Study of motorcycle crashes

[denverpilot]

That works well for cars, too. You can avoid so many potential accidents if you're focused and scanning ahead.

Airplanes, too.

 

[ShuRugal]

I wasn't clear, sorry...I wasn't really meaning YOUR belief...just that there is a common belief, amongst cyclists, that somehow "laying a bike down" is better than driving into an accident. That belief is what I was talking about...

Only time I would expect ditching the bike to be better would be if there was no chance at all of slowing down enough to help. At least then, it's only your own momentum trying to kill you, rather than yours + 500lbs of bike.

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[islandboy]

About a year ago, a bike rider ahead of me in traffic lurched frequently and nearly lost control twice. He was texting.

Long ago during my 45 years driving over the highways and byways of the US, I concluded a few things when it comes to the different vehicles on the road.

Motorcycle riders are a danger to themselves.

Truckers are a danger to most everyone else.

Car drivers are usually the ones that seem to take the most care.

That third one though is no longer as true with the prevalence of talking and texting while driving.