When driving, do you look out for motorcycles? If no, why not?

Answer 1

Definitely. Of course, I do watch out for bikers in my car, since I have a sport bike of my own. But yeah, the majority of people on the road (especially bimbo boxes) don't seem to look for us.

Answer 2

I do knowing that they're at great risk because motorists just don't see them many times. But if your a motorcycle rider, how can you blame the car driver who is human and will miss smaller objects in certain lighting and road conditions just like you might when driving a car? As a motorcycle rider, you've decided to accept the increased risks of being totally unprotected in an accident. It's common sense that a 3,000 pound automobile with dash and side mounted airbags, windshield, 4 wheels, closed air conditioned cabin, ABS brakes, seat belts and a crumple zone protected safety shell is much safer than a motorcycle rider colliding with the car. If your a motorcycle rider on heavily traveled roads, it's only a matter of time before you run into an automobile (much less a truck!) whether it's your fault or theirs. That's simply the law of probabilities.

Answer 3

Driving a Motorcycle is like driving a truck

You always have to watch the cars for they may cut you off
Usually the other Bikers are watching out for other traffic also so they know your there
Im not so concerned with other experienced bikers but the ones that are not experienced--"Look-Out"

Sometimes they do this out of stupidity and other times they just don't look,it's alittle harder to see a Bike coming down the road especially when their on their cell phone gabbing away.

Answer 4

Of course. I am a rider myself. There are a lot of good answers in here and also small-minded ones. CKC, for one. If she ever did this, she would be in some serious trouble. It is that kind small-mindedness expressed with other kinds of prejudice, incluing skin color. It is a shame. While I do ride, I do agree that bikers do need to follow the same rules as motorists, and should not think they are exempt. I have seen this myself, and am glad I am not one of them. I give all cars extra room and do what I can to make myself more visible. I live in a rural area when traffic is not so much a problem as the deer and that da%^# dog that keep running out after me!

Answer 5

Being a motorcycle rider, yes I do. I also give them all the room they need. Some will not stop as fast as a car. Also, if they fall off, the last thing I want is to run over someone.

Answer 6

A a biker myself, I am preconditioned to look for them when I am in my car or truck. But like others have already stated, it isn't so much so that I am keeping them safe but because they have developed poor riding skills and have a knack for getting themselves in trouble. Too many motorcyclist take the four-day wonder course of rider education, and then learn the rest from things on TV like Jackass or some other program. They make lane changes with far too little concern for safety of themselves and the other motorist, travel much faster in busy traffic that they need to, and fail to signal intent. Two point brought up was visibility and lane splitting (where a rider goes between cars). Visibility is self explanatory, but most riders forget that being in a blind spot is BAD. Lane splitting, though legal in states like California and Texas, is a very dangerous trick and should be limited in use. Riding is not that different from driving, you have to share the road and think of how to safely deal with the dynamics of traffic.

Answer 7

I look out for everything. I am sensitive and aware of motorcycles becase I used to have one.

I also know the most common thing said when a car hits one is, I didn't see it.

Answer 8

I look out for any and everything moving and not moving. That's way a good driver does.

I do not like to drive close to bike riders at all. They are usually dare-devils who dip in and out without warning. I try to stay back of them or move into another lane all together.

Answer 9

Not in particular. They're like any other motorized vehicle on the road. They need to follow the same rules.

What grabs my attention to them is when they're disobeying the laws by running stop signs and red lights, speeding, or have extremely loud exhaust in a residental neighborhood.

Answer 10

I sure do ! Have to admit though it took a pretty bad wreck that my son had on his bike for me to start looking for Bikes. Like they always say ' I didn't even see him" he spend days in icu and back to the helmet, if he didn't have that it would have been over. He didn't have to worry about the clothes the guy pulled right in front of him and he flew over the truck , head first in a ditch.