[Stealhead]

I wonder how often he rode at such speeds? He appeared confident which was his mistake along with not driving defensively. You can never be sure that you will see and avoid every hazard which is why speed is such a factor. I think many drivers and riders feel that they are good enough to take that extra risk.

When I was stationed in Germany military bike riders(riding their personal motorcycles) driving reckless was a problem. Take a young man and put him on the autobahn with "no speed limit" (in fact our military license limited us to 75 mph) is a bad mix. The often short exits got plenty of us as well. Many of the car driving crowd where pretty bad as well. German Highway Patrol knew young American military well slightly better than German youth but not much.