Claviger
Aspiring Student
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2014
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- Location
- Olympia Washington
- Ride
- '21 Z H2, '14 R3R, '02 Daytona 955i
All good points, really, the majority of drivers in the US are utter ****e, no doubt.
Been startled myself being caught off guard by an R1 passing at extreme speeds.
None of that changes that prudent splitting is safer for a biker than plodding along behind a car. When stuck in traffic constrained by an arbitrary law you become a victim to circumstance and cannot self determine. When you have the option of passing an erratic/drunk/new/horrible/etc driver you control your own environment.
We all know bikes vanish to car drivers, they just don't see you. I myself have come up on the back of a car only to realize there's a motorcycle sitting there I didn't see, usually because he's in the one or three position in the lane and the tail lights line up. If I can make that mistake as a highly competent driver/rider then ANY random cager can and will make the same error.
You be you and I'll be me, regardless I'm still splitting when prudent and safe, tickets be ****ed!!
EDIT: I'm not talking about splitting two cars going 65mph at 150mph plus! Yes it's fun, yes it's unfathomably dangerous.
Been startled myself being caught off guard by an R1 passing at extreme speeds.
None of that changes that prudent splitting is safer for a biker than plodding along behind a car. When stuck in traffic constrained by an arbitrary law you become a victim to circumstance and cannot self determine. When you have the option of passing an erratic/drunk/new/horrible/etc driver you control your own environment.
We all know bikes vanish to car drivers, they just don't see you. I myself have come up on the back of a car only to realize there's a motorcycle sitting there I didn't see, usually because he's in the one or three position in the lane and the tail lights line up. If I can make that mistake as a highly competent driver/rider then ANY random cager can and will make the same error.
You be you and I'll be me, regardless I'm still splitting when prudent and safe, tickets be ****ed!!
EDIT: I'm not talking about splitting two cars going 65mph at 150mph plus! Yes it's fun, yes it's unfathomably dangerous.