Do you test yourself in your cage?

[vito]

Originally Posted by Hondaguy

I learned at a very early age cars don't see people on two wheels.......I think it was about 11 year old on a Sting Ray bicycle. Anyone whop has spent their youth riding bicycles to and from schools and running errands know well before they get a driver's licence they cannot be seen. Drivers seem to forget that because they are conditioned to look for large things that can hurt them when learning to drive. Motorcycles and bicycles don't fit in that category.

Nope. Nope. Double Nope.
If you are in a rush and don't take the time you won't even see a truck coming down the road. You can be seen on anything. People just don't look carefully when they are in a hurry and those in a hurry are the ones that hit other people.

[invalidsession]

I rode motorcycles for several years before going the "cage" route. I remember reading the British Police Motorcycle Riders Guide at age 16. Some great advice in there. Namely; Look through turns and not at the road in front of you and the classic "Life saver", ALWAYS check over your shoulder before making a lane change or manouver. I carry those words of wisdom with me to this day whether I'm on my bike or driving my behemoth Range Rover. Those blind spots in your mirrors are a potential disaster no matter what you ride or drive.


Chris.

[Dubej9412]

Aced it and puffinator are right here. Quick story. Driving on a two way that's four lanes wide total with my wife in the passenger seat of our cage. I hit the brakes pretty hard. She looks at me like I did something wrong until she sees that a car had gunned it out of a side road to get into our lane, the second lane over to avoid the 18 wheeler that nearly hit him in the first lane. I saw that car long before I was blind to it because of the semi. I reacted based on what I thought he might do. My wife thanked me for my anticipation. I simply replied, I ride and we pay attention.


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