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To: Salamander
I just said “Yeah. Every biker on earth knows every other biker.”.

Might as well. Generally, it takes less than two minutes for someone to pull over and ask if they can render assistance if I pull off the road for some reason.

51 posted on 07/30/2012 11:09:31 AM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: zeugma

You said it.

My mom still has nightmares about the time I saw a biker stranded along the road in the middle of the night and stopped to help.

He was a clubber but I just walked up and silently handed him my cell phone.

He called for a trailer, handed back the phone and nodded to me and I went on my way.

[they rarely actually talk to other biker’s ‘ol’ ladies’, out of respect]

It was cold and getting ready to rain and not a single other driver even slowed down as they went by him.

[scared off by “the patch”]

It’s kind of funny, the “universal shorthand” that’s apparently developed between us all.

You’re driving down the road, a biker is sitting on the side, you offer an upturned palm, in question, they return a thumbs up for ‘we’re okay’ and you reply with a thumbs up or they offer a motion-to for help and you stop...all in less than a few seconds.

Isn’t it weird that car drivers generally don’t have the same mutual compulsion to help?


61 posted on 07/30/2012 8:12:38 PM PDT by Salamander (I laugh to myself at the men and the ladies who never conceived of us billion dollar babies.)
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