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Originally Posted by 2001ragtop
The basic realistic reason to not ride any kind of motorcycle at all is shown below:
The average person driving a car right now, is someone who just drank 12 beers the night before. And this drinking heavily typically will take place beginning on a Monday, and then on the following days of the week after this. I know that, because I used to go out every night drinking during my 20s. But I don't do that anymore. However, many people age 18 to 30, do drink heavily on a daily basis, and probably are a little less careful when they go driving to work the next morning.
Driving anywhere on any highway is basically a lethal choice. It is not just because someone drank alcohol. It's because they are tired. They stay up all night watching TV. It can be any reason. The average person on the street always looks extremely exhausted like they didn't sleep all week long. Maybe they have a baby, and the baby kept them up all night. It can be anything.
Thus, drive the biggest most burly vehicle that you can. Have a gigantic buffer space in front of your car, and along the sides of your car.
Seek out and look for anyone driving way, way too fast, then slow down and get away from them. Be prepared to stop since an accident is very likely to take place just a few hundred feet in front of your car (or motorcycle). This happens daily where I live. There is no escape here. We have mega-accidents. All I see are people sitting on the side of the road exchanging car insurance, and many occasions one of the cars is upside down. The drivers in these accidents do typically look between 18 and 30. I rarely see someone who looks older standing around next to an upside down car, but I'm sure it does happen.
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makes no difference in a car or on a bike, people are morons, and they drive like morons, hot rodding from light to light, traveling 20,30,40 mph over the posted limits, running red lights, etc.
I see it every day as well, around where I work in Los Angeles might be similar to your area, a lot of people with no licenses because they have no legal right to be here. They can't drive, they have no insurance, and they use their vehicles like a 2 ton weapon, cutting people off, changing lanes into them, etc.,
car or bike won't matter, I have been the victim of pretty bad accidents in/on both.. it comes down to being on me to police what everyone else is doing to protect myself. In the case of my motorcycle accident I can honestly say I do not remember seeing that SUV coming at me, which means I wasn't doing my job and paying attention to my surroundings, had I been a tad more alert the accident might not have happened..
bottom line is you cannot expect anyone else to see you regardless of what you drive, you have to be proactive and anticipate what everyone else is going to do.