oasysco
2008-07-23 18:07:18 UTC
Got me thinking... just the other day I was on the way home on the m/c
I never ride, going down a side street next to a small university,
ready to turn on another side street.
I had the proper turn signal on as a car approached the stop sign to
come out of the side street onto which I wanted to turn. That driver
couldn't have seen me turn my signal on, so for all she knew, I may
have had the signal on for the last several miles and just didn't
realize it.
Well, just before I started to make the the turn, she looks straight
at me, looks the other way, back at me, and then pulls right out. If I
hadn't actually been turning, I would have been toast.
Even as a car driver, we learned that you NEVER pull out into an
intersection for which you do not have the ROW in front of a vehicle
that has his turn signals on. You just don't know if he is turning or
not and the fault will be yours. It's even more imperative not to do
it in front of a MC due to the damage you can do.
For me, it was a good reminder of how little respect mc riders get on
the road that some drivers treat us as nothing more than a bicycle or
pedestrian - surely, we can get out of their way easily enough.
Secondly, it was a good reminder on how important it is to make sure
you turn off those signals as some cagers combine their disrepect for
motorcyclists with being in a hurry.
Greg
I never ride, going down a side street next to a small university,
ready to turn on another side street.
I had the proper turn signal on as a car approached the stop sign to
come out of the side street onto which I wanted to turn. That driver
couldn't have seen me turn my signal on, so for all she knew, I may
have had the signal on for the last several miles and just didn't
realize it.
Well, just before I started to make the the turn, she looks straight
at me, looks the other way, back at me, and then pulls right out. If I
hadn't actually been turning, I would have been toast.
Even as a car driver, we learned that you NEVER pull out into an
intersection for which you do not have the ROW in front of a vehicle
that has his turn signals on. You just don't know if he is turning or
not and the fault will be yours. It's even more imperative not to do
it in front of a MC due to the damage you can do.
For me, it was a good reminder of how little respect mc riders get on
the road that some drivers treat us as nothing more than a bicycle or
pedestrian - surely, we can get out of their way easily enough.
Secondly, it was a good reminder on how important it is to make sure
you turn off those signals as some cagers combine their disrepect for
motorcyclists with being in a hurry.
Greg