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From: Mr.T on 13 Apr 2010 22:16 "Deevo" <deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message news:VXEwn.18943$pv.10114(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Hey, I drive a car for the most part these days (courtesy of someone in an > old Corona who thought stop signs were optional when I was in the > intersection on my 125cc Scooter) and I can manage to see motorcycles on the > road. Why can't you? Because most car drivers who have never ridden, don't feel the need unfortunately. MrT.
From: Mr.T on 13 Apr 2010 22:27 "Deevo" <deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message news:VXEwn.18943$pv.10114(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Hey, I drive a car for the most part these days (courtesy of someone in an > old Corona who thought stop signs were optional when I was in the > intersection on my 125cc Scooter) and I can manage to see motorcycles on the > road. Why can't you? Because most car drivers who have never ridden, don't feel the need unfortunately. MrT.
From: George W Frost on 14 Apr 2010 05:59 "Mr.T" <MrT(a)home> wrote in message news:4bc52804$2$6849$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > > "Deevo" <deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message > news:VXEwn.18943$pv.10114(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> Hey, I drive a car for the most part these days (courtesy of someone in >> an >> old Corona who thought stop signs were optional when I was in the >> intersection on my 125cc Scooter) and I can manage to see motorcycles on > the >> road. Why can't you? > > Because most car drivers who have never ridden, don't feel the need > unfortunately. > > MrT. > Precisely the point I made a long time ago. That every driver should have at least one year, maybe two years on a motorcycle first, then get a car licence
From: F Murtz on 14 Apr 2010 07:40 George W Frost wrote: > "Mr.T"<MrT(a)home> wrote in message > news:4bc52804$2$6849$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... >> >> "Deevo"<deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message >> news:VXEwn.18943$pv.10114(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>> Hey, I drive a car for the most part these days (courtesy of someone in >>> an >>> old Corona who thought stop signs were optional when I was in the >>> intersection on my 125cc Scooter) and I can manage to see motorcycles on >> the >>> road. Why can't you? >> >> Because most car drivers who have never ridden, don't feel the need >> unfortunately. >> >> MrT. >> > > > Precisely the point I made a long time ago. > That every driver should have at least one year, maybe two years on a > motorcycle first, then get a car licence > > You end up with more in hospital. Years ago at work for instance every single apprentice who got a motor cycle as first vehicle had fairly big accidents with time off work,but the ones who got bike licenses after driving cars for a few years did not.
From: Nev.. on 14 Apr 2010 08:57
On 14/04/2010 9:40 PM, F Murtz wrote: > George W Frost wrote: >> "Mr.T"<MrT(a)home> wrote in message >> news:4bc52804$2$6849$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... >>> >>> "Deevo"<deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message >>> news:VXEwn.18943$pv.10114(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>>> Hey, I drive a car for the most part these days (courtesy of someone in >>>> an >>>> old Corona who thought stop signs were optional when I was in the >>>> intersection on my 125cc Scooter) and I can manage to see >>>> motorcycles on >>> the >>>> road. Why can't you? >>> >>> Because most car drivers who have never ridden, don't feel the need >>> unfortunately. >>> >>> MrT. >>> >> >> >> Precisely the point I made a long time ago. >> That every driver should have at least one year, maybe two years on a >> motorcycle first, then get a car licence >> >> > You end up with more in hospital. > > Years ago at work for instance every single apprentice who got a motor > cycle as first vehicle had fairly big accidents with time off work,but > the ones who got bike licenses after driving cars for a few years did not. I agree.. Car licence first. Learn to interact with other road users within the relative safety of a cage. When I started riding, about 2 yrs after I started driving, i observed that most of the young riders I knew who had multi vehicle, SMIDSY type accidents on bikes were those who had not 'cut their teeth' on the roads in cars. Also agree that some experience on a bike makes for a better car driver, but suggestions that people should be compulsorily required to ride are absurd. It would be about as well received as if all motorcyclists were required to compulsorily give up riding motorcycles for a year or two. Nev.. '08 DL1000K8 |