Haven't seen one yet, figured it would be fun and interesting.
Post up a summary of your tickets and accidents (both car and bike). Try and keep details to a minimum. Would be interesting to compare to others.
I'll start:
Licensed Driver for 16 years, Motorcycle for 9.
Speeding - Car - (70 in a 45, first ticket, speeding to check on grandma)
Seat Belt - Car - (delivering pizza)
Seat Belt - Car - (just forgot)
Parking - Car - (camp site, tire on the line)
Speeding - Car - (home on leave from USMC, was in my Dress Blues)
Fix it - Bike - (no mirrors, thanks to first accident, hadn't had a chance to replace yet)
Unsafe Lane change - bike - (wrote me and my buddy for same thing)
Passing on Right - bike - (didn't see the cop parked on the other side of street:moon:, passing a car slowing for a speed bump)
fix it - bike - ("dirty plate"....+ lecture for someone else's actions)
speeding - bike - (106 in 70, worst ticket, long straight two lanes, no cars)
crossing double yellow - bike - (fought in court cause I really didn't, cop assumed, I won)
speeding - bike - (prima facia, 45 in a 65, but 'safe' speed was 15....:th_down
speeding - car - (just wasn't paying attention, long straight road, no traffic)
parking - bike - (last day of serving 2 weeks on a jury) parked in same spot every day
speeding + unsafe pass - bike - (96 in 65, me being impatient in HOV)
speeding - bike - (38 - 25, didn't know it was a 25.)
Accidents:
99' Hit while not moving by some girl - car - their fault
05' wide in a turn dumped on dirt shoulder - (1st bike) - minimal, rode home,
05' low side - (1st bike) - low speed, cold tire, rode to work
08' Run over slowly by Semi at red light - (2nd bike) - his fault, scars and crush injury to left calf and foot.
08' Coronado bridge - (end of 2nd bike) - rear slipped on on-ramp, hit wall at 70, no idea why. Broken femur, + lots of road rash
'13 freeway - (7th bike) - ran off the road by another driver, hit me when he changed lanes suddenly, kept the bike up, just a bent bar end and frame slider.
I have only totaled one bike my self, another was stolen, I sold the rest, have two currently (250 and 1000).
I deserved every ticket I got except two, the double yellow that I beat in court; and the prima facia 45 in a 65 when 'safe' speed 15, that was one was BS.
Well, I survived all the dumb ass shit I did when I first started riding, 7 bikes later and I still commute via motorcycle daily. I have toned it way down.
so...anyone else have the courage to bare all your mistakes opcorn2:
Post up a summary of your tickets and accidents (both car and bike). Try and keep details to a minimum. Would be interesting to compare to others.
I'll start:
Licensed Driver for 16 years, Motorcycle for 9.
Speeding - Car - (70 in a 45, first ticket, speeding to check on grandma)
Seat Belt - Car - (delivering pizza)
Seat Belt - Car - (just forgot)
Parking - Car - (camp site, tire on the line)
Speeding - Car - (home on leave from USMC, was in my Dress Blues)
Fix it - Bike - (no mirrors, thanks to first accident, hadn't had a chance to replace yet)
Unsafe Lane change - bike - (wrote me and my buddy for same thing)
Passing on Right - bike - (didn't see the cop parked on the other side of street:moon:, passing a car slowing for a speed bump)
fix it - bike - ("dirty plate"....+ lecture for someone else's actions)
speeding - bike - (106 in 70, worst ticket, long straight two lanes, no cars)
crossing double yellow - bike - (fought in court cause I really didn't, cop assumed, I won)
speeding - bike - (prima facia, 45 in a 65, but 'safe' speed was 15....:th_down
speeding - car - (just wasn't paying attention, long straight road, no traffic)
parking - bike - (last day of serving 2 weeks on a jury) parked in same spot every day
speeding + unsafe pass - bike - (96 in 65, me being impatient in HOV)
speeding - bike - (38 - 25, didn't know it was a 25.)
Accidents:
99' Hit while not moving by some girl - car - their fault
05' wide in a turn dumped on dirt shoulder - (1st bike) - minimal, rode home,
05' low side - (1st bike) - low speed, cold tire, rode to work
08' Run over slowly by Semi at red light - (2nd bike) - his fault, scars and crush injury to left calf and foot.
08' Coronado bridge - (end of 2nd bike) - rear slipped on on-ramp, hit wall at 70, no idea why. Broken femur, + lots of road rash
'13 freeway - (7th bike) - ran off the road by another driver, hit me when he changed lanes suddenly, kept the bike up, just a bent bar end and frame slider.
I have only totaled one bike my self, another was stolen, I sold the rest, have two currently (250 and 1000).
I deserved every ticket I got except two, the double yellow that I beat in court; and the prima facia 45 in a 65 when 'safe' speed 15, that was one was BS.
Well, I survived all the dumb ass shit I did when I first started riding, 7 bikes later and I still commute via motorcycle daily. I have toned it way down.
so...anyone else have the courage to bare all your mistakes opcorn2: