Yeah well it frightens me a little bit too and I am the one who was there.
In the end, riding a motorcycle generates a certain risk that all of us who ride must accept (or be oblivious to). I understood that a long time ago and basically was done thinking about it. The only thing that scares me on a motorcycle is 'forrest rats' (white tail deer and / or whatever similar critters dwell outside the northeast in the US). They are unpredictable because they do not know what they are going to do so how could we (riders) possibly make any provisions to avoid them. Their "insanity" is what scares me.
Now car drivers have always been a menace but I have always felt I could shave the odds of a collision by not allowing certain things to happen (never ride next to any vehicle at a highway split for example- when they decide they want the other road, they will roll over you to get in that lane). And some small number of accidents, such as hitting a bike at a red light, just happen but they used to be rare. But now, with cell phones and GPS's to program, there is a lot for drivers to tinker with while driving and it has really had a huge impact (pun intended). Attention to driving has gone WAY down in the last 10 years or so and it is mostly due to drivers working some kind of electronic device.... and frankly, that is scary to me because like the deer, these people are totally unpredictable. And with population density on the increase, at least where I spend my time in the US, it is getting more and more difficult to find empty roads to ride, never mind traveling with traffic when needed.
And I am not sure I am scarring the children- they are probably too busy texting to worry about things like this.... :-(
Brian
youre frightening the children with the cage driving horror stories.
