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Originally Posted by caper
hey dont let the frear of dieing keep you from living! if yu want a bike, get one. use your head and take the safety course, if its a sportbike, take a race course and do some track days - you will learn A LOT!!! also always wear gear, YES even on days when its 100 out... you think a leather suit feels hot when its 100?? ok, but i guarantee having your raw skin thats roadrashed scrubbed with steel wool at the hosp will be far more uncomfortable. gear doesnt do any good sitting in a closet!
i ride, i raced for years, seen people seriously hurt, friends who died, friends lost legs etc. i still ride because its part of me. but my head is on a swivel on the street. truely the track is a safer place. but it costs $$,lol.
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What happened to these guys or to my friends had nothing to do with them being reckless or being ignorant of the rules of the road. That dump truck driver was clearly at fault in this accident today, plowing into 9 riders at a red light. These guys were minding their business stopped at a red light.
My 2 friends were sideswipped by 2 semi's, whose drivers didn't see them. Both survived but the one driver never stopped and prolly never knew he hit someone, the second one did but my friend slid about 50 yds away from the site of the collision, so it took a while for them to find him.
I am not afraid of riding, I am afraid of the idiots who have licenses on the road. Only this morning some dumbass with a Prius, ran a stop sign at a 4 way stop sign intersection, and almost t-boned me. Only reason it didn't happen was I saw him run it, and I stopped even thought it was my turn to go.