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<blockquote data-quote="XD-9Guy" data-source="post: 1871489" data-attributes="member: 4869">Other people is what has kept me off motorcycles my whole life. I have been in some pretty bad wrecks due to other people&#039;s poor decisions and if I&#039;d been on I bike in a few of those collisions I wouldn&#039;t be here today - I just can&#039;t find anyway to justify putting myself in such a vulnerable position, despite how much the idea of a motorcycle appeals to me.Also, if some knucklehead on a bike tosses a fistful of steel my way because he doesn&#039;t like my driving, I can&#039;t imagine any way that will improve his situation. I&#039;d actually never even heard of that until reading it here. I&#039;m one of the guys that goes out of his way to give bikes room because frankly I don&#039;t want them near me, I&#039;m scared somebody is going to make a crappy decision that puts them on my hood or worse under my tires, plus it&#039;s too easy to lose a rider in your blindspot, so I&#039;ll drop to 5-10mph under to let them get away from me. Hopefully that will keep me out of any situations where someone thinks they ought to throw debris at me on the interstate.I&#039;ve never understood the mindset of the agressive rider, he&#039;s the most vulnerable person on the road and he wants to be a tough guy? All it takes is one nut job to swerve at his bike or door bang him and the next stop could be the coroner&#039;s. If anything, it seems bikers should be amongst the most courteous drivers on the road but I see guys on bikes shooting the bird &amp; riding up to someone&#039;s window to mean mug the driver more times than I can recall. I just don&#039;t get it.John I&#039;m glad you&#039;re older &amp; wiser and came out okay on the deal. I&#039;m shocked to hear you are riding again but it&#039;s good to hear you are healthy enough to do so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="XD-9Guy, post: 1871489, member: 4869"] Other people is what has kept me off motorcycles my whole life. I have been in some pretty bad wrecks due to other people's poor decisions and if I'd been on I bike in a few of those collisions I wouldn't be here today - I just can't find anyway to justify putting myself in such a vulnerable position, despite how much the idea of a motorcycle appeals to me. Also, if some knucklehead on a bike tosses a fistful of steel my way because he doesn't like my driving, I can't imagine any way that will improve his situation. I'd actually never even heard of that until reading it here. I'm one of the guys that goes out of his way to give bikes room because frankly I don't want them near me, I'm scared somebody is going to make a crappy decision that puts them on my hood or worse under my tires, plus it's too easy to lose a rider in your blindspot, so I'll drop to 5-10mph under to let them get away from me. Hopefully that will keep me out of any situations where someone thinks they ought to throw debris at me on the interstate. I've never understood the mindset of the agressive rider, he's the most vulnerable person on the road and he wants to be a tough guy? All it takes is one nut job to swerve at his bike or door bang him and the next stop could be the coroner's. If anything, it seems bikers should be amongst the most courteous drivers on the road but I see guys on bikes shooting the bird & riding up to someone's window to mean mug the driver more times than I can recall. I just don't get it. John I'm glad you're older & wiser and came out okay on the deal. I'm shocked to hear you are riding again but it's good to hear you are healthy enough to do so. [/QUOTE]

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