louemc
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NO doubt this is an awesome thread.
New riders should read it in detail and really think it through. This critical bit of thinking has save my ass several times.
NO doubt this is an awesome thread.
New riders should read it in detail and really think it through. This critical bit of thinking has save my ass several times.
I think the trouble is that traffic has become so constant and cluttered, there are so many more distractions beyond a radio now, and riders with little experience are jumping into the frey.
This thread is full of critical information and painstakingly constructed by Data Dan
Lou
Bald tires are bad no??
I assume it won't happen again.
You have XRay vision huh.??
Come on Lou. Time to get real or I will remove you from 1Rider posting.
Better remove me from 1Rider..
I don't find that there is such a thing as "hidden Hazards".
There are oblivious drivers riders.
So Lou, can you please help me better understand what Lou's strategy for this scenario would have been.
I don't find that there is such a thing as "hidden Hazards".
There are oblivious drivers riders.
The standard answer would be front brake and swerve.
The rider actually was able to swerve (albeit far too much with locked rear) and not make contact with the vehicle so a shallower swerve might indeed have worked...especially on a sportbike.
It almost looked like the rider did the old "lay her down" technique.
I call this a "blind-merge rear-ender". Though a description of the view obstruction seldom appears in news accounts, I suspect this situation is fairly common in otherwise inexplicable rear-enders.
- Entering a freeway, a motorcyclist merged into the #4 lane behind a box truck, then merged into the #3. But traffic in the #3 was moving much slower, and he rear-ended another vehicle. The truck in the #4 had blocked his view to stalled traffic in the #3.
In my view the rider was only partially at fault, ...
Pretty basic. To provide some insight into giving you the info to become a life long motorcyclist. Barf wants you to survive your first years as a rider. There is a lot to learn on the street.
How to merge ... How to share...how to anticipate.... How to ride the pace..and so damn much more.
1rider is here to help those that are willing to read help themselves.
Why?
Because we care...period.
I truly hope the written word can help.
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In many crashes where view is obstructed, as Hurt said, "the culpability is clearly that of the automobile driver." But to survive as a motorcyclist you must accept full responsibility for your own survival, because it is you, not the Ford F-350 driver, whose life is on the line. By increasing your awareness of hidden hazards, you will be able to identify these situations as they develop and take action to protect yourself.