The reason I gave up motorcycles is that some auto drivers take pleasure in causing motorcycle to crash. I have had people to make eye contact and then pull directly in front of me ensuring I had to lay it over or go into a ditch. Also with a child on back, one pulled directly along side of me while matching my speed and slowly pushed us into the ditch. I have only had two incidents related to other pilots that caused me concern. One was when a Bonanza pulled up along side me without notification while cracking up at my shocked face and the other was when an Air Force C130 over took me from behind at about 100 ft above me. Luck for both that I didn't have my 50 calibers loaded that day. Lee
-- "mbpowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My wife spent 8 days on life support after someone clipped her bike from behind. One day while visiting I mentioned to her nurse that maybe I should give up my bike and stick to flying my plane. She said that based on their experience in the trauma center this would be a good idea. So far this year they have had 77 motorcycle accident victims, one sky diver, and no pilots. I still have my Honda Shadow and 415 C. Mike @C35 --- In [email protected], "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Spook wrote: > > I was waiting for you to say the dipsey drivers > > claimed, "I didn't even see him!", a common plea from > > unattentive drivers who run into motorcyclists, > > bicyclists, and pedestrians. > > > My trouble was that the first dipsey driver DID see me and, having only one > reaction to problems in her repertoire, she slammed on the brakes and > stopped - right in my path. > > The second driver never did see me, before or during the incident. She > might have noticed me when I subsequently pulled up beside her and shouted > VERY loudly and made rude gestures. > > Though we brag about the safety of our small aircraft, I'm afraid that some > reviews show that the safety of small aircraft is only about the same as > motorcycles. > > Fortunately, the majority of the danger factors in aircraft are under the > pilot's control. By firmly resolving and taking action to be sure we don't > have accidents as a result of these factors, we eliminate 80% or so of the > flying risk - leaving those accidents to the fools. > * Continuing VFR into IFR conditions > * Running out of fuel > * Taking off when there are mechanical problems > * Buzzing locations on the ground > * Flying over terrain where there's not a good landing spot > (difficult in some parts of the country, I know) > * Aerobatics in a plane not specifically designed for them > Etc. > > P.S. thanks for adding the OFF TOPIC tag to the subject line. > > Ed > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com East Peoria, Illinois > ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ and remove "???") > _____________________________________________________________ Click for free quote on refinancing your mortgage. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iifTCMeKbu2IVYgKr32K67aXf1OKWU67eedl9G8TE5wV3x9u4/
