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Originally Posted by Thumper09
It's not complacency, it's being knowledgeable enough where one can react without stress or rise in heart rate. I can see 360 degrees around me, as if it were an out of body experience, and am able to predict with 90% accuracy what moves other vehicles around me are going to make. It's a skill learned from watching and analyzing traffic patterns and how the human mind behaves in certain panic situations. Keep practicing and one day you will develop similar skills.

People who listen to radios, sing while they ride, wear ear buds or play with their touch screen, never learn this skill.
Even with awesome spidey sense, you STILL need to plan your escape. Knowing your about to be rear-ended and made into a cager pancake isn't the point - it's knowing it AND having an escape plan.
 
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