What do you mean? I'm not too bad at pedaling a cycle and am pretty confident of being able to beat most of the riders on this forum at the track or on the road. I also have a very good understanding of the dynamics of a bike and the consequences of a crash.... Ignorant? Far from it really.
You are generalizing again...
I don't have the figures to back me up, but I've had at least 3 crashes from cars pulling out in front of me, and not being able to avoid them. How is this rider error?
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I got it from a July 2007 SuperBike magazine article.
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After the first car pulled out in front of you, you would expect more to do so ...wouldn't you ??? You weren't expecting them, which does not equate to WONT HAPPEN to "me" again. You chose to ignore the "fact" that it may happen again. And it did...twice more. Amongst traffic, I can get a little paranoid. Watching for things that MAY happen. It doesn't work all the time...but it helps reduce the number of times you prang, when it does...and you're there.
I have survived 46 years or legal, open road, motorcycling. Having the "right of way" or being "in the right" doesn't make the prang any softer. Or the end result(ing) mayhem any easier to bear. Nor is compensation from those "responsible", any easier to get.
Knowing how "accidents" finish, should help learning how "accidents" BEGIN. If you choose to ignore the FACT, someone will pull out in front of you (and twice you have already) again... it will be the fourth time. If that is not ignorance ...
On the track, you would expect a degree of skill / ability by all participant's, (grading levels etc). On the road, however, skill levels (of some) and variety of vehicles that "share" the road, make this expectation impossible.
Ignoring warnings is ignorance. I hope I dont see a post from you... its happened again...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
OR ignorance of the fact it may happen again??? ...and it did... TWO more times...
Last edited by FJRider; 6th July 2008 at 22:51. Reason: read the question again....properly.
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
I don't think your assumption was based on ignorance.
Bit off topic here but anyone else had one the "6th sense shit happen" do do do do do do do dodo etc,yea sounds like shite but after 30 something years riding ive encountered it a few times.....anyone else?
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I think its called "experience"... ignore it at your peril
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
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