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The Eagle · 06-24-2009, 07:37 AM

My son is a biker and took the Safty Course, and he confirmed that riding the center line is often taught, so as to avoid the center of the lane, where oil drips out of autos. HOWEVER, here's a question for the bikers...IF you want to ride the center line FINE, as long as there is NO ON COMMING TRAFFIC! Do you know how many times I have come around a corner, driving my Tahoe, or down on a narrow back road, and some biker is riding right on, or has his foot pegs over the center line and will refuse to (use his common sense) and move back a bit, and make for a safe clearance? Here's a "No Brainer," for all you, Macho's who think they are indestructable on a motorcycle...hitting an SUV head on, is NOT a good idea! IT WILL KILL YOU! And it will hurt! Yes, I', being VERY scarcastic, but bikers need to use plain common sense in dangerous situtations. I watch out for bikers, and give them the room when ever it's needed, but I think bikers should, RETURN that same respect for the road. "Yes, Motorcycles are everywhere," but so are accidents waiting to happen. There, I've said my 2 cents worth, Thank you for bringing up this post about a subject, which has bugged me for years!
"The Eagle"

06-24-2009, 07:37 AM	#33
The Eagle Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Burlington MA & Moultonboro NH Posts: 218 Thanks: 17 Thanked 141 Times in 33 Posts	Riding the line. My son is a biker and took the Safty Course, and he confirmed that riding the center line is often taught, so as to avoid the center of the lane, where oil drips out of autos. HOWEVER, here's a question for the bikers...IF you want to ride the center line FINE, as long as there is NO ON COMMING TRAFFIC! Do you know how many times I have come around a corner, driving my Tahoe, or down on a narrow back road, and some biker is riding right on, or has his foot pegs over the center line and will refuse to (use his common sense) and move back a bit, and make for a safe clearance? Here's a "No Brainer," for all you, Macho's who think they are indestructable on a motorcycle...hitting an SUV head on, is NOT a good idea! IT WILL KILL YOU! And it will hurt! Yes, I', being VERY scarcastic, but bikers need to use plain common sense in dangerous situtations. I watch out for bikers, and give them the room when ever it's needed, but I think bikers should, RETURN that same respect for the road. "Yes, Motorcycles are everywhere," but so are accidents waiting to happen. There, I've said my 2 cents worth, Thank you for bringing up this post about a subject, which has bugged me for years! "The Eagle"