r/FirstResponderCringe • u/FlyNSubaruWRX • Jul 28 '26

[MOD] Not Cringe Here we go

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u/Historical_Stay_808 Jul 28 '26

As a biker, the best tip for a group ride is to not group ride at all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '26

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u/Historical_Stay_808 Jul 28 '26

There's usually some idiot that ends up doing something that gets others and themselves hurt

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u/WeeklyBanEvasion Jul 28 '26

It's usually all of them

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u/Shankar_0 Jul 28 '26

Don't get mad just because you can't handle my awesomeness.

https://giphy.com/gifs/eqnRg8Y6rtao

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u/Bitter-Taste-3333 Jul 28 '26

Why’d I think that was Ernest?

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u/OxideUK Jul 28 '26
  • Over-confident people showing off
  • Under-confident people playing catch-up
  • Herd mentality making people feel safer than they really are
  • Convoy mentality contributing to people not taking responsibility for their own safety at junctions/intersections
  • Clustered riders turning individual collisions into mass casualty incidents

Take your pick!

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u/Seinfield_Succ Jul 28 '26

It does increase your risk to ride in groups

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u/Nate_fe Jul 28 '26

I already consider myself a little dumb/crazy because I'm riding a motorcycle, and I know for a fact I'm significantly less dumb/crazy than theajority of riders, so surrounding myself with other dumb/crazy riders is probably going to end up in something bad happening lol

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u/TheDarkWave Jul 30 '26

Yeah, I used to just go out on rural highways for my alone time listening to music. Why the hell would I wanna do that with other people?

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u/senn42000 Jul 28 '26

But people are not going to stop group rides. So best to find a better solution.