After almost 2 months of my primary vehicle being a motorcycle, I've dicided that 2/3 - 3/4 of all automobile drivers should be summarily shot!
Realize that this means that the chance of you being included in this number is high.
To avoid the afore-mentioned penalty, please learn to drive considerately.
Stay further than 1 car length behind a motorcycle!
Think about it this way. The combined weight of my motorcycle and myself is at the most 1/4 of the weight of your car.
This means that I can stop at least 4 times faster than you. Or in 1/4 the distance if you like to think of it that way. Anti-lock brakes don't make you stop any faster they just keep you from skidding. Back the Fuck Off!
Pay attention!
I must admit that I was just as guilty of this before I started riding. It takes absolutely no brain power to drive a car. You don't realize it but you don't have to think when behind the wheel. Because of this almost no one pays any attention to anything going on around them. Add to this the fact that motorcycles are harder to see... dangerous. My motorcycle is not the size of a Chevy Suburban; You won't see it as easily. Please be more attentive and see and know what's going on around you.Posted by slaw at September 26, 2003 10:57 PM | TrackBackI can't tell you how many times people have pulled out right in front of me because they just didn't see me. When you look for traffic at any intersections give it an extra half second and keep the roads a little safer.
it was a wise man who once said, "if you can't beat them, join them." (read: drive a car)
Posted by: leon at September 27, 2003 12:52 PMThat I'm even responding to such ignorance is astounding, but you've got my dander up.
Frist, your statement is completely fallacious. The fact that cars are the status quo does not meant that that is the way things ought to be (is-ought fallacy). I refuse to accept something just because that's the way that it is when it doesn't have to be that way and in fact shouldn't be that way.
Secoond, like I started out, it's just plain ignorant. The fact that you don't want to change or at least don't think others should should have to change for the better is implicit and assinine.
With folks like this asshole, I'm starting to understand outlaw biker gangs that much better. They at least take care of each other because no one else seems to care.
Posted by: ColeSlaw at September 28, 2003 11:09 AMok, you took that a little too seriously...
i, for one, watch out for motorcycles... i stay as far out of their way as possible...
let me tell you why.
my father (who has driven a car for 40+ years, had never been in even a fender bender prior, and had no speeding tickets ever) was struck in his vehicle by a kid on a motorcycle running a red light at about 60 mph in a 35 mph zone... the kid was truly lucky he lived... broken legs and an arm, cracked ribs, he was hamburger meat from head to toe, in a coma for 11 days... then he tried to sue... of course, he had no case; he was speeding, ran a red light, was uninsured and didn't even have a motorcycle endorsement on his license...
motorcycles are dangerous... that's a fact... and i'll give you that most auto drivers are assholes... however, you made a conscious decision to ride a motorcycle... with that comes risks and responsibilites... you are certainly aware of this...
is kind of like sex... the only way to be 100% safe, is not do it...
if you still want to, that's fine... it's your decision to make... however, just don't look for too much sympathy when it costs you...
hell, yours truly used to ride... but i realized it was only a matter of time before some "asshole" couldn't see me cruising in his blind spot and ran my ass over...
it is nice to think you can make a difference or change everybody's ways, but the plain truth is that it's simply not going to happen...
but more power to you if you want to try...
that is all meant by my first "if you can't beat them join them" comment.
Posted by: leon at September 28, 2003 04:31 PMFirst I apologize for going off.
Second thanks for the clarification.
I totally agree that riding is dangerous. I know the risks and I take them. I also know that I can't change the masses. I'm really hoping that maybe one or two people might see this and rethink the way they drive and pay attention.
Posted by: ColeSlaw at September 28, 2003 05:01 PMno apology needed... it's good to speak your mind... makes life interesting...
Posted by: leon at September 28, 2003 05:23 PM