Re: THE RANT THREAD!
It's funny...do you know why assholes with gun racks and giant trucks unaccountably get fewer pissed off honks and rude gestures?
For the same reason people give me space I've had a couple over the years, but figure I've been riding on public roads for about 10 years, the first five of which my bike was my daily driver and weekend bike. I have had 2 really close calls, maybe 3 or 4 other kinda but not really close calls, and I've dropped/wrecked my bike more than all of those combined.
But, I also go out of my way to do my part. See, when I had learned to drive a car one of the things that they pushed a lot was knowing what was going on around you. My old man was pretty unforgiving on that as well, so I learned how to drive not only knowing what was in front of and behind me, but generally several cars back and up to 3 or 4 lanes of traffic. This is the norm for me - but most automobile drivers don't need to worry about that as much...cars are big, they have big lights and bigger...erm...size. Drivers can get sloppy and nobody notices (and I suspect that they do considering the number of laws there are prohibiting distracted driving). So on the bike, I always have an "out"...I always have a buffer. I'm always expecting the closest 10 cars to do the most retarded thing to me that they can - so even if they *think* about it, I can react.
So fewer than you would think But it does occasionally happen. Generally speaking though, I'm my own worst enemy.
Originally posted by DanieMarie
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For the same reason people give me space I've had a couple over the years, but figure I've been riding on public roads for about 10 years, the first five of which my bike was my daily driver and weekend bike. I have had 2 really close calls, maybe 3 or 4 other kinda but not really close calls, and I've dropped/wrecked my bike more than all of those combined.
But, I also go out of my way to do my part. See, when I had learned to drive a car one of the things that they pushed a lot was knowing what was going on around you. My old man was pretty unforgiving on that as well, so I learned how to drive not only knowing what was in front of and behind me, but generally several cars back and up to 3 or 4 lanes of traffic. This is the norm for me - but most automobile drivers don't need to worry about that as much...cars are big, they have big lights and bigger...erm...size. Drivers can get sloppy and nobody notices (and I suspect that they do considering the number of laws there are prohibiting distracted driving). So on the bike, I always have an "out"...I always have a buffer. I'm always expecting the closest 10 cars to do the most retarded thing to me that they can - so even if they *think* about it, I can react.
So fewer than you would think But it does occasionally happen. Generally speaking though, I'm my own worst enemy.
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