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04-03-18, 12:07 PM | #31 | |
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Whoever was doing the accompanying was tasked with maintaining a running commentary on the radio regarding direction and location etc. On the odd occasion I've had chases called off because the villain is driving so dangerously they pose a clear and imminent risk to joe public.
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04-03-18, 02:46 PM | #32 | |
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What they usually do better, is they don't take as many risks as us men. Still and despite of that, they tend to get involved in accidents where they are usually right from the rules point of view, but are the usual result of men trusting too much on what the other driver (woman) would do. I know many times I had a risky situation near a woman driver was because of being fed up of her antics and trying to overtake/move away.
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04-03-18, 02:59 PM | #33 | |
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I was so very wrong. I use everything that I was taught in the classroom and on the range in the safety course. I have further applied that to how I drive a car and although I think I was a good driver, I think I'm better now. I use the heightened sense of awareness from driving a motorcycle and apply that to when I'm driving my cars. I'm glad I approached the motorcycle safety course with an open mind. It also paid off with lower insurance premiums. I will be taking the advanced course at some point in the future when I have the time. http://msf-usa.org The programs are all similar regardless of what state you might be in but tuition and fees may vary. * my courses were considerable more advanced than the video above. The courses I took were meant for the motorcycle driver who had been riding for a long time. |
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04-03-18, 03:58 PM | #34 | |
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After the divorce I started riding again, but my kids were too little so I couldn't take them riding. Then I was broke. Then I was homeless. Now I'm settled again, the current micro-van is paid off, but I've begun suffering from balance problems that seem to be related to age. Riding looks like just a fond memory. Still, I'm glad someone here is enjoying himself. More power to you.
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04-03-18, 04:50 PM | #35 | |
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Sorry to hear of your health issues and difficulties. Might that be something that can be resolved with medications ? As far as riding, it doesn't have to be fast or a big bike or expensive. Further, if one just likes riding about the neighborhood at a slow pace, that's good too. It's really about just having fun and doing it safely. There was a feature on youtube where 2 guys had a budget of $ 1000 a piece and bought bikes, helmets and jackets just to illustrate it doesn't take much money to get started. I spoke with shroeder a while back and he told me that there are a number of restrictions in Germany regarding the size bike you can have relative to one's experience. I think Neal rides a motorcycle as well if I remember right. I think a lot of our members ride motorcycles as well. Eichornchen told me I was crazy to start riding again and now that I think of it, he was probably right. |
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04-03-18, 08:46 PM | #37 |
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I also attended a safety course before getting my license. My father (who used to race motorcycles quite successfully as an amateur) insisted on it. It really is a good idea. Plus, I got to skip the riding portion of the test at the DMV due to passing the course with a grade of B or above.
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04-03-18, 09:53 PM | #38 | |
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As for you Steve, that sounds pretty scary and I doubt that's just getting older. That sounds more like an inner ear issue or Neurological issue. If you haven't had that checked and I'm sure you have, I would get another opinion. Life is too short to go through life with limitations such as the ones you described. By the way Steve, The helmet is a great idea. I always wear a full face helmet on the motorcycle. I remember well the painful welt I had on my cheek for a week from hitting a bee at 60MPH without the full face helmet. Never again. I also wasn't aware that Neil Armstrong Rode a bike. How cool is that ? My lady once asked me, whats the difference between a Harley motorcycle and a Hoover Vacuum cleaner ? Answer : On a Harley, the dirtbag sits on top instead of being attached in the back as in the Hoover Vacuum cleaner. I'm pretty sure that was a horrendous shot at me. I told her our Hoover was bagless. I guess I showed her. Last edited by Commander Wallace; 04-03-18 at 10:19 PM. |
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04-04-18, 11:41 AM | #39 |
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Leaving ASDA this afternoon, the car in front turned left at the roundabout without signalling. This looked promising, I thought, although causing no hazard to me so far. I had to turn left also and as I moved off in the right-hand exit lane from the roundabout (to turn right at the junction 200yds ahead) the other car had chosen the left-hand exit lane.
Just as I began to increase speed towards the junction, this other car suddenly drifted across from the other lane right in front of me... no looking behind and no turn signal. Well I'm almost afraid to say what sex the other party was, but she is deemed to be a better driver than me.
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04-04-18, 06:20 PM | #40 | |
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http://www.brake.org.uk/facts-resour...-driver-gender
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04-04-18, 06:35 PM | #41 |
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Female drivers messing a traffic situation up, get more attention than male drivers doing the same. So subjective perception seems to tell that females are the worse drivers, and on more occaisons. But I am with statistics here, and statistics seem to not support this impression.
Male drivers using car driving as a form of aggressive courtship behaviour and fighting for the chicks' attention, are the bigger problem. Males of any age also are known to will greater risk-taking, in general, not just in car driving and traffic. Many males seem to think that good driving is an exclusive male domain. Thus this territory gets bitterly defended. Truth seems to be however that female drivers on average are less aggressive, less conflict-ready drivers. This then gets interpreted by men as weakness, and so the male self-perception stands.
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04-04-18, 08:43 PM | #42 |
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They will geld us all in the end.
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04-04-18, 09:10 PM | #43 | |
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Anyhow... whatever the statistics say, more women drivers have tried to kill me than men
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04-05-18, 07:32 AM | #44 |
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Am I detecting a bit of misogyny here?
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04-05-18, 08:42 AM | #45 |
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Nope, nothing against women... just the way statistics are used to denigrate me as a male
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