Consistant cager inconsistancy

[dmp221]

Allstate insurance released excerpts from a driver survey they just completed.  Here are some of the results:

    90% consider themselves "safe" drivers

    79% consider themselves "cautious" drivers

    33% admit to driving "fast"

    almost all admit to "racing" another driver at some point

    22% admit to driving after having 3 or more drinks within the past yr.

...and this morning on the commute to work I was only concerned with the gal using the rear-view mirror to see while she brushed her hair, and the guy in the pickup who was lost in a blue haze of cigarette (?) smoke while he kicked back his coffee (well, at 730 AM I sure hope it was coffee)
Maybe they were in the 90% "safe" group..??
    Ride DE-fensively friends!!

[scratch]

Self-perception can get the best of everybody. I have thought that if everybody drove like me (or thought like me), the world would be a safer and better place. WRONG! What boring planet it would be. But, also how dangerous! :mrgreen:

[JamesG]

Its one of the "amusing" things about riding on the street.  How fast can I get thru all the slow wobbly cages without one of them killing me...

[Kerry]

How fast can I get thru all the slow wobbly cages...

I found it amusing that the authors of the book "Destination Highways: British Columbia" referred to 4-wheeled vehicles as "pylons".

My 66-year-old father, however, did NOT.

[pizzleboy]

I suppose one should consider what that question actually means.

does it mean that "I can properly operate the vehicle"
Does it mean that "While operating said vehicle, I have good judgement"
all of the above??

I fell that I have good driving skills.  MOST of the time I obey the rules of the road.  I speed.  I drive aggressively, by aggressiveley, I mean I drive 15kms more than the speed limit says, I pull out onto freeways quickly, I pull out onto a two lane road if someone is in the far lane and not in the close lane, I turn left on yellow etc...

I get frustrated by others who cannot do the same.  I consider myself a good driver(operator of vehicle) who gets frustrated when other people do not follow similar driving styles to mine.

[sprint_9]

I try to drive good in my cage, though sometimes I get a case of road rage, what am I saying thats all the time .  I was riding the GS tonight and some idiot tryed to change lanes at a stop light luckly he looked and stoped other wise I would have gotten a case of road rage and freaked out on him .

[Blueknyt]

Because my bike is my primary transpo, i dont drive a cage  much (not counting work truck on Airport grounds)  i found i dont drive very fast and try to blend in with flow of traffic, but then, 90% of my tickets/infractions are motorcycle related. go figure. i Do my best to endanger only myself, i dont pass cars on ramps/cloverleafs, i dont cut them off at all, im not above getting over early or having to backtrack to my exit cuz i couldnt get over. For me i would rather loose body parts then to hurt someone else becuse i screwed around, or got stupid.

[JohNLA]

You ever pull off such a cool evasion your don't even get mad at the cage?
I was heading to Pasadena on the 110 from my home in downtown during afternoon rush hour.
When I got on the 110 it was a parking lot eight lanes wide. No problem I says with an evil grin. I live in California where lane spliting is legal.
The only problem is to do it safely you have to be between the far left lanes. So I start merging left . As I aproach that second to the last lane where I can start splitting. I spot a big whole on my left and I dive for it but a big nasty SUV doesn't see I was there first and iis snagging it fom his right. I throw the bike over hard on its right while whacking open the throttle and split the lanes on my right and as I am almost out of danger I had time to nail the horn. I was so impressed with myself I wasn't even mad. Besides I was five cars ahead before I even thought about getting mad.
I love California and its lane splitting law. :mrgreen:
If I was an AMA member I would be telling them to forget fighting helmet laws and allow lane splitting.

[dmp221]

If I was an AMA member I would be telling them to forget fighting helmet laws and allow lane splitting.

Amen.

[scratch]

Because my bike is my primary transpo, i dont drive a cage  much (not counting work truck on Airport grounds)  i found i dont drive very fast and try to blend in with flow of traffic, but then, 90% of my tickets/infractions are motorcycle related. go figure. i Do my best to endanger only myself, i dont pass cars on ramps/cloverleafs, i dont cut them off at all, im not above getting over early or having to backtrack to my exit cuz i couldnt get over. For me i would rather loose body parts then to hurt someone else becuse i screwed around, or got stupid.

I agree. I don't inconvenience others for my mistakes. Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.