Being Street Smart
Big Kahuna HDF Member
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I wish cars would do #3 more. We have people here that get to a stop sign and I think they're going straight, since they don't have a turn signal on. As I'm pulling forward, they turn on their signal as they're pulling forward and turning. I have to stop of hit them.
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: Fort Lauderdale
Great advice and well worth re-reading a few times to let it soak in. Thanks for posting
Yeah, we all already know this stuff, but it's good to keep it fresh in our minds.
I ride with the thought the cars/trucks don't see me, so I ride/act accordingly.
In South Florida, that's probably true more than I'd like to know.
Yeah, we all already know this stuff, but it's good to keep it fresh in our minds.
I ride with the thought the cars/trucks don't see me, so I ride/act accordingly.
In South Florida, that's probably true more than I'd like to know.
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Joined: Mar 2014
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From: NC, USA
Keep bike in gear at red lights. You never know when you'll need to exit the area in a hurry even if the light is red.
Watch for oil pools at intersections.
Deer do move in the daytime as well.
A 30% chance of rain means it WILL rain.
Watch for oil pools at intersections.
Deer do move in the daytime as well.
A 30% chance of rain means it WILL rain.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: PA
HAHA yes, all great advice and responses!
Now, try injecting some of that logic into one of these threads where someone posts about getting hit or going down and NOTHING about it being his fault. They'll call you a know-it-all and rip up one side of you and down the other, followed by whole gaggle of others piling on behind them.
Thanks for posting. Brushing up on these types of things is always beneficial.
Now, try injecting some of that logic into one of these threads where someone posts about getting hit or going down and NOTHING about it being his fault. They'll call you a know-it-all and rip up one side of you and down the other, followed by whole gaggle of others piling on behind them.
Thanks for posting. Brushing up on these types of things is always beneficial.
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2013
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From: Florida
Drives me nuts they'll do it when there's plenty of clear road ahead and behind.
OK I think I may be beginning to rant, Y'all have a safe and happy 4th!
Road Captain
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 552
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From: Myrtle Beach, SC
One thing that has saved my bacon on more than one occasion is this. When riding surface streets, always be scanning the side roads for cages coming. 99% of the time around here they never stop and just pull right out. It's even worse when they make left turns. But if you see them coming you can anticipate what they're going to do and take appropriate action to avoid them.
I don't buy into #8, going as soon as the traffic light turns green. I don't even do this in my car. Some idiot will run the light and you will be "T" boned. Look both ways before you move, watch that cross traffic.
I use store fronts to reflect moving vehicles before I pull out of blind areas.
I use store fronts to reflect moving vehicles before I pull out of blind areas.
I will add to this a little. I try to get into traffic at a red light where someone is stopped behind me, I feel like I have a shield between me and some dumb azz who doesn't see everyone stopped at a red light.
Also when the light turns green I look both ways and pause for a second. I can't tell you how many times a log truck or something else ran the red light about the time I would've been in the intersection if I would have pulled out as soon as the light turned green.
I'm not saying my way is the all out correct way, but it works for me and I feel more comfortable this way.
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From: Newcastle, OK
+1 on the oil. Approaching an intersection a couple of weeks ago, I saw what looked like a barrel of oil had spilled from a truck. It left a path about 3 feet wide and maybe 50 feet long, and started about 20 feet before the intersection. I narrowly missed it as I swerved to the right in my lane. An inattentive person would have gone down in that mess.