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I think I am going to resume UOCing.

ConsideringOC

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Streetbikerr6 wrote:
Yah you mean your out once your idiotic point has been ridiculed by every OC'er in this community. Good riddance. Going away party is at my house, your not invited.
LMAO.....I am picturing you sitting in the far corner of a playgrounds sandbox. You just threw your sucker in the sand and now your sucking your thumb.
 

demnogis

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Am I sensing a proposed hypothesis and experiment in the works? :lol: :celebrate

N6ATF wrote:
demnogis wrote:
After it stops raining I'm going to find a secluded road and try to "load" an empty mag at speed.

I expect to lose 1 mag to the road.

Just to try and see if I can do it. My bike has a tendency to lean to the left even when I'm "balanced".
Part of me thinks some MythBusters work is in order to see how much of a missile the dropped empty mag is. Whether it'll bounce into a windshield, low on the front bumper, or just skip along the ground immediately after first impact.
 

N6ATF

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Captain_Awesome wrote:
oooh sounds like fun.:D Lemee know if you need a cameraman or some other kind of general support.
You have a high-speed? Looks like the Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1 at $1,500 will do 1200 FPS! Just need a long speed and height calibration billboard to stick up.
 

inbox485

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demnogis wrote:
I know, I always advise newcomers not to solo UOC. I think I'm going to have to stop echoing that thought because I am feeling that solo UOC for myself is a good idea (again).

My ride in to work has become more and more hazardous. I enjoyed the days before where I could make a 5-10-15-100-mile ride without anyone so much as tailgating me. People would not cut me off on the freeway, people would not try to "share lanes" with me, while I was already splitting them. CHPs would give a nod or a wave instead of just flying by at 95mph.

I'm not sure what it is, but while riding/driving people seem to think they can do whatever they want, whenever they want and the rules of the road don't apply to them because "what are you gonna do about it?". This results in disastrous consequences for others on the road (like myself). Luckily nothing bad has happened yet.

So, I'm dusting off my drop-leg holster, putting new batteries in my voice recorder, stocking the storage compartment on my bike with OC pamphlets and loading 2 mags. I'll UOC while riding, and LUCC while driving. Also, my job is as a driver now. It will be nice to know for those times when I have to drive through the slummiest of slums to pick up clients that I'm not entirely useless.
I'm all for you and anybody else UOC'ing, but...

1 - I don't think too many drivers that cut you off will notice the gun.
2 - While I understand it wasn't your intention, I'd be careful posting things that could be interpreted as an intent to carry a gun to intimidate others into good driving.

On a side note, I have noticed a drastic increase in shizer headed drivers in the last month or so.
 
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