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I'll sit in a blind spot on a motorcycle happily, if there's no other traffic. If there is, I pull forward next to the window instead.
by rpmisms 3y ago
I'll sit in a blind spot on a motorcycle happily, if there's no other traffic. If there is, I pull forward next to the window instead.
- xtiansimon 3y ago> “I'll sit in a blind spot on a motorcycle happily, if there’s no other traffic…” Because you believe the driver has no incentive to change lanes, and so there is low probability they will change lanes unexpectedly?
- rpmisms 3y agoBecause I can brake fast enough if they do change lanes. I tend to pass, but if we're going around the same speed it doesn't bother me.
- dylan604 3y agoThe braking as an out because a bike can brake faster than the car always seemed odd to me because whatever car is behind you will also not be able to brake as fast.
- baseballdork 3y agoA bike, generally, can't brake faster than a car, no?
- dylan604 3y agoIt is the seemingly prevailing train of thought even if it isn't exactly accurate. But why should that stop it from being believed?
- rpmisms 3y agoABS on bikes has largely erased the difference.
- rpmisms 3y agoDepends on the bike, but usually a little less stopping power at lower speeds. Above 45mph or so, it's a wash. Bigger bikes also stop slower.
- rpmisms 3y agoYou also have much more room as a bike. If I'm passing someone going uphill, and I don't have enough power to finish the pass on the hill, I have another 8 feet of lateral buffer versus a car before they would come dangerously close to me. I'm not saying you should hang out next to cars all the time, but it's better than in a car, where you might have 3 feet of buffer.
- xtiansimon 3y agoHuh. I figure it the other way. If the traffic is light, then people think they're the only person on the road. I expect they will change lanes without thinking or looking (Like, _Why would someone be in my blind spot with all of this space?_) Whereas, when there's heavier traffic, you can't help being in someone's blind spot. In this case, I will usually speed up to being at least next to them, so I'm sure they can see me, and then I'll let the driver pass me, so the last idea they have is, _I just passed that moto/where is that moto I just passed?_ Overall, being in someone's blind spot is by definition, risky. And it serves no purpose, and has a clear remedy. Whatever. Ride you ride. Good luck. Keep your head up.
- JohnFen 3y agoIf there's no other traffic, why not avoid being near the car at all?
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoNot to over analyze, but no matter if I'm on a bike or car I've always thought you shouldn't drive alongside or in the blindspot of another vehicle if you can avoid it (by a minute change in speed).
- rpmisms 3y agoI'd rather be next to a car than behind a car, and ahead is always best. The issue arises when you don't speed (which I don't do).
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoLike, not even a little bit?
- rpmisms 3y ago5 over, maximum. I did 10 over by accident once. Motorcycles are exponentially more dangerous at speed, and I like being alive.
- olyjohn 3y agoWhat? Do you mean like way far ahead of them? So far, that you're not really in front of them? How is that ever safer than being behind someone? You can control the following distance if you're behind someone. You can't make someone behind you pay attention or stop, and you can't make someone beside you not change lanes without looking. Why would you ever want to be in their direction of travel? Seriously, please explain your logic on this. I'm flabbergasted.