# Another Bike Accident **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [August 11, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-bike-accident/246053 "2009-08-11T15:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-bike-accident/246053/17 "2009-08-12T05:45:11Z")
> [@OMGWTFBBQ v. Panda](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/omgwtfbbq-v-panda/21519/14): > > Ever think its people riding motorcycles like complete fucktards causing the accidents? > > The one this weekend hit a tree. No cars involved. > > Ive seen bikes cut in and out of traffic at high rates of speed on the northway, ride the lines, etc. > > Not always people in cars causing accidents involving bikes. When I ride, some consider me a fucktard… I know people I pass or see me, think I am a jackass, figure they will see me on the ground a head, or maybe even worse thoughts. Those are usually the people who A: don’t ride, B: don’t pay attention and are a risk to me, C: don’t know me and my skill/awareness level personally, or D: 100% correct at that moment. 🙂 I know my bike, my skill, and I am completely aware of the things going on around me, as much as I can be. Risk VS Reward. > [@Secret Santa - What do I get a dude?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/secret-santa-what-do-i-get-a-dude/21530/29): > > Some squid blew by me today on Central when I was driving my moms car. I was going 50 and this moron comes flying up weaving in and out of cars. Of course no riding gear, not even a pair of gloves. Just a helmet to be legal. These people are who fuck up the image for the rest of us. I don’t ever follow, or sit next to anyone on the road if I have the conditions to do so. If those conditions can be met by me dropping a gear and blowing by, or weaving between a few car to get ahead and be on the road “by my self” I will do it. It may look like a risky move, to some people, but I know how long my bike is, and I have excellent instinct from my racing mindset. I get the fuck away from other people, one way or another. > [@Secret Santa - What do I get a dude?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/secret-santa-what-do-i-get-a-dude/21530/32): > > See, that shit’s how people get hurt/killed. Central Ave is a heavy traffic area, driving like an ass through there isn’t smart. And if I was EVER caught on a bike, (not likely) I would be covered from head to toe in gear and shit, there isn’t a frame to protect you like there is in a car… I rode central ave for 2 years from amsterdam to crossgates/155 every day of the week. Heavy traffic I call grid lock, where nobody is going anywhere. Your idea of heavy traffic is probably when each lane has maybe 2-3 car lengths ahead/behind each other. That is heavy for a car, but for a bike it is nothing. You watch people, my eyes are glued to the rear/side views of the car I am passing, I watch the movement of the car, and anticipate what they are going to do. once I commit to passing them, I am only interacting with that car for 1-2 seconds, and I keep my “get away zone” on the road open at all times. Some call it splitting lanes, reckless driving… i call it survival. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-bike-accident/246053)._