gotcha. and, as you say, one has to protect oneself from the bad drivers. and just like the loud obnoxious replies on this post get the most attention, the loud obnoxious bike gets attention on the road and drivers are apt to come out of their daydream fog and wakeup for that moment.
“just like the loud obnoxious replies on this post get the most attention, the loud obnoxious bike gets attention on the road “
I made this point already on this thread!
“gotcha. and, as you say, one has to protect oneself from the bad drivers. and just like the loud obnoxious replies on this post get the most attention, the loud obnoxious bike gets attention on the road and drivers are apt to come out of their daydream fog and wakeup for that moment.”
Interesting. OTOH, a loud obnoxious mc rider cannot hear anything around him either! There goes some safety margin for the rider.
In one study I already linked, 53% of mc fatalities involved a rider not maintaining lane/speed control and impacting an object outside his lane.