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t walgamuth · #1 07-31-2015, 08:47 AM

I read in the morning paper that a man 43 years old (old enough to know better) was riding a motorcycle on the interstate without a helmet and texting at the same time.

Impossible you may say, but apparently there were witnesses. He did it successfully apparently for a short while before he ran off the road into the median and was fatally injured.

The police are still investigating.

Skippy · #2 07-31-2015, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I read in the morning paper that a man 43 years old (old enough to know better) was riding a motorcycle on the interstate without a helmet and texting at the same time.

Impossible you may say, but apparently there were witnesses. He did it successfully apparently for a short while before he ran off the road into the median and was fatally injured.

The police are still investigating.

As a motorcyclist myself, I tend to feel for other motorcyclists who are injured or killed. However, I find myself unable to find any sympathy for this one.

JamesDean · #3 07-31-2015, 12:48 PM

I was driving on the Ohio Turnpike one time and I saw someone reading a book and driving. Not directions or anything like that but an actual couple hundred page book.

Simpler=Better · #4 07-31-2015, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesDean

I was driving on the Ohio Turnpike one time and I saw someone reading a book and driving. Not directions or anything like that but an actual couple hundred page book.

It's a long, boring drive-what do you expect them to do?

ruchase · #5 07-31-2015, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I read in the morning paper that a man 43 years old (old enough to know better) was riding a motorcycle on the interstate without a helmet and texting at the same time.

Impossible you may say, but apparently there were witnesses. He did it successfully apparently for a short while before he ran off the road into the median and was fatally injured.

The police are still investigating.

What's a "morning paper"?

Kidding aside, I get a good laugh from the Darwin Awards.

JamesDean · #6 07-31-2015, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Simpler=Better

It's a long, boring drive-what do you expect them to do?

Drive?

I usually put on music or an audio book. lol.

Skippy · #7 07-31-2015, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Simpler=Better

It's a long, boring drive-what do you expect them to do?

If you're finding a drive boring, you're probably not going fast enough.

aklim · #8 07-31-2015, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I read in the morning paper that a man 43 years old (old enough to know better) was riding a motorcycle on the interstate without a helmet and texting at the same time.

Impossible you may say, but apparently there were witnesses. He did it successfully apparently for a short while before he ran off the road into the median and was fatally injured.

The police are still investigating.

Is that the one on I65? Motorcyclist dies after I-65 crash

Only ways I see is one handed texting since you don't need to clutch and setting the bike on cruise control (screw knob in throttle) and use both hands. That's all I got. Anyone else know how? No, not enough muscles in his weiner to text the right button.

t walgamuth · #9 07-31-2015, 07:21 PM

That's it.

BAVBMW · #10 07-31-2015, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Is that the one on I65? Motorcyclist dies after I-65 crash

Only ways I see is one handed texting since you don't need to clutch and setting the bike on cruise control (screw knob in throttle) and use both hands. That's all I got. Anyone else know how? No, not enough muscles in his weiner to text the right button.

Pffft...

Maybe your wiener. I've been working out!

MV