springman wrote on 06/21/17 at 22:01:40:

When I am riding the motorcycle I see that a lot of folks pull up to the STOP signs and never really come to a stop and look - they take a quick glance up the road......and that is one of the things that is really dangerous for motorcycles as those glances don't always allow the drivers to see the small motorcycle and rider coming.

Yesterday on the way to work I just stayed in the left lane - the speed limit is 55 mph and most folks drive 60 mph....and that is fast enough.  There was a fellow in a huge diesel pickup that felt he needed to be going faster, and he was getting right behind folks in an attempt to intimidate them to speed up or change lanes, then when he got an opening he would swerve to the other lane and pass....but after a few car lengths there were other cars blocking his progress.  In the 4 miles we were on that road he never got far enough ahead that I couldn't see him, and at the traffic lights I generally caught up to him.  All of his excitement and rude behavior never got him any significant progress.

I am sure I had a much more relaxed and safer drive to work than he did.......and I find that I am becoming a much more relaxed driver as I age.

Here in Colorado Springs, the speed limits are ignored, by & large. In my car, I keep to the speed limit, but on the S40 I "go with the flow." Otherwise,  I'd be like a rock in a rushing river....and a vulnerable rock, at that!

Dave, I've seen many of the "street racers," car & bike, swerving between lanes...and find them only 2-3 cars ahead of me at the next red light...ahhh, "What fools these mortals be..."

That's a good thing. When I continue to harass you, you'll think every event is the first time and you won't get mad.