So what turbo is saying is that we should ride in circles around our block cause any other kind of riding is fouling other peoples areas... right????
No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that we shouldn't foul other people's neighbourhoods by riding in a way that we wouldn't do in front of our own homes, family, friends, and community.
I'm also referring to the Belfountain/Forks of the Credit effect. If too many people come to a place to ride or drive like an jackass with no consideration or respect for the people who actually live there, it's just a matter of time before the locals begin to resent those jackasses. Rising resentment increases the probability of tangible response by the locals.
Their response may be appropriate or inappropriate. Some will content themselves with the totally appropriate response of calling police or local politicians, and then you risk having them use existing or newly-created laws to target the offensive presence. HTA172 came about in response to ******* riders and drivers, and that's also how the Fork's heavy summertime police presence and most recently Caledon's new noise bylaw came about. People called police and politicians, and they reacted to rising public pressure.
Piss off enough people though and odds increase that you will also come across someone willing to go to inappropriate extremes. Then you will see things like sand and gravel and oil mysteriously appearing on corners, and maybe even a large vehicle deliberately pointed right at you.
I'm not saying that we should ride around our own blocks to avoid fouling other people's areas. I'm saying that responsible riders will avoid creating that kind of resentment as much as possible by riding with respect and consideration for the people who live on those roads, just as we would hope others riding around our block would show the same respect and consideration when riding on the roads in front of our homes.
Clearly though, there is a significant part of the riding population who just don't give a **** about others, placing the thrill of extreme riding above all else, including the quality of life and safety of others living along and using a given road. The more of them that appear on any given road, the more likely that you will see responses like this pick-up truck, or that mysterious stuff that seems to appear on corners at just the wrong time.
Last time I checked when a vehicle is passing you one a two lane highway you are supposed to move to the right as much as you can and let them safely pass you....
Being annoyed with crotch rockets in your hood is no reason to attempt to kill them.
I don't disagree, but maybe certain "crotch rocket" riders should try to do better to avoid annoying others with their riding as well. So many times you here the admonishment, "take it to the track". It would save so much grief not only for the "go-fast" ******* riders, but also for the more responsible riders who get tarred with the same brush prepared for the irresponsible ******* riders.
