Pros and cons list anyone? I can think of a few on both side. Personally I prefer to keep a cushion between me and the car ahead and will stay on one side of the lane to allow me an "escape route" in case I need it. This of course requires a lot of mirror looking, and sometimes that's tough.
Pros 1) Its puts you ahead of the already stopped traffic so if the distracted driver decides to plow into the cars behind you, your injuries are likely to be a lot less traumatic, or possibly not at all. 2) It gets you to your destination potentially seconds or even a minute earlier than otherwise. Cons 1) It can be unsafe in some circumstances to perform these maneuvers, even more vigilance is required to ensure your safety while performing lane splitting. 2) It's not legal everywhere and if there is a resulting accident, somehow the guy that broke the law is gonna get it, even sometimes when it has nothing to do with the true cause of the accident. 3) Some people get a little angry waiting in traffic, and all it takes is a catalyst to set them off. Watch as this gorilla in a cage reacts to being passed by a biker in the Seattle area, by the way, hes been brought up on charges and will likely pay some hefty fines or worse as the whole incident was caught on camera. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o0uhnKz9CpU -----Original Message----- From: Javier Garcia <[email protected]> To: nighthawk_lovers <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, May 5, 2015 4:04 pm Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] I got rear-ended today I have been rear-ended twice, one pretty badly, the second a bit less to worry about. Both were (luckily) while driving a car. When on the motorcycle, I usually think about these incidents, but it also true that I am not 100% alert *all the time*. What to do? I think one really good technique is, when getting to a read light, if there is a car in front of you, split lanes and go to the front. This is technically illegal in most states, and I don't think every driver will like to see you moving to the front, but I believe it is the best technique we have to reduce the chances of getting badly hurt on a rear end collision. While I do not actively apply this technique, I am seriously considering adopting it as a normal riding habit. What do you think? On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:42 PM, EGrider <[email protected]> wrote: Sitting at a red light, light turns green, car in front starts to pull away. Suddenly, a jolt from behind. No, in my car, not on Ol' Yeller. I was going to ride, but I didn't want to show up on a motorcycle considering who I was meeting. Thank God. Guys, if you don't have one eye in the rearview at red lights and stop signs every time, consider that rear end accidents are like the most common of all accidents. No damage to my car, but his front bumper and the plate behind it rode up and caught between my trailer ball and back bumper.Took his bumper and plate half off his car when we separated. I was late already, so I told him "Good luck" and left. I asked him why he had lost concentration, and he said, "I saw my friend and was trying to get his attention." That's about all it was take to make a sandwich out of one of us. Word to the wise. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
