Biker / Rider

[Wisedrum]

Well, despite warning and admonishing other drivers, we're responsible for our own safety, not them. If they hit us, they may have caused the accident, but it's usually our fault if they didn't see us. We must reman alert and vigilant, keep our skills honed, and never ride under the influence. Taking cover behind loud pipes is false security and a poor excuse for neglecting responsibility.

I here you . This was a post a tool from a Harley rider I feel the same way.... I’m not a “biker” I am a motorcyclist. Just wanted to see some responses .


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Make yourself visible! Like a horserider.
Some do it by reflecting colourful clothes. I'm not even doing this using mostly black as the colour of choice.
If you have gained some experience riding motorbikes over the years by collecting endles km you survived you have developed a 7th sense whenever a situation becomes obstruse or strange, if you're awake and you should be all the time. On some rides there's not even one of them, on others one follows the other. And it's more uesful to presume some more than less.

I mostly slow down and ride in an upright riding position towards the point of suspection to give the other participaters of traffic a chance to put me on their radar. That may kill some time and speed, but getting damaged will kill a lot more. And if this doesn't help to clear a situation, I'm not lazy to use my hands to show what I mean. Life is communication, I believe that some riders don't communicate enough non verbal by using their body language and keep bounded in their sporty or whatoever riding position doing their thing speedwise thinking everything will mostly be fine. You can do so being alone on wide roads and fields, but whenever someone else is around you can't pay too much attention and make some compromises. Traffic can be a safe place up to certain degree depending on where you ride but don't trust anybody ( too much).
This is the best insurance for a long bikerlife. If things unluckely really go wrong this will not even help you in not being put out of 'business'.

Wisedrum