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i've been a cyclist for about 3 years now and a motorcyclist for about 7 years.
We are basically invisible and i always ride with that in mind.
It infuriates me to the point of yelling at motorcyclists who do the dumbest things. Daily without fail i hear on the radio in LA accident in blah blah with a motorcycle down. Inevitably the motorcyclist was probably doing something stupid or he wasn't paying enough attention. One way or another motorcyclists are getting squished alot.
cyclists are another story. I'll raise my hand right now and say i'm guilty of blowing through lights, stop signs. etc. If it's illegal to do in a car it's the same for a bike but i rarely pay attention to that stuff. I do however make sure that when i do said things it's in a safe manner. I'm aware of cars and other vehicles. I'm aware of everything going on. It's unsafe yes, but i've found that it seems to be safer than the alternative, which is behaving like a normal motor vehicle. We're too easy to miss and if we're behaving normally we don't get noticed at all.
whatever the case it's worked for me so far. I've never been hit or down on either of my 2 wheeled vehicles.
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 LK was treated unfairly
thanks X
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