Wilsons Sandbox

And when they do see you it can be difficult to properly perceive the distance and speed. It is my understanding this is because the eyes triangulate on what they are looking at and something narrow like a bike makes this more difficult. Throw in multiple lanes and other distractions and it makes a lot of sense to slow WAY down through intersections. The added bonus is accelerating again is fun : > Glad to hear you are OK. There seems to be way too much of this lately. When > are people going to learn to respect bike riders? They ought to make it > illegal to hit a motorcyclist. With today's lighting, fancy clothing gear, > outrageous helmet schemes, hi profiles of bikes like the KLR, etc. I don't > believe for a second that people truly "don't see us." > > But they don't, and the really scary part is that there are cage drivers out > there who don't see other cars even. (It happened to me, a kid ran a red > light and turned right in front of my truck.) I usually always wear a blaze > orange reflective vest along with my gear, but I always assume that I am > completely invisible. > > Jeff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Great savings and lots more -- beMANY! > http://click.egroups.com/1/4114/5/_/911801/_/960861898/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com