans. No helmet, gloves, leathers, shirt, boots, socks, or footwear of any kind.

I was working in Brindisi in Italy some years ago. Doing wheelie was a way of driving there. Everyone was doing that from traffic light to traffic light or at high speed on the strada. From HS girls on a moped to guys or girls on super bikes. Nobody stopped on a red light either. People just slowed down and if no vehicle was going across they sped up and crossed the intersection. If you stopped and waited for green drivers behind you would honk. When I asked about that in the factory guys told me: It (the light) is just a machine it doesn't know that there is no traffic going across. It is just a mere suggestion you should slow down and look. If you think about that there is a logic behind that.

 

[herringchoker]

It was close to 20 years ago, a dark evening on a 2-lane highway with moderate-to-heavy traffic in both directions. Speed limit was 90 km/hr (about 55mph). I had a triaxle trailer with 65,000 lbs. of lead concentrate on board, and trying to get onto the highway from a service garage. I finally got a break, but traffic was soon piling up behind me as I was trying to get up to speed. After about 2 miles I was up to about 45 mph, and there was a turning lane for a road on the left. A car whipped out of the line behind me and passed me in the turning lane like I was standing still. A second car did the same, and just as he was passing me he flipped on his red and blue roof lights and chased down the first guy. Nobody else tried any illegal passes after that, and I eventually got up to speed.

 

[dragoneggs]

I was working in Brindisi in Italy some years ago. Doing wheelie was a way of driving there. Everyone was doing that from traffic light to traffic light or at high speed on the strada. From HS girls on a moped to guys or girls on super bikes. Nobody stopped on a red light either. People just slowed down and if no vehicle was going across they sped up and crossed the intersection. If you stopped and waited for green drivers behind you would honk. When I asked about that in the factory guys told me: It (the light) is just a machine it doesn't know that there is no traffic going across. It is just a mere suggestion you should slow down and look. If you think about that there is a logic behind that.

Yeah Southern Italy is like that... a lot of Asia too. It does make everyone pay attention a lot more and not just blindly cross intersections trusting the light and other idiots. I don't mind driving in those areas but it is quite unnerving for many that are used to 'proper' USA roads.

 

[California]

An American friend quoted a local saying "We won the wreck!" when we were in South America.

I won't name the country because I never knew if he was really told that, or made it up. It sounded about right.

 

[Daver1963]

I was working in Brindisi in Italy some years ago. Doing wheelie was a way of driving there. Everyone was doing that from traffic light to traffic light or at high speed on the strada. From HS girls on a moped to guys or girls on super bikes. Nobody stopped on a red light either. People just slowed down and if no vehicle was going across they sped up and crossed the intersection. If you stopped and waited for green drivers behind you would honk. When I asked about that in the factory guys told me: It (the light) is just a machine it doesn't know that there is no traffic going across. It is just a mere suggestion you should slow down and look. If you think about that there is a logic behind that.

I spent some time close to Brindisi at San Vito Air Station from 1986-88. There we said that the biggest vehicle had right of way.

 

[Daver1963]

I was working in Brindisi in Italy some years ago. Doing wheelie was a way of driving there. Everyone was doing that from traffic light to traffic light or at high speed on the strada. From HS girls on a moped to guys or girls on super bikes. Nobody stopped on a red light either. People just slowed down and if no vehicle was going across they sped up and crossed the intersection. If you stopped and waited for green drivers behind you would honk. When I asked about that in the factory guys told me: It (the light) is just a machine it doesn't know that there is no traffic going across. It is just a mere suggestion you should slow down and look. If you think about that there is a logic behind that.

I spent some time close to Brindisi at San Vito Air Station from 1986-88. There we said that the biggest vehicle had right of way.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Was tooling down Rte 5 in CT one afternoon and was passed by a motorcycle doing somewhere between 90 and 100. Doing a wheelie. The operator had on jeans. No helmet, gloves, leathers, shirt, boots, socks, or footwear of any kind.

One of the last times I was able to ride my Husqvarna 510, I popped a wheelie in 4th, shifted up two to sixth gear and started roaming through traffic. I was doing maybe 75ish, but wearing sandals and shorts. I did have a helmet on, and of course, cool motorcycle gloves. A week after that, my back blew out and due to scar tissue from prior surgeries, the problem is non-operable and so I have not been able to ride since.

 

[farmer2009]

Seen something yesterday that made me think of this thread. I met it on the road so no way to get pictures.

I am meeting an older ?80's dodge 2500 with a trailer and tractor loaded. The tractor is an older lettered International. Pulled up on trailer. Didn't think it looked right as the tongue seamed to be riding high. As I meet him the back tires of the tractor are the same width as the trailer tires. So they just pulled the tractor up till it hit the fenders. Rear tractor tires behind the trailer axles. And only one chain on the front to keep it from rolling off the back. Couldn't be any tongue weight and had to be pulling bad.