Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
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From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT - So, has anyone asked
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote:
As a mechanical engineer, I've always appreciated the technical aspects
of
motorcycles, but have absolutely no desire to ride one, at least on
public
roads, where a motorcycle, unfortunately, becomes a target for some.
In all my years and miles of motorcycle riding, I've never once seen
anything that indicated another person or driver considered me a
target or intended to do harm to me or any other motorcyclist.
In the mid to late eighties, while living in St. Charles, Missouri, there
were numerous incidents of car/motorcycle 'accidents', where the cycles were
being forced off the road by car drivers. The secondary roads there were
horrendous.
What I have seen is that many many many automobile operators are
simply very poor at seeing and understanding the operating needs of a
motorcycle, most likely because they are completely unfamiliar with
the vehicle dynamics and operating characteristics due to lack of
training and awareness. For that reason, operating a motorcycle safely
in traffic situations takes a good deal more skill and awareness than
the operation of the other vehicles on the road with you: you have to
watch out for not only your own operating needs but doubly for what
other operators do not understand about your needs for space on the
road and time to act.
absolutely agree.
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Godfrey
godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com
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