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Message started by truckinrider on 03/19/11 at 15:55:00

Title: Accidents
Post by truckinrider on 03/19/11 at 15:55:00

Anyone can correct me if they want to but I have 1million plus miles driving/riding experience. There are five keys to safe opperation of any vehicle weather it has TWO wheels or 52 wheels!!! One: Aim high in steering look out 15 seconds ahead of where your at. Two: Get the big picture what and where are your hazards. Three: Keep your eyes moving scan contiually don't fixate on on thing or straight ahead. Four: Leave yourself an out slow down or move over give more room for better reaction times and menouvering at a traffic light keep room in front of you in case a vehicle stalls or stops suddenly. Five: Make SURE they see you, use signals and make eye contact. It may sound like i'm preaching but I like to see all of us enjoy our ride. Rubber side down shinny side up to all of us.

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by marine5317 on 03/19/11 at 17:42:01

+ 1 on the "Smith Driving System" It's the best! I spent 33 1/2 years ORT and pulled tankers with hazmat for a lot of years. I retired in 1994 and still to this day as I buckle up or throw my leg over the saddle I say to myself the 5 steps of the Smith System. It is a life saver!
Ride Safe
Marine5317

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by kimchris1 on 03/20/11 at 07:30:43

Sounds good, yet their are
circumstances where the rider
has done everything they can
do and, the rider is still taken
down.
Accidents happen so fast. Those
of us that have been down know this
and it isn't always due to us not paying
attention nor riding defensively.
A rider yes needs to be aware of what
is going on around him or her. However
your eyes can only scan so many directions
at a time. To be abe to scan ahead, to the
sides as well as behind, you would need to be able
to turn your neck completly around like an owl.

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by truckinrider on 03/20/11 at 16:22:07

Am only using this to help reduse the risk of an accident, I have witnessed many and have been victom to two accidents that all could have been avoided. And I do understand that things happen very quickly. Best rule of thumb is space the more space you can create in front behind or to the side the better. Keep in mind you control the space in front by slowing down or backing off. In using the SMITH system I have never caused an accident!

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by bill67 on 03/20/11 at 18:06:00

I never caused an accident and I never heard of the smith thing.

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by kimchris1 on 03/20/11 at 18:36:25

Ok well I was a victim of an accident myself.
Myself using the Smith System would NOT
have prevented my accident.
Now the 92 year old woman, had she
used it, or even stopped at the stop
sign, she could have avoided rear ending
me and, causing injury to myself and bike.

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by Paladin. on 03/20/11 at 19:27:57

71737779726873692B1A0 wrote:

...you would need to be able to turn your neck completly around like an owl.

Many people mock me with the owl comparison, but I do constantly move my head. I watch each mirror roughly every five seconds. Every cross road is checked for incoming, I know stop signs and signal lights a merely a suggestion. When I change lanes I am looking over my shoulder. In the car/van I remove my hat ... because the weight of my hat slows my movements. This is why I want the lightest helmet I have, perferably none. I prefer avoiding a collision.

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by JohnBoy on 03/20/11 at 20:40:29

05343934313C3B550 wrote:

[quote author=71737779726873692B1A0 link=1300575300/0#2 date=1300631443]...you would need to be able to turn your neck completly around like an owl.

[/quote]

I used to do the owl thing. That was before being thrown into a car's windshield by a hit and run, being thrown over a car at speed when that driver made an unannounced U-turn and having the front of my bike removed by a passing truck. Now things don't turn so well! Besides it’s hard to turn your head with your sphincter tightening up around your throat every time you hear brakes lock up behind you.
I wish you all the best, but I say be prepared for the worst...it is going to happen sooner or later… probably sooner. Having been down that road a few times Let me add that you need “uninsured” and “under insured” coverage because the guy that hits you will not have insurance and a one night stay in hospital can be upwards of 50K…trust me on this.

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by arteacher on 03/21/11 at 04:35:46

I am always assuming the traffic around me is going to screw up (run a yellow, not stop at a stop sign, change lanes without signaling etc etc) and I usually have a plan in place if they do. When I first got married all we had for transportation was a 50cc Suzuki stepthru, and I was invisible to traffic, so I learned to drive that way.

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/21/11 at 07:35:46

When I first got married all we had for transportation was a 50cc Suzuki stepthru,

Tht girl Loved you, dude.. or, you were in Vietnam & then you were set UP! Woo Ho, a 50 cc! Thats Family Transportation, over there.

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by arteacher on 03/21/11 at 07:42:41

It was her bike ;)

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by bill67 on 03/21/11 at 08:26:43

When you get married always look for a girl thats got transportation. ;)

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/21/11 at 20:48:04

464D4D444847465C5D290 wrote:

It was her bike ;)

Ah HAAA!!! You married her for her MONEY!!!

You are Such a bad man,,,

Title: Re: Accidents
Post by Stimpy - FSO on 03/30/11 at 20:04:54

...speaking of accidents :D

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