Valkie
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Most lycra clad loonies are their own worst enemies.
They ride like they are made of iron, but in an altercation between a bike and a cor/truck, they will always lose.
I rode a motorcycle for 35 years. I survived Do you know why?
I did not take my right of way I did not harass drivers I did not cut drivers off expecting them to GIVE ME MY RIGHTS.
I was trained in defensive riding, learning to read the road, avoid incidents and ride safely.
Car drivers do not see bikes. Now for the lycra clad loonies out there CAR DRIVERS DO NOT SEE BIKES.
Now this isn't deliberate. A driver scans the road looking for possible obstructions or danger. Cars, trucks all move quite fast, and present a clear and present danger.
Pedestrians however move (in comparison to cars) quite slowly and present little danger to the car driver ( as he sees it) And, as much as you may hate it, bike riders have a similar profile to pedestrians, and they do not differentiate.
Now this isn't because he hates pedestrians, or bikes or dogs or cats, it's just that in his mind it's not an immediate danger. Remember, a driver has quite a bit on his mind at any given time. Velocity, traffic, traffic lights, vehicle performance, speed monitoring, road surface etc, etc. So when he looks in the mirror or looks up the road to make a decision to pull out, he has a fraction of a second, easily missed.
Now, some riders and pedestrians believe their bright colours and the fact that THEY ARE IN THE RIGHT has some influence on the drivers attention, it don't. We riders are taught to make eye contact, no eye contact, they dont see you. But lycra clad loonies are so focussed on watching their front wheels, this is impossible.
You have two choices when you hop on a bike, motorised or not And those choices are To survive Or To be a statistic.
On a final note I have also seen how bike riders treat pedestrians. They yell at them to get out of the way, they bump them, scream at them and demand right of way when, in reality, the pedestrian has right of way.
It seems they treat pedestrians as car drivers treat them.
Perhaps it's just a bit of Karna perhaps.
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