There has been a lot of serious bike accidents lately and a couple have been friends and a couple people I know. None of the very serious accidents were due to speed as far as I am aware.
I am not getting into the detail here but inattention either by car drivers or the riders has been a major factor.
The constant speed and alcohol kills advertising has brain washed a lot of the population into thinking they only need to have there seatbelt on and travel at less than 100kmh to be perfectly safe. Hey I can change CD,s , talk on the phone , perhaps text a message , no problem as I am only going 90kmh.
I am guilty on the bike at slower speeds it easy to let the mind drift off the job and you start to miss whats going on around you. What you may miss is that car coming at you from a side road that has not looked or a car ahead coming towards you thats looking to overtake .
So guys & Girls please stay alert , ride at 80 kmh with the same attention as you do at 150.
When riding together keep plenty of distance , its amazing how much road you use up if the rider infront has had to stop quickly. I was following another rider recently with at least 100 meters between us and still used all that up when he needed to avoid stock on a bend.
This site has a lot of useful stuff to think about as well http://www.msgroup.org/discuss.asp
Again please take care out in the traffic!
I dont want to keep getting bad news
Dave
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