Watch out for motorcycles on the road please

[stevieray]

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.

You don't drive a motorcycle.

People speed ALL. THE. TIME. 85/90 in a 70/75 etc. Cockblocking lanes, tailgating. Riding even w/ other cars. ON THEIR PHONE..

I see it every day. the average drive is not going to be able to recover after losing control at those speeds. I've seen SEMI's tailgate. People use their turn signal on 10ft from the turn as opposed to a hundred feet.

Let's not pretend that drivers are somehow safer.

That said, I've always been reluctant towards the sport bikes designed for the track on the road. They do other bikers no favors with their antics.

The ironic thing is, bikes were on the road first. They share the road w cars.