When I say "tailgate", I mean all I could see of him was his shoulders/helmet , not even his headlight over my tailgate !! !!

Sad but true 

WTH would I do that  ?? 

I understand what you're saying about the "motorists", but in the very RECENT past few weeks, the bikers are going plain crazy  . 3 weeks ago there was a fatal cycle crash that was caused by ANOTHER biker rear ending a left-turning biker in a turn lane  

What gets me is all of the PSA's about watching out for bikers and giving them a chance, and then you meet a bunch and none of them have their lights on!  WTH!!

Going on with a Generic they are ALL bad Sh!t Bikers pizzes me off as much as any form of bias to any aspect.

I have the ut-most respect for the "big rig" drivers. I go out of MY way to yield to them attempting a turn onto a cross road even though there are "citiots" blaring their harns at ME , LOL!!!! I can only imagine the "horrors" of inconsiderate drivers you see  . Again, it's the "bikers" that have gotten out of control recently, even the local news did a report just this morning about the "rise" in biker DEATHS this summer in Indiana .

'bigrig' drivers lost my respect a few years back...

one,caused millions of $$ damage to the Burlington bay skyway here ( Google it) by driving his dump trailer in the UP position !

also, NONE acknowledge me  flashing my lights to say 'come on over'  when they change into my lane. I counted 27 guys wanting my lane, 27 times I flask 'OK', ZERO replies.In the good old days they'ed flash their running lights as a 'thank you'.

I'd still like to know why 'hogs' don't need mufflers...

Motorcycles and bicycles need to be banned from roadways! ---as for truck drivers nowdays 99% of them are dopeheads and ex-cons. --- THATS why I gave up driving ---got tired of dealing with them!

Car drivers are all idiots! ----Had to move a combine down the county road yesterday and swore I will NEVER take it on the road again! Damn cars!

It's also the same for every group you can name. There are many sensible, law abiding "play by the rules" people, but a few idiots make for a terrible public perception of the whole group.

Well I have to say this scooter has a few bells and whistles(electronic cruise control).

It is made for on/off road so now we may try the Trans-America Trail TAT. Starting to put a few miles on it now. Almost got a bunny and a cat this morning riding to work, don't want to hit anything.

 

Hear of and SEE unlicensed car, pickups ON THE ROAD where the driver is cited, the car is NOT hauled off as is their Only transport and they get to do it all over again complaining of the expense of tickets keeping them from fixing and relicensing the machines(Victim Mentality).

What ever happened to Personal RESPONSIBILITY???

  

Bikes are NOT inherently dangerous, Humans ARE.

Then for my entertainment the typical great grandmother come tottering along with the store boy pushing her cart. With a middle ages woman parking her charge in a car(probably her father) and trying to help (I thought she must know GM). Literally 3 circles around a large parking lot they found a car GGM had key for. Which said the helper did not know what GGM was drive,so maybe just helpful person. Great grandma drives away. How do these people make it home. But I could see both of these drivers running over all manor of things and not know they hit anything.    

Truck driver pulling a van trailer full of flammables bumped into the rear of a tanker full of diesel this afternoon in Walcott, Iowa.  Two small cars alongside wound up in the tangle.

Tanker had a little damage, but no rupture, no loss, no issue.

Van trailer caught on fire, burned it, and the tractor, to the ground:

https://www.kwqc.com/2020/08/30/multi-vehicle-crash-reported-on-i-80-eastbound-near-walcott/" rel="nofollow - https://www.kwqc.com/2020/08/30/multi-vehicle-crash-reported-on-i-80-eastbound-near-walcott/

It should be very obvious that substantial distractions, lack of patience, and bad habits are the three most detrimental circumstances of road travel.  Poor driving skills, substance abuse, and fatigue make all these things worse.

A substantial amount can be learned of a person's driving by a simple walk-around of their vehicle.  A vehicle that has lots of brake dust on the wheels and very worn tires advises that there's a habit of excessive-force to the pedals.

Tiny chips on the front edge of the hood, and chips and/or a sand-blasted windshield identify habitual tailgating.

Abrasion to the outside edges of the side mirrors, chunks and scars on the sidewalls of the tires, and mismatched tires on the right rear corner, tells of poor depth perception and lack of attention to curbs in turns.

I've operated everything from an 11lb carbon-fiber olympic track-racing bicycle, up to a 3100-ton 4-engine river towboat, and in every case, I've found that impatience and inattention yield disasterous results.

There are bad drivers everywhere, operating everything.  As I travel the country, I see very bad decisions made, in droves... over and over again... yet they survive by virtue of sheer luck.  Yesterday, I saw a man, in a 16ft boat with 4 kids, drive right over a submerged concrete wall not once, but THREE TIMES... two of which AFTER I'd hailed him, and advised him of which way to go to avoid the obstacle.  His response-  One finger salute... then full throttle into same wall... clearly marked on every Mississippi River navigation chart since 1916... apparently not worth his time to investigate, and irrelevant to the safety of his craft and passengers.

Not all people are ignorant, rude, impatient, or lacking in skill, but those that are worst, expose those who are almost as bad.  The rest exercise patience at both, and act sensibly, to arrive alive.