I thought about letting him by, but I didn't bother with the trouble of it. I didn't have a very long way to go. I didn't think about letting the car hit the deer for me .

With my luck, the deer will skip the car and hit me , or I'll rear end the car  

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The question is this: Are you going to let a wreck scare you out of riding? Are you going to have an injury and use a little pain as an excuse to quit on life? [/quote]

So, in your 24 years, have you ever been injured to the point you spent weeks or months in hospital, had skin grafts, bones plated and screwed or suffered the emotional setbacks a severe injury can cause?
I really hope not. Me either, just the usual bumps and bruises. I have friends who will never walk again, have lost limbs or use of them and suffered extreme emotional trauma through accidents of one kind or another. Until you walk in those shoes you really have no idea.

FWIW when I was injured after I was knocked off by a car, I didn't ride for a good long while- at least a year. No significant injuries (sprains, bruises) but affected me mentally for sure. My cousin's husband lost his leg in a moto accident a few weeks ago and believe me he's not travelling well.

gizzo wrote on 12/29/15 at 19:30:55:



The question is this: Are you going to let a wreck scare you out of riding? Are you going to have an injury and use a little pain as an excuse to quit on life? [/quote]

So, in your 24 years, have you ever been injured to the point you spent weeks or months in hospital, had skin grafts, bones plated and screwed or suffered the emotional setbacks a severe injury can cause?
I really hope not. Me either, just the usual bumps and bruises. I have friends who will never walk again, have lost limbs or use of them and suffered extreme emotional trauma through accidents of one kind or another. Until you walk in those shoes you really have no idea.

FWIW when I was injured after I was knocked off by a car, I didn't ride for a good long while- at least a year. No significant injuries (sprains, bruises) but affected me mentally for sure. My cousin's husband lost his leg in a moto accident a few weeks ago and believe me he's not travelling well.
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You're right-- I don't know. I had a wreck that irked me a little, but that was a cakewalk to what some have to deal with.

out here I share the road with gravel trucks, they make great 'interference' it's the automotive equivalent of having 'the fridge' blocking for you  

They also sell those little high pitch whistler thingies, but they're useless.

Serowbot wrote on 12/30/15 at 22:20:10:


I have heard that theory before.  If you aim for them and blow the horn you know they are going to do something and bolt in some direction - and they will not be in that spot when you get there.

So far the brakes have been able to keep me out of trouble.  I do a lot of evening riding on the local country roads,  and when darkness sets in I cut my speed significantly.