Been there done that.
Ask any motorcycle rider about being invisible.
For some reason people are absolutely blind to anyone near them that is on a bike.
I swear if I had a full sized decal of a person on a motorcycle on the side of my big rig truck I would have a dozen cars running into me each and every day.
You’re right. They always say “I didn’t see it.”. I knew personally a guy who was killed because a woman driver didn’t see him.
The judge should take those drivers off the road by revoking their licenses.
That was me.
In May of 1967 (day after memorial Day) I was broadsided on my way to work by a car who 'didn't see me'. I was on a Main Street, had the right of way, and wasn't speeding -- them BAM! This guy blew through from a side street.
I went flying, about 20 feet in the air, with my right ankle and some foot bones smashed, and my helmet scratched to hell from the landing (it kept me alive). I still have a 2½" screw through my ankle which was needed to hold all the little bones together. It seems like I was in a cast forever.
(if I slightly bump it, it still hurts like hell. Cowboy boots help prevent that)
if I had a full sized decal of a person on a motorcycle on the side of my big rig truck I would have a dozen cars running into me each and every day.
Now tell the truth - do YOU see motorcycles as well as you see big rigs?
Motorcycles are difficult to see. The car I was driving was hit by a motorcycle. He came from my right, and I didn’t see him until he was inches from the car. It was his fault, it was a young kid driving recklessly, but still, it freaked me out that I did not see him.