05-21-2021, 06:08 AM
(07-05-2019, 11:56 PM)ishouldbuyatacotruck_imp Wrote: Shrug. Like David said in the second article, “[url=https://youtu.be/loT_pYzi3Vw]mama tried.”
I’m still a new rider (not quite a year) but I know that despite every precaution I take there’s some idiot in a car not paying attention that could take me out. I accept it. Perhaps it’s the healthy respect of death we have that makes non motorcycle-riders so anxious?
Memento Mori and all that.
Hi, do not know how old you are, but I have always considered every car on the road an enemy that does not see me or care to see me. Been riding for 51 years, and this philosophy has kept me from having any car-bike accidents a long time. I NEVER think they see me at an intersection. I am teaching my granddaughter the same philosophy now at 19, and I hope and pray she follows it and stays alive.
(07-05-2019, 10:45 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: This annoying perceptive of motorcycling was published in June 2019:
[url=https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/braun-put-your-motorcycle-in-the-garage-never-take-it-out-again]BRAUN: Put your motorcycle in the garage & never take it out again
I thought it would be useful to, um, appreciate others' opinions so we can be aware of the perspective.
" ... Just leave the bike at home. Everyone who loves you will be grateful. "
Yeah.
Fortunately, this article responds frankly:
[url=https://driving.ca/features/feature-story/motor-mouth-more-ignorance-about-motorcycling]Motor Mouth: More ignorant grandstanding about motorcycling
Remain aware and alert.
Read the article, and got a little annoyed. Do bozos like this think we do not know the hobby we love is more dangerous than riding in a car. So is skydiving, people will do what they love to do. For me, at 14 I wanted a mini-bike so badly, I dreamt
about them. Then I told myself, I will just a small motorcycle, pay for it myself so dad cannot say know, he did not thank God, and join a hobby I wanted to for several years. I actually do think about the dangers, maybe that is part of why I am still here. But we all must or we are just fooling ourselves. Has anyone out there in Forum land ever read an article like this one about cars, that say, more people die in car wrecks each year than died in all the years of the Vietnam war. Anyone going to park your car and quit because 50K+ people a year die in cars? Nope. Is any Forum member going to quit now? I do not know. We have had some here on the Forum get hit, and almost quit, and bless their hearts, maybe some have and some have continued. New riding lady, please just be so careful, your family never has to hear bad news. Please all of us, take a moment to to thank God we are okay, and pray we stay that way. Sorry to get so long-winded, I just really love our lifestyle.