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How can we re-educate motorcyclists? |
It is very difficult to get across to motorcyclists that their agresive driving manner is the main cause of accidents involving them. It is a well known fact that whereas 80% of car drivers are what you would call good drivers and 20% poor, with motorcyclists the reverse is true, 80% are poor and at best 20% good. How can the 80% be taught to dive as if there are others on the road, buying a high performance bike gives the owner no priveleges regarding speed etc? They seem to be determined to ride into oblivion then blame car drivers. I used to ride a bike, (a Honda 90) but it was so boring, uncomfortable and noisy. Come on you bikers, try to improve and live a little longer, not to mention the number of cars which will be undamaged! the way i see it, it goes both ways; both cage and bike. it wasnt so long ago that dam near anyone could take and pass a written test not much longer than that of a standard cage, and that would instantly 'qualify' him/her to take control of a 70,000 pound, 18 wheeler. that changed back around '81 or '82.....now to take control of a 18 wheeler, u gotta know yer chit; even more so than either a cage or a bike. only the best gets to drive professionally. too bad the test(s) to drive either a cage or a bike in the states wasnt substantially tougher. i'd be all for tougher on-cycle tests....and to be made manditory. lid laws i aint touchin, but being in total control of the bike is something that needs proved more than just a small section of manuvers in a parking lot. they need to be real world type. there's no need to have a bike that will go up to 180 mph. or 1 that will crank from 0-60 in 3 seconds or less. bikes like this makes it too easy for a rookie to get themselves killed, and that makes it bad for the sane riders. actually, stiffer enforcement would work better. if caught going at 150 on a bike, u automatically lose the bike(forfeited), mc license for not less than a year, and at least a 6 month tour in the pen would scuffice. stunting on the street.....i'd move this up to be on par with standard reckless operation and take the bike for at least 6 months. bikers need to show more responsibility, and every year, i see those that look to be on the fast track to the graveyard. 9 out of 10 of these are on rockets. they should be stricter tests if thats true but some times people driveing cars are worse then people on motorbike. Where would the organ donation supply come from without us bikers! joking aside, in 95% of bike accidents the car driver is at fault. also a Honda 90 is not a real motorcycle, my Honda Fireblade IS! car driver and motorcyclist You are so full of crap! All your stats are as wrong as your thinking. So your asking that I drive 90 on the freeway? I used to drive the speed limit where I live. I was just chilling looking' around and enjoying myself. Then a jeep decided he'd just cut me off. Then the suburban didn't see me and I had to kick his door to save room. And I had a cager run a red light and had to lay it down at 55mph. Cagers don't look for us as they do for other cars. I wear bright reflective yellow all the time. People aren't trained from day 1 to look for motorcyclists. Frankly a lot of people don't seem to care. Also for safety I will pass you as quickly as possible until you know I am sitting there next to you. Everyone is to blame for the poor driving on the roads. But motorcyclists generally are paying attention to their surroundings more so than the soccer mom on the cell phone. Your always gonna have a few bad apples spoil it for the bunch. I completely disagree with you. UK motorcyclist are the best in Europe. The test and restrictions are the more rigorous in the UK compared to anywhere else I can think of. As a car and a motorcyclist I question your percentages. Can you back-up your wild claim that 80% of motorists are good compared with 20% of motorcyclists? My only accident ever on a motor cycle was caused by a burk in a car who pulled out in front of me. My lights were on and the conditions were clear. |
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