I'd love to see more tickets issued to drivers that don't use their signals but that's just a pipedream.

 

Especially those making a left from the right lane? West Palm has to the worst!

 

Does anyone on here know any Abate leaders? I'd like for them to get wind of this and put it out to their mailing list so that their members can take the survey.

 

Thanks for the survey link Lauren. It was interesting.


Since we have only had our home in Cape Coral since March, my time riding in Florida has been limited to April through July. From August on I have been riding in central Illinois again.


My point is I can't help but make a comparison between riding observations in Illinois and Florida. My views/opinions are probably going to be a little different when taking the Florida survey.


In Illinois the roads are generally in bad shape with tons of pot holes and rough pavement. Cage driver's don't pay attention much to motorcycles and will tailgate you constantly.


What I noticed in Florida was that the roads were 99% smooth and great surfaces for riding. Folks seem to notice my HD more in Florida and don't tailgate me as much. But it seems that more bikes and cars run way over the speed limit in Florida than Illinois.


I wear a helmet 95% of the time but I am 100% against any law that would require me to always wear one. I choose to wear a helmet for the same reason I always wear a seat belt, I don't like hospitals.

 

Yep. I wear my helmet 100% of the time, and it's full-faced. And it's my choice. Still don't want the helmet laws to change. Too much government.

 

I see LEO make lane changes with so signals and change lanes in the intersections.
Seems like most people don't know that your not supposed to change lanes from the white line before the intersection to after the intersection .

 

Thanks for the link, survey taken. I wear a helmet 100% of the time and support their use, but also support the right to choose to wear one or not.

Something needs to be done about the violation of right of way (turning in front of bikes) as well as impaired riders. Nearly all bike crashes I see are caused by one or both of those.