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Originally Posted by ScareCrowe
While I won't go as far as to say I won't watch out for people to his point:
1. Because you're riding around on a vehicle that is inherently more dangerous than a car for what advantage? Thrill? Fuel efficiency? I'm really struggling to find a valid reason for it to be worth the extra risk involved in driving it
2. You're intentionally driving something that is more dangerous with very little benefit & is considerably harder to see & expecting everyone else to "watch out" for you.
3. I don't know if it's stupid but it's definitely not very safe & provides very little benefit over a car which would be much safer.
4. Yeah that's a bridge too far. I have more value for human life & don't want to live with the fact that I killed someone due to carelessness. However that's also a responsibility motorcycle riders put on other drivers, I have to be more careful when you're around because a slight mistake goes from being a fender bender to a possible life & death situation all due to your decision to drive a relatively unsafe vehicle.
And I also think it's valid to question if they should have every right to be on the road. But as long as they're there I'm going to look out for them. But the implication that I need to be hyper vigilant because you haven't made the best decisions on your choice of vehicle to drive is something that just rubs me the wrong way.
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Nobody is asking you to do anything that you shouldn't already do. Driving is a privilege. Drive like you are in control of a 2 ton machine easily capable of injuring and killing others, because you are. And motorcycles have the same rights. If you are incapable of watching for motorcycles then you don't deserve the privilege of driving.
As far as riding, there is nothing comparable to wind therapy. I realize that I could die from my decision to ride but we all die someday. I would rather live life than be scared. That being said, I war a helmet and am a careful riderrider.