--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Dave Morrow" wrote:
> > Let's refine the stereotype: "... 55 in the fast lane, until it
snows,
> > then crank it up to 75." Used to be, the first big snowfall put
the
> > Camaros and Trans-Ams off the road. Now the ditches are
> > littered all winter with Cherokees, Excursions and Blazers,
>
> How small minded can you get. I've been sick of people branding
> motorcyclists as smelly outlaw bikers or reckless, obnoxious squids
> for as long as I can remember.
>
> Isn't labeling an entire class of vehicle owners because of the
> actions of a few exactly the thing we bitch about as motorcyclists?
> And don't give me any bullshit about "stereotypes don't arise in
> vacuum". That's not an argument. If you want to make a point use
> something resembling data.
>
> Of course there are lousy, incompetent drivers who own suv's. There
> are also smelly outlaws and reckless squids who own motorcycles. I
> own a Jeep and 3 bikes, I am niether an incompetent driver or a
> smelly outlaw. My Jeep has been winched out of mud up to the
> doorhandles, do you s'pose I should replace it with a Camry?
>
> As for your "no legitimate place on the highway" bullshit, lots
more
> voting people think that about motorcycles than suv's. Let's not
> validate that attitude for them.
>
> It's astonishing to me to see someone in the motorcycle community
> thinking this way.
>
> --
>
> Dave Morrow
> IS Manager
> R.E.Warner & Associates
> Westlake, Ohio
> 440-835-9400
Dave,
Thank you. I think you made my point for me. There seems to be a
pervasive attitude in our society that totally avoids individual
responsibility and puts the blame on the
motorcycyle/SUV/gun/tire/skateboard/?MacDonalds?/whatever. I've yet
to see an SUV sitting in a parking lot all by itself do anything
threatening.
Bill A15
'94 Jeep GC
'88 Ranger
'69 C10