Please Say Safe

[harper6t]

This is a plea to fellow motorcyclists to please ride within your limits, don't ride tired and just stay safe on the road.
In less than a month we have had 2 motorcyclists die within a few hundred metres of each other on a fairly innocuous stretch of road only about a kilometre from my home. The first just before Christmas appears to be a case of way too much speed with a young rider losing control on a straight section and hitting dividing railings. Long serving policeman quoted as saying it was the worst accident he had attended. Yesterday morning as we were preparing for a ride, the sirens could be heard again and this time it was a young father on his way home from night shift when he ran into the back of a stationary truck and trailer at lights. Apparently he did not see the truck.
I am quite distressed by the thought of these accidents being so close to home and with my own son riding too. I am sick of seeing the roadside memorials springing up on the roads I ride. so please when you go for a ride think of your family and stay within your limits.

 

[shanered6]

Yes its such a senseless waste of life that is fully avoidable with a bit of due care and attention , we've all been young and hot headed but i find that the young of today think they are experts at everything even when they have never done it before !
it must be the stye of schooling these days

 

[shanered6]

OMG i sound old !!!!!!

 

[Rocky]

This is a plea to fellow motorcyclists to please ride within your limits, don't ride tired and just stay safe on the road.
In less than a month we have had 2 motorcyclists die within a few hundred metres of each other on a fairly innocuous stretch of road only about a kilometre from my home. The first just before Christmas appears to be a case of way too much speed with a young rider losing control on a straight section and hitting dividing railings. Long serving policeman quoted as saying it was the worst accident he had attended. Yesterday morning as we were preparing for a ride, the sirens could be heard again and this time it was a young father on his way home from night shift when he ran into the back of a stationary truck and trailer at lights. Apparently he did not see the truck.
I am quite distressed by the thought of these accidents being so close to home and with my own son riding too. I am sick of seeing the roadside memorials springing up on the roads I ride. so please when you go for a ride think of your family and stay within your limits.

Good post
Every summer I see young bucks on sport bikes ripping through traffic, weaving in and out just because they can, and changing lanes at high speed. I just shake my head in dismay.
All it takes is one vehicle to also change lanes without any signal and they are toast.

 

[triumph david]

I also see these nut jobs cutting in and out of traffic right and left, on top of putting there selves in danger they are giving me and you a bad name. Don't forget sometimes laws are passed that affect all of us because of these nuts.

 

[Qship]

.......we've all been young and hot headed but i find that the young of today think they are experts at everything even when they have never done it before !
it must be the stye of schooling these days

Read it on google and watched a U Tube video, now they're experts.