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devinjc · December 17th, 2009, 05:03 PM

I strongly suggest not riding a motorcycle, I almost got taken out by a car that pulled out in front of me. I strongly suggest not riding in the rain, one time my back tire slid out in a curve. I strongly suggest not driving on country roads, some asshat hit me head on one time.

Everyone has their level of acceptable risk and not everyone's is the same.

Traffic doesn't have to be stopped. I do it in town, on the freeway, in my neighborhood generally wherever I feel there is enough room for me to do it safely. The few cops I've talked to say pretty much the same thing, "don't be a jackass and you probably won't get pulled over for doing it." That fits my acceptable level of risk for a ticket, as I try to not be a jackass doing it. Just like speeding, there's doing 85 in the slow lane with traffic risk and there's doing 85 and changing lanes every 100 yards risk. One is higher than the other and more likely to get you a ticket.

December 17th, 2009, 05:03 PM	#33
devinjc ninjette.org member Name: James Location: Sacto Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 205 Black Posts: 44	I strongly suggest not riding a motorcycle, I almost got taken out by a car that pulled out in front of me. I strongly suggest not riding in the rain, one time my back tire slid out in a curve. I strongly suggest not driving on country roads, some asshat hit me head on one time. Everyone has their level of acceptable risk and not everyone's is the same. Traffic doesn't have to be stopped. I do it in town, on the freeway, in my neighborhood generally wherever I feel there is enough room for me to do it safely. The few cops I've talked to say pretty much the same thing, "don't be a jackass and you probably won't get pulled over for doing it." That fits my acceptable level of risk for a ticket, as I try to not be a jackass doing it. Just like speeding, there's doing 85 in the slow lane with traffic risk and there's doing 85 and changing lanes every 100 yards risk. One is higher than the other and more likely to get you a ticket.