Happy Sunday!– It?s overcast and gloomy here but sometimes I like it like that. Especially when I?m gonna be lazy and lounging, which I plan on doing once the Sunday Post is done.
I get a call once or twice a day from Bandit, keeping me posted on their progress. The first day they raced, which keep in mind is time trials, not speed racing, they didn?t do too well but better than the guy whose car burned to the ground or the gal driver who flipped her Porsche. Yesterday Bandit drove instead of navigating and he really like that. He said that each town they finish in, there?s a parade in honor of the participants. Kids swarm them asking for autographs and girls swoon, whispering ?I love you? to the men. Bandit?s swelled head (both), will need a major deflation before he crosses the California border on his way home. I think they have two more days of racing then end in Laredo, Texas.
Now for the Sunday Post?
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For the true and discriminating aficionado, a glass of the finest beer should only be partaken if it is the correct temperature. The subtle nuance of the melded grains….the fragile and fleeting taste of the brewer?s art….can only be truly appreciated if that golden elixir is properly chilled. To this end, advanced studies candidates in the Graduate Engineering Department of Texas A&M University have developed an easily used fully portable Beer Temperature Tester which easily indicates whether the beverage is acceptably chilled or not. To test the beer, simply insert the tester into the glass.
After the tester has been immersed for a period of no less than fifteen seconds, remove both probes and observe the indication.
The beer on the left is the correct temperature
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Myrtle Beach mayor says he’s tempted to intentionally hit biker with his car
The mayor of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a town that draws thousands of motorcyclists to events each year, recently said he was tempted to run into a motorcyclist with his car intentionally because he didn’t like the biker’s shirt.
According to an article in the online edition of the Myrtle Beach Sun News, the topic came up during a Myrtle Beach City Council discussion about the sale of sexually oriented merchandise, including T-shirts with slogans that some find offensive. Mayor Mark McBride said he spotted one T-shirt slogan that he considered offensive when he was driving recently.
“It was very tempting to kind of nudge the guy on the bike” with his car, McBride was quoted by the Sun News. McBride repeated the same sentiment later in the week while appearing in a candidate?s forum organized by a local motorcyclist rights group.
At least two major non-AMA-sanctioned motorcycle rallies bring thousands of riders to Myrtle Beach each year.
? 2005, American Motorcyclist Association
Rogue
Redneck Christmas Reindeer
Have to find me one of these.
Jack Drew
Bandit, Skinny tire’s are back!!!
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Working Too Hard–
At the last minute we decided that there was too much work going on over here for me to fly to Wetoberfest, so we’re all over here prepping some new bikes for the SEMA show next week. We do have a skeleton hardcore sales crew representing us in Daytona, ready to roll the rig if Wilma decides to drop in early.
Here’s Johnny with his custom creeper.
John Covington
ARIZONA: Traffic violators face ID theft check
Give fingerprint or get jail time
Judi Villa
The Arizona Republic
Motorists cited for criminal traffic violations will have to give their thumbprint to Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies or go to jail.
“This will be mandatory. No exceptions,” Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Wednesday. “If they don’t want to give the print, they’re going directly to jail. Period.”
Arpaio launched the new policy Wednesday across the Valley, expanding and toughening a pilot program in which motorists pulled over for routine traffic stops were asked to voluntarily provide a thumbprint. The goal was to catch people who took the wheel with stolen or phony driver’s licenses and ultimately to combat identity theft in Arizona, which ranks top in the nation for the crime.
But Arpaio said about 67 percent of motorists declined to voluntarily give their thumbprints. Although Arpaio cannot require people to provide a fingerprint if they are cited for civil traffic violations, he said he can if the citation is criminal.
Criminal traffic violations include reckless driving, excessive speed (more than 20 mph above the posted speed limit) and driving under the influence, while civil violations include speeding, failure to yield or unsafe lane changes.
Officials at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said they had not been consulted about the new policy and could not comment whether it was legal.
“Of course we can take prints,” Arpaio said, referring to criminal traffic violators. “We can arrest everybody if we want to.”
The prints are entered into the Automated Fingerprint Identification System to see if drivers are using fake identification.
Civil libertarians have been vehemently opposed to the program since the pilot began in February in the West Valley. It expanded to the East Valley three months later.
“We still have a major constitutional privacy issue here,” Dawn Wyland, interim director of the Arizona Civil Liberties Union, said Wednesday.
It’s one thing to take a fingerprint from a person suspected of driving drunk, Wyland said. But it’s something entirely different to threaten people with jail for offenses they never dreamed would land them behind bars.
Across the Valley, motorists cited for criminal traffic violations are not routinely arrested and fingerprinted. Officers often opt to cite and release them instead.
“You can go to jail for driving a little too fast through a school zone,” Wyland said. “How much are we going to put up with? This is a bad one.”
Wyland also questioned Arpaio’s link between traffic tickets and identity theft.
“The trouble I’m having is finding the nexus between people violating traffic laws and identity theft,” she said. “I just don’t see it.”
Still, Arpaio insisted the mandatory thumbprinting could reduce identity theft and help deputies locate wanted people. Nearly 7,500 traffic citations have been issued this year during the pilot program. Roughly 3,000 of those tickets were for criminal traffic offenses.
About 15 of those cited were found to be using fraudulent identification, Arpaio said. One man was wanted for sexual assault, he said.
Rogue
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Contact Spyke, Inc. at 562-869-9333 or at www.SpykeInc.com Contact: NORFOLK Naval Air Station Virginia — One of the military’s largest transports got stuck at the end of a runway atop the I-564 overpass for more than 16 hours. It was unable to turn around at the West end of Chambers Field at the Norfolk Naval Station. The incident forced the closing of the field to all but helicopter traffic and made for a dramatic sight for hundreds of motorists passing beneath it during morning rush hour. “That thing’s like a big building sitting there.” said motorists. The nose of the aircraft actually stuck out and OVER the Interstate! The aircraft’s nose was so far over the end of the ramp, the crew was unable to see the runway where it was supposed to turn around so the pilot simply had to leave it at the end of the runway. The Air Force C-5 Galaxy, largest airplane in the free world, is almost as long as a football field and as high as a six-story building. Weighing 420 tons with a full load, it uses a system of 28 wheels to distribute its weight. The aircraft had to wait for a specially made tow bar trucked in from Dover, Del. When the tow bar arrived, it was used to hook the C-5 to a tractor that then turned the aircraft around. The plane was not damaged. The female co-pilot was overheard saying to the male pilot as they exited the plane… “I told you we should have stopped and asked for directions.” What Is Wrong With This Picture? We knew this was coming because of reading some NHTSA reports a few months ago. Please note this is funded by the NHTSA With the fines and other monies made from DUI convictions it is sure to go over big with law enforcement. It may be coming to your state soon. NEED To Stop and Think About This. Getting stopped for any reason and found to have been drinking you get a DUI and in most cases go to jail, your vehicle towed etc. You were going down a public road and there was No collision or other traffic violations involved. In Florida it costs the average person arrested for a DUI $15,000.00 and loss of license. Now Hit and Kill a Biker and not been drinking is a Misdemeanor with a fine of usually under $100.00 Now What Is Wrong With This Picture????? I am also waiting to see how Motorcycle Rights Originations who sponsor Poker Runs and events handle this situation. ROGUE ‘Riders Helping Riders’: Alcohol and Motorcycling Growing Problem, Target of New State Safety Program in Georgia Beginning this week, Georgia will host a statewide pilot project to confront the problem of riding while intoxicated through a program in which motorcyclists will hear the message from a source they trust the most — other riders. “Riders Helping Riders” begins training Georgia motorcycle safety instructors, part-time state employees ranging from mechanics to office workers who are committed to motorcycle safety. This is an effort to help create a culture change in the motorcycling community, where the importance of sober riding needs to grow. Riders Helping Riders is based on research showing that motorcyclists view themselves as members of a distinct community, and take care of each other when they see one of their fellow riders in need. However, surveys show that riders are often unwilling to intervene in another rider’s drinking, preferring instead to tell him: “Don’t ride near me.” Changing that attitude could save lives and reduce injuries, said Les R. Becker, Ph.D., a researcher with PIRE Public Services Research Institute, which designed the Riders Helping Riders program. “You can’t leave it up to the drinking rider to decide if he or she can ride safely,” he said. “If riders are going to help out their fellow riders when they’re in trouble, then this is one time when another rider really needs your help.” “Research shows that alcohol contributes to a much higher percentage of fatal motorcycle crashes than it does for any other type of vehicle. In Georgia, 111 people died on motorcycles last year.” “It’s just tragic that one-third of those motorcycle fatalities may have been preventable because they involved alcohol,” said Director Bob Dallas of the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “Georgia has been focusing a DUI and speed enforcement effort called ‘Operation Fast & Furious’ on riders who act out these high-risk impaired driving behaviors on our highways. Now ‘Riders Helping Riders’ will help provide the critical educational component needed to reinforce the ‘ride sober’ message from within the motorcycling community.” Even a little alcohol can pose a big threat to riders. Because of the special skills it takes to operate a motorcycle, Director Dallas says it’s not surprising that a higher proportion of riders killed in crashes are at lower blood alcohol concentrations than drivers of other vehicles. Mistakes made while riding on two wheels can be much less forgiving. Impairment sufficient to threaten a rider’s life can occur well before that rider is visibly intoxicated, Dallas said. The Georgia Department of Driver Services has decided to include Riders Helping Riders in all its motorcycle safety training programs. Georgia motorcycle safety instructors will make presentations at club meetings, rallies, dealer events and other rider gatherings, focusing on how to keep riders away from alcohol when they’re riding, keeping alcohol away from rider gatherings and teaching ways to discourage fellow riders from riding when they’ve been drinking. “Focus groups show that motorcyclists who use alcohol and ride still embrace many archaic reasons, such as that they are only endangering themselves, they can handle it, crashing will never happen to them and so on,” said Chad Burns, administrator of the Georgia Department of Driver Services’ Motorcycle Safety Program. “Obviously, the motorcycling community needs to change that way of thinking.” Riders Helping Riders is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. If the Georgia pilot program is successful, it may be instituted nationwide. PIRE, or Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, is a national nonprofit research institute funded largely by federal grants and contracts that focuses on public health and safety issues. The first trainings will be at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 19 and 20, at the American Honda Motor Co. Rider Education Center at 1450 Morrison Parkway in Alpharetta. Media is invited. – – – – CONTACTS: Les R. Becker, Ph.D., PIRE, 301-520-5642, becker@pire.org Rogue UCLA DEPT OF PSYCHIATRY? …..has revealed that the kind of face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle. For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features. However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal, she tends to be more attracted to a man with scissors lodged in his temple and a bat jammed up his ass while he is on fire. Further studies are expected. Rev Carl I think you might like to go on this trip. I am planning a trip for September 14, 2006 to the home of one of the earliest Indian settlements. The excursion will consist of a bus trip to the Cherokee Nation, and a guided tour along the river which runs through it. Cost of the trip is $299.00 P/P which includes lodging and food. Book early, as I anticipate space will be extremely limited. We’ll do some sight seeing, wildlife photography and that sort of thing. The highlight of the trip will be the river tour. No white water rapids, but perhaps a few small bumps that might result in your getting a little wet. What makes the trip especially meaningful is that our river guide is a full-blooded Cherokee; born and raised in the area, and extremely knowledgeable of the territory and any obstacles we may encounter on our journey.Below is a photo of our guide, and the river we will be running. If you are interested, let me know as soon as possible. This trip is often sold out a year in advance. Bob T. That?s It For The Sunday Post– Enjoy! Layla
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AScribe – ATLANTA, Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire)
Deaths from traffic crashes have leveled off in recent years nationwide, but motorcycle fatalities are climbing ominously, nearly doubling in the last eight years. Experts believe one cause is the same culprit in many auto crashes — alcohol.
Jim Shuler, Director, Public Affairs, Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, 404-657-9105, jshuler@gohs.state.ga.us
Chad Burns, Administrator, Georgia Dept. of Driver Services, 404-669-2945, cburns@dmvs.ga.gov
Jim Gogek, PIRE Media Relations, 619-251-4675, jgogek@pire.org 
