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I don't care how good of rider you are, or how many safety courses you've taken. All it takes is someone to make a left turn in front of you, or change lanes etc, and your're dead or crippled. Seen it many times. Bikes and cars, trucks don't mix. Over the past 30 years, known 4 good friends that rode, all dead from bike collisions.

Remember a young couple, stopped by our place on his Harley about 15 years ago. They left after a short visit.

About 20 minutes later heard all kinds of sirens. We were on our way to cruise down to the beach, so we left. About a mile down the highway, all kinds of emergency vehicles. It was the couple.

A car made a left in front of them, they were doing about 45mph, traveling straight down the highway. He never had time to break, hitting the left turner on the front passenger door, both flew straight up about 25 feet, came down on their heads, on the other side of the intersection. She died instantly, he lived about an hour or so and died in the local hospital of massive head and other injuries.

I gave up riding in the streets long ago, after numerous Harleys, and other assorted bikes, and about 8, very close calls and going down a few times.

I still ride bikes.....Dirt bikes, away from intersections and cars, trucks, concrete etc.....

Some riders are ignorant buffoons.

See #30.

Fact of the matter is your out numbered 10,000 to 1 by ignorant buffoons in cars, trucks.

And it's generally always the same statement, over and over. "I just didn't see him officer".

I work in trauma services, and you wouldn't believe the horrific motorcycle injuries that come into the ER. The most recent was a human wishbone -- t-boned a garbage truck and exsanguinated. There is nothing doctors can do to fix an injury like that. Many of these riders think if they wear a helmet they are safe which is far from reality.

"I don't care how good of rider you are, or how many safety courses you've taken. All it takes is someone to make a left turn ....."

Unfortunately too true.

I've been riding for well over 35 years, and I have a saying I am fond of repeating to those people who say to me " Ya know, I been thinking about buying a motorcycle...I haven't ridden in 20..25....30 years..."

I always remind them that a deaf, nearsighted little old lady in a GEO Metro can and will take them out...most don't or won't believe it...the ones who manage to survive the first few months without crashing or parking it, always seem to bring it up when relating their latest "there I was story".

I still ride with a MC, and would much rather ride than cage it, but I always assume that I will go down....not if, but when...