Dangerous things people do

[ZX9RCAM]

Wheelies in traffic.
Jail.
Ugh

I resemble that remark....

 

[Axxe55]

I resemble that remark....

With a username like your's, why am I not surprised?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

With a username like your's, why am I not surprised?

I didn't make it all the way, but I was cuffed and stuffed....

 

[Axxe55]

I didn't make it all the way, but I was cuffed and stuffed....

BTDT. Sure puts a damper on the evening.

KZ1000.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Bike looked just like this fairing and all.
Suzuki GS1000L.
Same bike, but this is not it.

 

[Axxe55]

Bike looked just like this fairing and all.
Suzuki GS1000L.
Same bike, but this is not it.



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Mine looked very similar to this 1979 KZ1000 Ltd.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Yeah, I got so many tickets one year that the State of Texas sent me a letter requesting my drivers license.

 

[Axxe55]

Yeah, I got so many tickets one year that the State of Texas sent me a letter requesting my drivers license.

I got stopped a lot for speeding, but got real lucky with getting just a warning and a lecture!

 

[toddnjoyce]

Dangerous, just like safe, is subjective. Experience/skill and judgement/decision-making play a critical role in outcomes.

 

[Glenn B]

Taking their first breath may be the most dangerous thing some folks can do; it leads to a lifetime of one disaster after another for some people.

 

[popper]

Ophir pass in a jeep, loosing brakes at red man pass, pulling a camper. Back before they moved/fixed the road (70s). Driving from Texarkana to Greenville @ 10 mph during the ice storm, in a F150, 30 mph crosswind and with a 6mo old kid. Rockwall was a mess. Riding MC was a breeze. Except on LBJ with the rock haulers.
Oh, playing in a bar band in KS when the 'stage' has pig wire across it.

 

[popsgarland]

Getting out of bed in the mornings.



Won't and don't want to mention where I was in the late 60"s

 

[msharley]

 

[robertc1024]

I used to do a lot of white water kayaking. Any river or creek in Texas just became interesting when it was flooded, the rest of the time, they're boring. It pissed me off that idiots without the skill set went out on flooded rivers (like the Guadalupe) and Darwined themselves, and the authorities shut down access to the rivers.

 

[Coyote9]

While people do many dangerous things, one day I saw two people going down the Brazos river from the hiway 16 bridge below the Possum Kingdom Lake dam. While my wife and I have taken several trips there too, this time the river was in flood. Way above flood levels. Bad idea IMO.

This is them:




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Not only was that dangerous, they were in an inflatable canoe. One thing that makes it really dangerous is that when the river floods after long periods of normal levels, all kinds of stuff gets pulled into the river. Trees, boats, furniture, trash, containers, you name it, I have seen whole trees and picnic tables floating off. Some of that stuff can be very hazardous if it hits you or you hit it. Plus the current is very fast. The area where I took that picture is from the hiway 16 bridge right below Possum Kingdom dam. It's close to the dam so no trash can come from the dam, but as the flood current moves on down it picks up all kind of stuff. This is it, normally:
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This is with two flood gates open, when they open three the bridge is under water.

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I never heard of any people being lost out there, but even at low levels the current is really bad in places if you aren't expecting it. I hope they were ok.

Getting ready to open more gates:

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Here's a view from the dam with three gates open.

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The bridge is down around where the water disappears in the picture.

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Definitely a bad idea to be out there with the river like that.

I have an inflatable kayak with which at 70 years old I routinely shot class IV rapids in Colorado.
That bridge at floodstage looks lethal for any man powered craft, but unless they were near it the river looks plenty safe for experienced canoeists

 

[BillM]

I have an inflatable kayak with which at 70 years old I routinely shot class IV rapids in Colorado.
That bridge at floodstage looks lethal for any man powered craft, but unless they were near it the river looks plenty safe for experienced canoeists

Was it full of debris?

 

[Younggun]

I did risky stuff all the time. Probably at least as risky if not more so.

Nobody took a picture of it though.



Safety is something we all trade at one point or another in order to save time or effort, or simply for the thrill. If it’s not endangering uninvolved parties I tend to not care. And I don’t really count rescue workers in that as the equipment they have would make the risk pretty negligible .


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[seeker_two]

I embrace the dangers of life daily....and I keep surviving.....

.....what am I doing wrong?

 

[Brains]

I do fear we, as a society in general, are moving too close to everything being "safe." It doesn't take a genius to see the end result.

 

[Coyote9]

Was it full of debris?

Well the San Juan and Animas and Piedra Rivers all flow thru narrow canyons and more open spaces, the forest comesdowntothe edge most of the time so deadfalls, sweeps and rogue trees are common especially below previous fire swept areas. My kayak is not a cheapo, it is a $2000 Hobie Mirage made of the same material as white water rafts with multiple air chambers (yes I have repaired it once!) scouting and first hand info help with sweeps and deadfalls and rockfalls but rivers are dynamic and change often. Flotsam travels with the current or a little slower, canoes rafts and kayaks generally are faster - overtaking floating obstacles is safer than being overtaken by them, avoiding and fending off obstacles is always a challenge. Deaths are extremely rare even with lots of tourons particpating in the sport