"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending to much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"Motorcycling is not inherently dangerous. It is, however, EXTREMELY unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence and stupidity!" - Anonymous
"Live to Ride, Ride to Live"
You're on a GN. Upright seating position. You 'might' wear an open face too.
On a sprotbike, leathers and full face - it's not so easy. The situation that occurs to me where this is a major problem is where you are coming into an 'angled' left turn intersection...the angle is too great to turn one's head far enough to see what's coming from the right, yet the mirrors miss the view because of the angle.
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
I used to wear a hi-vis vest until I got hit by a car. I stopped wearing it and haven't been hit since. This could just be coincidence however....
In space, no one can smell your fart.
Been thinking about this and have realised that I do in fact do something like this already, in that I acknowledge those drivers who do give way and wait for me, especially if they could have snuck through in front but have opted not to. A little lift of the left hand in acknowledgement is all it takes. Whether they see it or not I wouldn't know but it is right to reinforce "good" behaviour. It is all too easy to get agro and offensive when some dork drives right at you. We run the risk of dumping on ALL drivers, even those who do make an effort and thereby reinforcing the "biker" image of mad hoons with no manners. In my experience there are more drivers who do look out than who do not - else I would not still be alive to ride at my advanced age of (cough cough mumble mumble)..........
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