Why do motorcyclists always break the speed limit?

xxyyzz

Genuine question, is there a reason why motorcyclists do not think that the 100kmh limit applies to them? I'm driving for over 20 years and the only motorbikes I see on the road are the ones who appear suddenly behind me out of nowhere and disappear off into the distance when there's even a half chance of overtaking.

XsApollo

Have you ever ridden a motorbike?

Gretas Gonna Get Ya!

Because they're rebels... they're edgy and they like to flirt with danger! :P

Or maybe they're all just a bunch of selfish ***** !? Who knows?

corner of hells

xxyyzz wrote: »

Genuine question, is there a reason why motorcyclists do not think that the 100kmh limit applies to them? I'm driving for over 20 years and the only motorbikes I see on the road are the ones who appear suddenly behind me out of nowhere and disappear off into the distance when there's even a half chance of overtaking.

You sound jealous.

nthclare

They're cooler than people in car's and quite frankly they don't give a ****...

I always pull in and let them pass, their problem if they're caught not mine.

Although it's an amazing sight to see a motorcyclist zoom off into the distance, especially on a warm summer's evening.

I'd love to do it sometime myself, seriously it would be some rush and what a story to tell the grand kid's.

Lighten up op get a motor bike and drive the ****ing ring out of it

We're here for a good time, ride on dude

Gretas Gonna Get Ya!

nthclare wrote: »

They're cooler than people in car's and quite frankly they don't give a ****...

I always pull in and let them pass, their problem if they're caught not mine.

Although it's an amazing sight to see a motorcyclist zoom off into the distance, especially on a warm summer's evening.

I'd love to do it sometime myself, seriously it would be some rush and what a story to tell the grand kid's.

Lighten up op get a motor bike and drive the ****ing ring out of it

We're here for a good time, ride on dude

wow... they'll be so impressed by their crazy grandpa! Burning rubber on 2 wheels... what an outlaw you'll be!

maestroamado

corner of hells wrote: »

You sound jealous.

I am jealous and i am old enough to have sense.
I was staying close to Jerez the weekend of the moto GP and you want to see the bikes and speed.
They reckon about 100,000 bikes converge on town for weekwnd and not much bigger than Cork or Galway.
I think speed limit only for vehicles with more than 4 wheels??

Brianmwalker

xxyyzz wrote: »

Genuine question, is there a reason why motorcyclists do not think that the 100kmh limit applies to them? I'm driving for over 20 years and the only motorbikes I see on the road are the ones who appear suddenly behind me out of nowhere and disappear off into the distance when there's even a half chance of overtaking.

Cause the slow ones don't catch up to you obviously. No different to cars really.

nthclare

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

wow... they'll be so impressed by their crazy grandpa! Burning rubber on 2 wheels... what an outlaw you'll be!

And I'll ramp it up every Christmas

Samuel T. Cogley

Presumably the level of fckedness doesn't change much from 100 to 140 or so on a motorbike?

McGinniesta

bike ****

John_Rambo

xxyyzz wrote: »

Genuine question, is there a reason why motorcyclists do not think that the 100kmh limit applies to them? I'm driving for over 20 years and the only motorbikes I see on the road are the ones who appear suddenly behind me out of nowhere and disappear off into the distance when there's even a half chance of overtaking.

Pay a bit more attention, check your mirrors more often and nothing "will appear out of nowhere".

Sonics2k

If, in 20 years, the only motorcycles you see are ones over taking you, that's for two reasons.

1/ You're not a very observant driver and don't notice all the motorcyles near you going a safe speed, and due to your lack of observance they decide to over take you.

2/ You're a slow as **** driver and we take advantage of your slow ass driving to over take you.

Lyle Lanley

Rarely break the speed limit myself tbh, but I know it would appear that way to car drivers. There is a massive difference in acceleration between a bike and a car, so the bike will quickly disappear into the distance even without actually going that fast.

Goose81

xxyyzz wrote: »

Genuine question, is there a reason why motorcyclists do not think that the 100kmh limit applies to them? I'm driving for over 20 years and the only motorbikes I see on the road are the ones who appear suddenly behind me out of nowhere and disappear off into the distance when there's even a half chance of overtaking.

We can't get caught by speed cameras head on.

Uinseann_16

Because its fun:pac:

Wanderer78

Cause it's some fcuking craic

Thelonious Monk

Pretty much everyone who drives a car breaks the speed limit too. At least motorbikes usually only kill themselves.

Wanderer78

Thelonious Monk wrote:

Pretty much everyone who drives a car breaks the speed limit too. At least motorbikes usually only kill themselves.

I intentionally do, fcuk it

SeanW

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Pretty much everyone who drives a car breaks the speed limit too. At least motorbikes usually only kill themselves.

Actually the same is true of car drivers.

https://www.rsa.ie/RSA/Road-Safety/RSA-Statistics/Deaths-injuries-on-Irish-roads/

Thespoofer

'And on a steeeel horse I ride ........cause I'm wanted, dead or alive ........'

Gooey Looey

Plenty of cars and vans break the speed limit too only you don't notice them for some reason

unhappys10

Lyle Lanley wrote: »

Rarely break the speed limit myself tbh, but I know it would appear that way to car drivers. There is a massive difference in acceleration between a bike and a car, so the bike will quickly disappear into the distance even without actually going that fast.

What?

If a car is doing 100kph how does a bike quickly disappear unless it's doing a lot more?

maestroamado

xxyyzz wrote: »

Genuine question, is there a reason why motorcyclists do not think that the 100kmh limit applies to them? I'm driving for over 20 years and the only motorbikes I see on the road are the ones who appear suddenly behind me out of nowhere and disappear off into the distance when there's even a half chance of overtaking.

I forgot to ask earlier, are you driving in Ireland?
There are hardly any bikes here..,

greenspurs

By 2014, there were 1.9 million private cars and 36,573 motorcycles in the Republic.

he total number of licensed vehicles recorded on Irish roads on 31st December 2015 was 2,570,294, of those 36,974 were motorcycles,

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-1916/1916irl/economy/tp/

The Unbearables

Sorry OP motorcyclists just have bigger cocks.

2lazytogetup

my theories:

1. The personality profile of a motorbike is more likely to be a male in his twenties than a lady in her 70s. And stats have shown young males are more likely to break speed limit than older ladies. Would be similar to a car.

2. motor bike registration plates can't be photographed by a speed camera so motor cyclists dont care

3. the police/speed cameras dont care about motorcyclists speeding as they are less dangerous to other cars than cars.

4. a motorbike engine power is powerful relevant to a car. so its so tempting for a motor cyclist to turn the throttle. similar to audi car drivers who cant help themselves drive fast.

2lazytogetup

5. its easy for a motorbike to overtake to speed. a fast car might get stuck behind a slow car with little opporutnity to overtake. A motorbike doesnt have that restriction and usually has an open road in front of them

2lazytogetup

6. they are able to skip the waiting traffic at a traffic light. And since they have quicker acceleration, they can get off much quicker than a car, ie do 0-60kmh in a couple of seconds. so it might appear they are speeding, they were just able to accelerate quicker than you from stationery lights.

TuringBot47

The Unbearables wrote: »

Sorry OP motorcyclists just have bigger cocks.

Yeah they're in their bike helmets.

Anyways, bikers keep the organ donations rolling in in wet weather.

GBX

We don't all do it. Same as car/bus/trucks on the road. There's a small percentage that does. Looks faster from a slower car that you likely drive. Also open your eyes.