Juan Buhler wrote:
Everybody should be required to ride a motorcycle for six months
before getting a license for a car. It's incredible how much of a
better driver it makes you. Now when I drive my car, I see motorcycles
(I wouldn't claim I see them all, since the one you don't see is the
one that gets you), I look around a lot more, and in general I'm more
aware of the road than back when I didn't ride my Vespa.
j
And, before motorised transport, a bicycle to teach them about
vulnerability. I am daily astonished at the appalling roadcraft shown
by motorcyclists. They seem to spend most of their time relying on
other road users to bail them out. I've seen four in the last three
years that ran out of other peoples' skill. There's no excuse for it in
this country. It is much harder to get a m/c licence than a car one
these days.
On 10/7/05, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
P. J. Alling wrote:
You really got to be more careful.
He's been riding professionally for a long time. I think he knows traffic
better than most of us!
Get a Bell for crisakes, it will
help protect you from the speeding cars...
No, it really won't. I hope you said that tongue in cheek, but without a
smiley or other indication, I assume you might have been serious.
As a long time motorcycle rider (since 1950) I can assure you, on two wheels
you become almost invisible on the road.
It's an old joke among long term riders, that when involved in a car/bike
accident, and the car driver is asked [rather stupidly in my humble opinion]
"How could you possibly hit him! He was right in front of you."
"I didn't see him."
"How many little children have you run over? They are *much* smaller than a
motorcycle and rider."
Facts are, bikes *are* practically invisible to the rest of the motoring
public, and a cyclist has to be at 110% attention at all times. As Frank is an
excellent example of, even then you stand a very much higher incidence of
having a traffic accident than a motorcar.
Mend quickly, Frank. You have my empathy! I've been *so* close, so many
times... I can see the whole picture. It IS dangerous out there.
Be well, keith
frank theriault wrote:
well, today started with a bang!
[...]
--
Juan Buhler
http://www.jbuhler.com
photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
