The Smidsy

I’ve seen this video a few places now and thinks it’s something every rider should see so I’m re-posting it here. It’s the pilot of a series of videos on accident avoidance from the rider’s perspective. This one deals with a driver pulling out in front of a motorcycle he failed to see and how we, as riders, can be sure we are seen.

Ride safe.

2 Comments

  1. BudCAD (Post author)

    I hear you, definitely has to be used wisely. I did it on the way in this morning. Just have to do whatever you can to be seen, even gently moving across the lane, left, center, right and back so it's less of an obvious weave.

    I live in deer country. When I get tailgated I sometimes point to imaginary deer. Usually gets 'em off my tail.

  2. BadKarmaPa

    I was pulled over once for weaving sharply within my lane. The young officer gave a short condescending speech on how he didn't want to be scrapping my bloody lifeless body off the road. He obviously had never been on a bike himself. Ok, so I wasn't practicing a collision avoidance maneuver, I was actually singing loudly in my helmet and dancing, lol, but next time I get stopped for it….
    The incident with the officer showed me that this maneuver can frighten drivers. I never dance if there is oncoming traffic for fear it could frighten them into swerving off the road or otherwise hurting themselves. On the other hand it can sometimes frighten a tailgater into backing off a bit.

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