Idiot Things The Yaris Does

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Huh interesting.

My defense mechanisms are so honed that I could never trust ANYONE anytime anywhere while riding a motorcycle.

Just the other day I was going to work and was on a divided six lane unlimited access strech of road. I was in the left lane passing a line of cars when one of them changed lanes into my path. He was looking at his lap (texting?) I have a rule. When you see someone do something stupid they will do ANOTHER thing stupid. Rather than speed up and edge around him I slowed down and changed lanes stage right. About another 200 yards down the road stupid drifted right into the dividing wall between the spilt highway. I was 100 yards behind him and to the right when he came to a stop sideways in the middle of traffic. About half a dozen cars either hit him or one another as they tried to avoid numbnuts.

If I did anything other than what I did I would have been in that mess.

People respecting motorcycles...

That would take all the fun out of it!

You wold be surprised at how different (and enjoyable) it is! In Europe, when you come up behind a car, they will move over to give you room to pass. Traffic coming in the opposite direction will also move to their right to give you room to pass down the middle on two-way roads. It's nice because it lets you know they are aware you are there. It did take some getting used to at first, especially since I had previously been riding in the States; but it doesn't take long to adapt and honestly, it is considerably more pleasant to ride when drivers recognize and respect your presence on the road.

The horror comes when you return to the States and have to resort to the necessary self-preservation tactics required with the brain-dead drivers in this country (those on this board being the exception, of course! )

Needless to say, I miss riding in Europe considerably!

Cheers! M2