Defending the dead
I really get sick of the guys (GPTB mostly)who get on here and criticize folks who die on bikes from the negligence of others.
As the bumper sticker says shyt happens.. The guy pulls in front of her, she was driving the speed limit i.e doing everything right. If she would have been driving a car would anyone criticize her. Heck no. But because we are riders we are in denial i.e. we think we could of done better by being a better, more defensive rider. So you MOrons usually engage in a barrage of criticism of the dead rider.. So let me try to preempt that crap right now. Sometimes there is nothing you can do...You are on a bike with little protection and you may die if you hit something. Stop the denial .
The left hand turn is classic situation that kills alot of good experienced riders. You can slow down as you go through the intersection, cover the brake etc. But bottom line if the guy wants to make a left turn he will..
Riders in this country die everyday from these types of "accidents". If you don't believe me set up a google alert to look for news stories that have the words "motorcycle accident" I did that I got depressed by the 3 mails a day that would end up in my yahoo mail account.
I really get sick of the guys (GPTB mostly)who get on here and criticize folks who die on bikes from the negligence of others.
As the bumper sticker says shyt happens.. The guy pulls in front of her, she was driving the speed limit i.e doing everything right. If she would have been driving a car would anyone criticize her. Heck no. But because we are riders we are in denial i.e. we think we could of done better by being a better, more defensive rider. So you MOrons usually engage in a barrage of criticism of the dead rider.. So let me try to preempt that crap right now. Sometimes there is nothing you can do...You are on a bike with little protection and you may die if you hit something. Stop the denial .
The left hand turn is classic situation that kills alot of good experienced riders. You can slow down as you go through the intersection, cover the brake etc. But bottom line if the guy wants to make a left turn he will..
Riders in this country die everyday from these types of "accidents". If you don't believe me set up a google alert to look for news stories that have the words "motorcycle accident" I did that I got depressed by the 3 mails a day that would end up in my yahoo mail account.
