Want some realistic logic? Ok here it comes.
stop and go, like you were in what 0-15mph? So you were stopped and some ignorant fool was going to rear end the car ahead of him, but you were in the middle and got smooshed. You didn’t say anything about paying attention yourself… so I assume you are sitting there and all of a sudden BAM, and you fall off and the guy stops. Because if i was in your shoes watching my rear view like a hawk, I would have said this dude isnt going to stop… and rev the shit out of the bike since yours are loud as hell, to get his attention. Most would say hit the horn, but we all know the horn sucks on bikes.
Anyways thats not really my point. My point is this. Well 2 points of logic. First, what do you do at lights??? Do you just punch it and pass the car and blow the light? NOOOO. You come up behind and stop, just like you did in the stop and go incident. Except now you are at way more of a risk because of the speeds going on behind you… 30,35,45,50,55. So why are you worried about stop and go at a snails pace, enough that you will recklessly ride to “get away”? Seems backwards almost.
Second point. You were unlucky to find the ONE retard who cant stop and go, in 17 years of riding. While you are in the stop and go, how many idiots saw the lane next to them doing .5mph more than the lane they are stuck in and cant think past the obvious and think they need to switch lanes and get into the magically faster lane??? Because I see that shit happen every 20 seconds or so sitting in stop and go, and then laugh when you roll right by them because 9 times out of 10 the land they just bailed on picks up speed and goes right past the impatient bastard. Sooo… if there is one idiot who rear ends someone in stop and go, VS hundreds of “ohhh that lane is open for an extra 50 feet, MUST GO NOWWWWW” lane switchers… by splitting lanes around those idiots, you are putting yourself at MORE of a risk, than just sitting there and going with the flow.
Anyone care to disagree? because I really fail to see where my logic above is wrong.
Again, at the “I will hit you” comment I made. Dont take it out of context and think that I swerve at all the riders I see around me doing things I don’t agree on. No way is that the case that’s beyond KK insanity. Honestly my comment was more of an internet tough guy thing because i was pissed at their stupidity, and the rest of the mass stupidity i had to drive around in the rest of my commute that day. I have no problem admitting it. BUT if someone chooses to do something like what i said while some rider or driver is buzzing down the shoulder or splitting lanes in stop and go, and opens a door, moves over accidentally or on purpose the rider and driver is still at fault and was dealt a hefty lesson. My father was going to the cape on his bike with my mom on the back and a few other friends riding when he was young. It backs up big time there all the time and his friends decided to ride the shoulder, so he “had” to follow. some guy opened the door a few cars ahead of the first rider and sent him off the road, the guy in the car had to go piss in the woods. nobody went down, but that’s all it took to make my father and the rest of the guys move back into traffic and wait like the rest of the thousand people and not do that again.