Ssky0078
Junior Member
Education is the most important thing. Always, but let's face it education on its own is not going to help you much if you decide to start doing stupid stuff out of peer pressure, to impress your buddies, a girl or for just the fun of it.
Education I believe would probably be the best weeding out factor for the squids. If they are not willing to get through mandatory number of education rider classes in addition to a complex multi part ride exam, they will never bother to get a license.
Even now, there's a large number of numbnuts here in NYC that ride their bikes on temporary permits ( which is illegal) or on regular driver's insurance. I don't even know who they are able to register/insure their bikes.
Ultimately it all comes down to enforcement. NYPD today has trouble with catching these retards who ride without M endorsements.
Look, I started small and as I got more comfortable and experienced I upgraded to a bigger bike.
This topic of whether starting on smaller bikes or getting bigger bikes has been beaten to death. I have expressed myself numerous times. Ultimately these topics are like oil threads, everybody has their XYZ brand that they will die defending.
Ultimately, I really couldn't care less. In my honest opinion even helmet laws should be abolished.
Get whatever bike you want, wear helmet/other gear or not.
I look at it as the nature doing its thing. Weeding out the gene pool, one SQUID at the time.
One thing I REALLY want is stricter enforcement of speeding laws.
Want to go 100mph go to the track. Otherwise you are just being an nuisance to other people who use these streets.
Yeah it's expensive, so what. You wanna feel the thrill of going fast? Do it in a place that won't get anybody else endangered.
I completely agree on letting Darwin sort it out. However, the draw back that it seems we both agree upon is that if one Darwin Award winner brings another person that works diligently on not being a Darwin winner really is not fair and why we need some type of guideline/restriction/law.
In regards to speed limits. I would rather have open speed highways like the autobahn. Or since we have so much tech in the roads that meter traffic and road conditions we design and electric speed limit sign system that adjust the road speed according to traffic flow, driving conditions, etc. That way in the middle of night you could fly at 100 mph because there are only 6 other cars on a road that was designed to land a jet. During heavy traffic it drops to 45 so that people are given a good speed to manage flow of traffic and decrease teh chance of not paying attention and rear ending someone.
"What do you think is more important: strict gear requirements or rider education?"
Echoing lawlberg:
Proper rider education includes gearing up. Two birds. One stone.
Pook you are on fire today. All your posts this morning are spot on