MG-242
Member
Good point! And, their perception time.
Sometimes it's just fun to sit back and watch the caos in front of you, pick a gap and go.
Met The Pavement This Morning
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Good point! And, their perception time.
Sometimes it's just fun to sit back and watch the caos in front of you, pick a gap and go.
justaguy
Junior Member
Any accident you don't get seriously injured in is a good accident. If you hit the van how closely where you fallowing it?
UHcougarJohn
Junior Member
When I started braking was 1/2 a car length or so from the van.
justaguy
Junior Member
That's fallowing way to close :cheer:
MG-242
Member
A good rule of thumb is a 2 sec following distance. We are constantly adjusting this due to speed, weather conditions, road conditions and traffic. Of course, in heavy traffic there's no way to maintain 2 sec. What other options do we have?
Tailgate
Senior Member
Some motorists seem to get upset if I maintain a safe distance from vehicle in front. You can just sense it, they may tailgate (even more reason to open more distance to avoid getting rear-ended) or make a big effort all just to switch lanes, then return to same lane but now in front. All this so motorist can arrive maybe 1 or 2 seconds quicker than I....
That's okay, because I don't want to be part of another multiple vehicle accident where motorists, one after another, all slam into motorist in front due to unsafe following distance.MG-242
Member
Some motorists seem to get upset if I maintain a safe distance from vehicle in front. You can just sense it, they may tailgate (even more reason to open more distance to avoid getting rear-ended) or make a big effort all just to switch lanes, then return to same lane but now in front. All this so motorist can arrive maybe 1 or 2 seconds quicker than I....
Absolutely! Now you have to provide a safe following distance for you AND the cager behind ya.
Anything else we can do? How about lane placement?
bdevries
Junior Member
Nope.. somethings are out of our control, thats the risk on a bike.
UHcougarJohn
Junior Member
Update, sourced most all the parts and the red plastic from Koozi is at the paint shop. Hope to have the bike all fixed up and back on the road soon:rockon:
banjoboy
Junior Member
Glad yer ok. :thumbup:
This just emphasizes another in the long list of thangs the FZ6 duz well; crashes well!
This just emphasizes another in the long list of thangs the FZ6 duz well; crashes well!
Some motorists seem to get upset if I maintain a safe distance from vehicle in front. You can just sense it, they may tailgate (even more reason to open more distance to avoid getting rear-ended) or make a big effort all just to switch lanes, then return to same lane but now in front. All this so motorist can arrive maybe 1 or 2 seconds quicker than I....
This happens to me, too. I find if I just sit in the right lane going slightly slower than the guy in front of me, people will eventually pass me but they maintain the faster guy's speed, so it works.
This just made me want to quantify the value of speeding. If you are traveling a distance of d miles and you are going 70+x miles per hour, then you get to your destination 60*d/70-60*d/(70+x) minutes faster than if you were going 70. For large distances you do save a lot of time by going 75 or 80, but for a 15 mile journey up the interstate 80 miles per hour saves you about 1.6 minutes over going 70. Is it really worth it?
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