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Originally Posted by HunterICX
It's still puzzling to this day because the way it happened he was driving from a warehouse back to his home on a road he took countless times and if there was someone of our group who translated safety the best it was him but yet he found himself hitting the back of a small van
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That is probably the most important advise spoken out in this hread, because it is an implicit reminder. As a motorcyclist, you are by definition extremely vulnerable and exposed, like bicylceriders, but with a motor, you are travelling at much higher speeds. People may imagine they invest into security gear, in helmets, vests, protectors, bike technology, and what else there may be: and so think they are "safe" - but you remain to be extremely prone to bad luck events, unforseeable events: a ball rolling on the street, a car door opening, a car on the autobahn suddenly blitzing to the side while you overtake it, an animal popping up ... and even small mistakes by yourself that in a car would at best cost you some paint on the surface, on a bike can cost you your life. I think it is very easy to feel safe on a bicycle when having experience and wearing good gear - but still, you aren't. Its risky, and it will never stop to be that. Much of the safety imagined on a bike, is illusory. One should be aware of this, and behave in a way to maximise one's own chances. And always give others a very generous margin of error.
Hope you get over this sad time soon, Commander Wallace.