{"id":472,"date":"2009-07-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=472"},"modified":"2009-07-06T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T08:00:00","slug":"stupidity-on-a-motorcycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=472","title":{"rendered":"Stupidity on a Motorcycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/Sk6OspsojdI\/AAAAAAAABbw\/wO1ztt_p_iI\/s1600-h\/Stupid.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 368px; height: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/Sk6OspsojdI\/AAAAAAAABbw\/wO1ztt_p_iI\/s400\/Stupid.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354373904748547538\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">Responsible motorcyclists like me see kids like this and just shake their heads.  This kid was to my left, waiting at a red traffic signal when I snapped his photo.  What&#8217;s wrong with this picture?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His right leg is ready to get seriously burned, as both of his hot exhaust pipes are centimeters from his leg.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>His feet are ready to be seriously injured, as sneakers provide no protection whatsoever in a crash.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>His backpack was heavy, and I observed that it restricted his movement.  That&#8217;s really bright; I guess he&#8217;s never heard of bungee cords.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>He was wearing a nice jacket, and while it&#8217;s difficult to see, he was wearing thick gloves &#8212; why the jacket and gloves if he doesn&#8217;t give a damn about the rest of his body?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Don&#8217;t miss that full-face helmet.  If he weren&#8217;t riding with his visor fully open, he might actually be doing something right on that end of his anatomy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What you can not see in this photo is that he was driving like a hot dog, too.  He tore off at the light, only for me and others going the speed limit to catch up to him at the next light.<\/p>\n<p>This style of dress and motorcycle riding behavior is so stupid!  Yet we see this all too often.  When I was an emergency medical responder, I scraped kids like this up off the street all the time.  Still happens.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  <b>Real Bikers Wear Boots!<\/b> (with long pants).<br \/><\/span><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/Sk_kFOIvrwI\/AAAAAAAABb4\/YxDCRgf3XgY\/s1600-h\/Bumperstickerpickc.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/Sk_kFOIvrwI\/AAAAAAAABb4\/YxDCRgf3XgY\/s400\/Bumperstickerpickc.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354749260312063746\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responsible motorcyclists like me see kids like this and just shake their heads. This kid was to my left, waiting at a red traffic signal when I snapped his photo. What&#8217;s wrong with this picture? 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