Exactly, but let's get past the immigrant point for a second and talk about the crash.
Riders; Ride like you are invisible. Drivers are not watching for you or they are eating, talking, applying makeup, texting, knitting......
Drivers; Please take an extra second to watch for that bike, please!
Yes, you're providing good guidance. It's a tragedy, and my heart goes out to the victim's family.
The driver could even be telling the truth about having the sun in his eyes. But since he should never have been here in the first place, the death of the biker is even more tragic.
I wonder if anyone's keeping track of all the American citizens who have been killed by illegals.
"Drivers; Please take an extra second to watch for that bike, please!"
You are right. There are plenty of idiot drivers, both of cars and motorcycles.
However, the plain fact is, even for a careful, defensive driver, bikes are just plain, MUCH more difficult to see than even the average samll car. That is NOT the fault of the car driver.
I know many bikers want to look cool above all else, but black is not, shall we say, a high visibility hue.
Bikers please stop for the red lights like the cars do and stop riding down the center of two lines of cars. Also it might help if you picked roads with shoulders and remember you are going 45 miles slower than those you are competing for space on the highway with.
The pat I liked was where it said the biker laid the bike down. thats hat all the motorcyclists claim they laid it down. Mostly the car does the laying down of the bike.
When I'm dealing with cagers, I don't care if they showed up yesterday or came over on the Mayflower... They can all kill you.
That being said, illegals seem to be over-represented in fatal crashes, or maybe it just makes the news more often.
Oh, yes, let's just ignore the immigrant point. Wouldn't that be nice? It's all about proper bicycle safety. Move along.