Your Biggest Fear on the Road
- wrecks
- Site Supporter - Bronze
- Posts: 436
- Joined: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:09 pm
- Sex: Male
- Years Riding: 5
- My Motorcycle: two wheeled vehicle
- Location: SF, Ca.
Re: Your Biggest Fear on the Road
Cabbies are known to do everything stupid in a vehicle. Especially the one's here in San Francisco.Theweapon52 wrote:I went on a rider earlier this morning and i swear to god that taxi Drivers do not shoulder check AT ALL. I was pushed out of my lane 4 times in the span of 30 minutes...
cag 50cc (pit bike)
91 Ninja 250 (sold)
2k6 GSXR 600 (taken out by cager)
2k6 XT 225
2k8 CBR 1000rr
2k9 DRZ 400sm
91 Ninja 250 (sold)
2k6 GSXR 600 (taken out by cager)
2k6 XT 225
2k8 CBR 1000rr
2k9 DRZ 400sm
- Grey Thumper
- Legendary 1000
- Posts: 1434
- Joined: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:21 pm
- Real Name: Dino
- Sex: Male
- Years Riding: 9
- My Motorcycle: 2004 BMW R1150Rockster, 2015 BMW R1200GS
- Location: Manila, Philippines
+1MZ33 wrote:My biggest fear is that my attention will lapse at a critical moment.
I tend to think any accident is - not necessarily my fault - but still my responsibility, and could've been prevented if I'd paid enough attention enough time ahead.
"If you ride like there's no tomorrow, there won't be."
- Lion_Lady
- Moderator
- Posts: 1884
- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:44 am
- Real Name: Pam
- Sex: Female
- Years Riding: 20
- My Motorcycle: 2013 BMW R1200R 90th Anniversary
- Location: Lynchburg, VA
Okay. You didn't get hit. A positive. BUT, if you had to swerve to avoid being hit (not once but FOUR freaking times), you aren't looking nearly far enough ahead. Especially in traffic. Maybe you were a bit tired, so you weren't on your game. But after the second time, I would have seriously considered heading back home.Theweapon52 wrote:
Before you assume what bad judgements i made on the road how about look at the positive. The whole reason i didn't end up crashing was because i had to "look" in the first place and swerve to get out of their way. Yeah ill agree that putting myself in the situation wasn't smart, but what i think that counts is that i had the ability to get myself out of the situation.
No motorcyclist notices every potentially dangerous situation when they first look at it. Like i said earlier what's more important is that you can put learned information and skills to use and ride out of any given situation safely.
A smart riders uses their knowledge to avoid having to use their skills.
As for what am I most worried about while riding? Anything I hadn't considered a threat, ie surpises.
P
Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity - Alice Paul
- Gunslinger
- Legendary 300
- Posts: 303
- Joined: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:39 pm
- Real Name: Jeff
- Sex: Male
- Years Riding: 3
- My Motorcycle: 2006/Suzuki/SV650
I'd like to add that to my list as well. That's a good one and something that we all need to think about. I think we have all spaced out while driving a cage at some point. Fairly easy to recover from that in a cage, but on a bike I don't have to tell you it's a quick way to get messed up.MZ33 wrote:My biggest fear is that my attention will lapse at a critical moment.
- havegunjoe
- Elite
- Posts: 207
- Joined: Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:15 am
- Sex: Male
- Years Riding: 2
- My Motorcycle: 2004 Yamaha 650 V-Star
- Location: Apple Valley, MN
- Gunslinger
- Legendary 300
- Posts: 303
- Joined: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:39 pm
- Real Name: Jeff
- Sex: Male
- Years Riding: 3
- My Motorcycle: 2006/Suzuki/SV650
- JC Viper
- Legendary 2000
- Posts: 2198
- Joined: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:12 pm
- Real Name: JC
- Sex: Male
- Years Riding: 7
- My Motorcycle: 1984 Kawasaki GPz900R
- Location: New York, NY
People failing to notice me stopped at a light. Even with all the reflective stuff on my saddlebags and jacket idiot drivers still can't seem to see a bright white SOLAS sticker.
Then there's the metal joints on the bridge where it curves in the rain.
Then there's the metal joints on the bridge where it curves in the rain.
One thing you can count on: You push a man too far, and sooner or later he'll start pushing back.