Now that's what I'm talking about! Hit 'em where it hurts! I was hit 7 years ago by a woman who used the "I just didn't see him" excuse. I was on life support for 8 days. She damned near killed me! Now, she wasn't texting or yapping on a phone but my point is that IMO if you use the excuse "I just didn't see him" or it can be proven that the at fault driver was either on the phone or texting, they should be nailed hard! Real hard! It's quite obvious to me that people with that damned phone in their hand while their driving is equally as dangerous as a drunk driver. These people have to be forced to become accountable somehow.

 

On my last two rides I gave a lot of space to 3 different idiots who were drifting ahead me, back and forth between the lines as these idiots texted their asses off! I haven't witnessed a drunk lately, so I think these ******** texting, if they haven't already, will take the lead on causing fatalities. I'm a little older now, and hopefully somewhat wiser, but I'm about to revert to my younger days of carrying some nice size steel bearings in my jacket pocket for these idiots.

Sorry, didn't mean to slide off, that's just one area that obviously ...ah nevermind...

Glad to see the legislatorholes in Raleigh are finally getting off their ****, but they still have a long way to go to clean up a centuries worth of liberal rule. Once the cagers lawyer up, they'll get off with a faulty equipment fine or something minimal until those in Raleigh put some more teeth in this. However, I guess it is a start.

 

Now if only they could catch 80% of the *********** in cages that run us off of the roads. The last four fatalities up here have been hit and runs as far as bikes go.

 

Not sure of the technicalities of the law, but I'm thinking at least in fatality accidents, I'm hoping law enforcement/DA, would subpoena phone records? I'll have to make some phone calls tomorrow and see what I can find out.

 

So,basically--attempted murder of a biker=$200 fine? What about attempted murder of a cager? Worth it a TWICE the price!

 

Cmon dickey you know better.

You get caught for attempted murder.

You get away with successful murder because dead people can't call the cops.

So the fine for successful murder of a cager is zero. And buy yourself an 'atta boy beer at the next bar.

 

Personally, I don't see the point of this new law. Forget about the bike for a second. Isn't there already some law that would cover running another vehicle off the road? Motorcycle or car, it should make no difference.

And you wonder why our local, state, and federal governments are in such a financial mess. Just one of many useless wastes of our money. I wonder how many taxpayer dollars were spent researching, writing, debating, and bringing this useless, and most likely redundant, law into place.

 

I don't know how enforceable the law will be, but I guess its a start.

 

Great start. This means, when a motorist causes a rider to swerve or wreck, the cop can charge the motorist with something other than 'failure to maintain control' or 'failure to maintain lane'

$500 may not seem like a lot, but i'm paying a lawyer $500 to try and get my reckless driving ticket reduced, since in the shitty state of VA its a Class 1 Misdemeanor

and 500 bucks is about half way to my 107 kit

 

I guess it's better than nothing.