Interesting chappie...

[Tassie Devil]

I had to go into town for a few things and decided to take the road to Cygnet for a bit of fresh country air.
Came up behind a slow moving old 'ute with a load of firewood and, naturally, decided to pass. Now the line markings were a little ambiguous... faded double lines but with fresh dotted line on my side indicating I could pass. The road was clear for miles ahead.

Anyway I signaled and pulled out to pass, and blow me down, but the guy pulled over to the wrong side as if to run me off the road, not once but twice. I pulled up along-side of him and looked at him as if to say, "What kind of idiot do you think you are"? and left him behind.

The guy was in his late thirties and it would appear, a complete danger to other road users. I can only quess that he was offended that I passed him on what he judged to be a double line.

I guess it just goes to prove the old saying, "Always ride as if every-one else on the road was out to get you".

Cheers,

JQ

[Bill]

Was the Bastard chewing tobacco, wearing a big belt buckle and running with Texas plates? Enough said!

[Tassie Devil]

No Bill, but he was a country boy for sure.

Cheers,

JQ.

[BobFV1]

Tassie - Glad you were alert. Idiots are everywhere.

[Arby]

Hey, Bill, you just described most of the people at the Big Bend ride.:020:

Tassie, I try to ride as though they're all out to get me.
It's kept me out of trouble so far. (Knock on wood)

RB

[DJ Down Under]

Did he have two heads...:rofl:

DJ

[Acacia]

Try riding the back mountains of West Virginia - not only the scary antics of some drivers, but one has nightmares from the movie Deliverance when you pass through some of the 'hollers' and see the inhabitants!

Great roads and riding there though!

Do they wear large belt buckles in TAZ? (About 6" in diameter TX style?)

[Wild Will]

out here in rural Californicate. I have decided that in every cage there is a potential madman whose wife has just cheated on him, and he's out for blood. Hell, no wonder she cheated on him! Stay clear of ALL other vehicles when riding whenever possible. Also, Dean and I saw a truck re-cap blow away right in front of us; should we have been on bikes and in the wrong place, we'd have been blasted off the seat. Stay safe out there!

[DarthRider]

out here in rural Californicate. I have decided that in every cage there is a potential madman whose wife has just cheated on him, and he's out for blood. Hell, no wonder she cheated on him! Stay clear of ALL other vehicles when riding whenever possible. Also, Dean and I saw a truck re-cap blow away right in front of us; should we have been on bikes and in the wrong place, we'd have been blasted off the seat. Stay safe out there!

Old West Texas saying (I happened to "write" this one):
"They can't hit ya' if ya' ain't there!"

(Sorry Acacia, this was back when I still talked like a ignernt hillbilly...we'll all do better, really we will.)

[Tassie Devil]

Yeah DJ, I'm pretty sure he was a true two headed Tasmanian and the bad head was doing the thinking that day.

Acacia,
I think I'm the only local that wears a big buckled belt around here. It was given to me by an uncle from Wyoming.
Maybe that's why he had a go at me:pillepalle:

Cheers,

JQ.

[Acacia]

Tassie,

Did your uncle tell you how to dress 'proper like' then too?

You need stifly starched Wranglers with a neat crease back and front, belt with studs in it, buckle at least 6" in diameter - slim cut legs too, cowboy boots with high heels and sharp pointed toes, starched dress shirt in pastel colors with a good sized white Stetson. With all of that you then cant help but walk like a Texan - a kind of bow legged gay wiggle like you have a carrot up you know where. You are then dressed to kill. The Texan form of 'sunday best' AGATT.

[Bones]

Hey, Bill, you just described most of the people at the Big Bend ride.:020:

Tassie, I try to ride as though they're all out to get me.
It's kept me out of trouble so far. (Knock on wood)

RB

No Arby, that was just the few of us on Harleys. They are pretty hard to turn, you know.

Interestingly enough, other than the one moron woman driving an SUV and talking on the cell phone that tried to run me off the road, I found the TX drivers to be more courteous than I was expecting.

Tassie, the guy is a moron, plain and simple. Indeed, ride like they are all out to get you.

Jeff

[Arby]

The drivers in rural east Texas actually pull off on the shoulder to let a faster vehicle pass.

Even loaded semi's running a legal 70 mph would ease over on to the shoulder to let me pass(on a motorcycle).

It scared me at first, I thought they were running off the road.

However,I did not have a chance to check out their belt buckles.

FWIW
RB

[DarthRider]

The drivers in rural east Texas actually pull off on the shoulder to let a faster vehicle pass.

Even loaded semi's running a legal 70 mph would ease over on to the shoulder to let me pass(on a motorcycle).

It scared me at first, I thought they were running off the road.

However,I did not have a chance to check out their belt buckles.

FWIW
RB

Arby -
This is pretty common in most rural areas of Texas...other states too I imagine.
Some areas have extra wide shoulders to "enable" this and for farm/ranch equipment to safely traverse public roads. Most people in these areas are most polite & courteous and will always move over for a passing vehicle, even a bike. Many of the older people drive on the wide shoulders all the time so they can safely maintain their blazing speeds of around 40MPH.
In these same areas, most of the locals drive with their left hand resting on top of the steering wheel and always raise their index finger when meeting a car...or bike. Much like the "salute" most motorcyclists still give each other when passing. Sadly, this is dieing out in many places as "non-locals" move in and are too cool or busy to bother with politeness.
Of course these polite, friendly, nonest people can not really be trusted, what with their 6 inch belt buckles, and their bowlegged gay wiggle walks and carrots up their bums...:icon_cry:

[Tassie Devil]

Look here fellas,

I'm happy to go along with everything bar the carrot.

It's not compulsary is it???

Cheers,

JQ

[Arby]

Oh, alright then, you can take pass on the carrot thing.

RB

[Dirty Doug]

With out the carrot, you can't mean that. What would the gerbil eat???????????:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DJ Down Under]

Carrot...I always thought it was a corn cob that made them walk like that..:003:

DJ

[geechie]

Corn cob = too much roughage for the gerbil.

G