05-22-2017, 12:23 PM
I think they mean well and just don't realize how patronizing and insulting it is to the rider. Doesn't make it any less annoying. It seems to be more likely to occur when someone starts riding or returns to riding, or a person meets someone who is a rider for the first time. After a while people come to accept that you ride and stop talking about it with alarm.
You just know: many of these people use their smartphones while driving, endangering themselves and others more than they could every realize. I just read about a 21 year old young man in Kenosha, Wisconsin who drove a Ford E250 van into the back of a stopped school bus at full highway speed...no sign of applied brakes. He was killed; luckily no children suffered serious injury.
If I'm feeling peevish, I will sometimes ask people if they wear a helmet in the car to prevent head injury from impact with the side window or roof in event of a serious accident. Or, have they considered installation of a 4-point seatbelt harness. They look at me like I have two heads.
This is an older piece but still relevant.
https://rideapart.com/articles/an-open-l...motorcycle
You just know: many of these people use their smartphones while driving, endangering themselves and others more than they could every realize. I just read about a 21 year old young man in Kenosha, Wisconsin who drove a Ford E250 van into the back of a stopped school bus at full highway speed...no sign of applied brakes. He was killed; luckily no children suffered serious injury.
If I'm feeling peevish, I will sometimes ask people if they wear a helmet in the car to prevent head injury from impact with the side window or roof in event of a serious accident. Or, have they considered installation of a 4-point seatbelt harness. They look at me like I have two heads.
This is an older piece but still relevant.
https://rideapart.com/articles/an-open-l...motorcycle