i like what the three posts above have to offer
i have been riding just two months now and am out and about in all kinds of traffic. day, night, light and heavy traffic. i haven't been in fast moving "morning traffic" yet, where every other driver seems in a rush. be that is coming next week. my only qualms about that is my engine isn't broken in yet, so i can't really jump on the throttle as i'd like to.
i am surprisingly comfortable in traffic. i don't mind heavy traffic because i can always find a place to move slower in it. don't like the scooter moving slow in front of you? too bad. i'm going as fast as traffic will allow.
tonight i had two cagers turn dangerously in front of me. one did a double u turn cutting me off twice, another turned left right in front of me. i did what i always do when driving: i got on my horn long and hard and gave them a glare. it rattled me but didn't scare me. i expected that going in. someone in my "Who HASN'T Crashed" thread said they ride with an attitude of "full command." i have taken this idea and run with it
a car cut me off making a late left as i entered an intersection to make my own left arriving home. just par for the course, i figured. just kept on riding...
i have not taken the MSF course yet, and am glad i haven't. i will, but not yet. i see posts by new riders around the internet who took the course right off, and they seem terrified of what they've learned, having little or no "real world" riding experience of there own. i have always had this attitude about being on the road: 'what isn't there can't hit you.'ever drive in a car with people who are scared to be in the fast lane of the freeway if the divider wall is close by? it makes them very nervous. thats not me. i can ride a half foot from the wall and not think twice.
at this point i actually feel safer riding a scooter then in a car. i have space all around me, i am out in the open, i can maneuver very well, and i have no blind spots. i own the space ahead, beside, and behind me. and i am
small out there. i like it
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