As an ex-motorcyclist and current cyclist, eyes on a swivel, everyone on the road is a fucking idiot or one distraction away from being a ton of death metal. Bike infra is so peaceful. Phones, Valium, Passenger, Sleep deprivation, whatever, just assume the worst. Situational awareness is your friend, anticipate the idiocy.
This is why I do not use highways. I route myself with GPS to avoid highways because I just assume at some point I WILL get hit by some idiot, and I’d rather spend an extra few minutes driving and crash at 45mph than crash going 70mph. The amount of difference that makes is hard to put into words. Kinetic energy increases disproportionately with speed. So 70mph is like almost 3x as bad as 45mph.
As an ex-motorcyclist and current cyclist, eyes on a swivel, everyone on the road is a fucking idiot or one distraction away from being a ton of death metal. Bike infra is so peaceful. Phones, Valium, Passenger, Sleep deprivation, whatever, just assume the worst. Situational awareness is your friend, anticipate the idiocy.
This is why I do not use highways. I route myself with GPS to avoid highways because I just assume at some point I WILL get hit by some idiot, and I’d rather spend an extra few minutes driving and crash at 45mph than crash going 70mph. The amount of difference that makes is hard to put into words. Kinetic energy increases disproportionately with speed. So 70mph is like almost 3x as bad as 45mph.
Tbf, this is also how motorists should be viewing motorists.
That too.
As a current motorcyclist, everyone on the road is a fucking idiot, including me