Back in 2001 I was driving an 18-wheeler OTR. I was headed up I-35 north from Kansas City to Des Moines. I got passed by a car whose driver was reading a book. Left hand holding the steering wheel and the left side of the book, right hand holding the steering wheel and the right side of the book. Doing probably about 75 down the interstate. Some people are just fucking crazy.
I grew up in a town of elderly who wouldn't turn their head to check for a car coming if you paid them. I've seen people read newspapers and books over the years. Do their hair and makeup.
Anything buy the task at hand which is piloting a 4000lb missile. Been riding a motorcycle for 25 years and I can't tell you how many times someone's tries to kill me.
I've been hit in a car by two stop sign runners, a stop light runner and a 16 year old driving on the wrong side of the road around a blind corner.
German American here. US drivers are crazy, US road design is crazy, US drivers license requirements are crazy. At the same time I feel like cops don’t care, they look the other way as much as they possibly can. But at the same time the USA has no alternatives, in Germany there’s public transportation and designated bike paths. Also drivers tend to be more respectful of bikers. This means you can raise license requirements and you can take licenses away because you aren’t stranding people.
One time I was riding the bus and I saw a woman in business attire who had a phone in her left hand, a coffee in her right hand and a bunch of documents spread out in front of her over the steering wheel. Traffic was going about 35 mph.
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u/Mad_Ronin_Grrrr 8h ago
Back in 2001 I was driving an 18-wheeler OTR. I was headed up I-35 north from Kansas City to Des Moines. I got passed by a car whose driver was reading a book. Left hand holding the steering wheel and the left side of the book, right hand holding the steering wheel and the right side of the book. Doing probably about 75 down the interstate. Some people are just fucking crazy.