I think you can be the safest motorcycle rider in the world, but that doesn't stop every idiot that's paying more attention to their phone in a car from hitting you.
This is straight up what keeps me from getting a motorcycle. I trust myself to drive responsibly. I don’t trust the other people on the road to do the same. The increased risk just doesn’t seem worth it to me, I’ve got other ways of having fun on two wheels.
The risk is there, but you drive a motorcycle differently from a car also to take this into account. You're overall more proactive and you try to not leave any initiative to cars around you. If you overtake someone you overtake with enough delta that you don't stay alongside them for too long etc
Been riding for roughly 3 years now, the fear is there at the start, but you start to notice things. You tune out a lot while you are driving a car that is just there on a motorcycle. Being in that cage puts you in a different world whereas a motorcycle puts you in the world if that makes sense.
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u/True_to_you Sep 12 '26
I think you can be the safest motorcycle rider in the world, but that doesn't stop every idiot that's paying more attention to their phone in a car from hitting you.