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Some of that fades, a lot of it becomes automatic, and it's a healthy fear to have. One of these days I am going to post a youtube of me riding in Chicago traffic and playing the what-if game. Finding the gaps in traffic, noting drivers with cell phones and big gulps, thinking constantly on if I'll brake or swerve should dude in front slam on the brakes, and do I have a gap to swerve into, etc. I might be masochistic but it's actually a big part of why I actually enjoy riding. It's required that I have my head on the road and nowhere else, observing everything, planning every second as traffic changes. With practice it all becomes second nature and you learn to do it very quickly, so much so that said video wouldn't be able to narrated. It would just be a sea of comment bubbles noting potential problems and the pre-planned response. Rules of thumb: http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/howto/122_0504_motorcycle_riding_tips/ It's stressful as gently caress at first, but as time goes on like anything else you learn to relax and just do it. Read up on it, get some mental cataloging and reaction methods down, practice them, and it becomes far less of a constant 'oh gently caress what if?'. In a perfect world this is how everybody should be driving at all times, regardless of traffic and their vehicle. Obviously that's never going to happen though.
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I don't think so. Over time those naturally develop anyway. Though I said the same thing before pre-worn jeans became a billion dollar idea.
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Jul 25, 2013 13:49
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I always figured lane splitting and emissions were both direct results of LA traffic. When you have 2 hour commutes, a blanket of smog, and you can't afford better infrastructure you start passing whatever might help.
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It's March. It should be averaging 40 with clear roads. I shouldn't have needed to park it until mid-late December but ended up barely making it to December 1. I quit smoking and I'm needing an outlet. I should have had a couple of days of salt free, and snow free roads by now. gently caress this winter so much. Gooooo awayyyyyyyyyyy. 
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Z3n posted:I could go riding today but it's like only 55 degrees and I'd have to put on my heated vest or be a bit cold and that just sounds like a lot of work. Armchair Calvinist posted:It's 70 and sunny. I'm not going riding because there was a draft in the shade in my backyard and decided instead to stay inside and make barbecue baked chicken breasts. Yeah well. 
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OSU_Matthew posted:I'm surprised she reacted so well, hell, that you were even able to catch up with her. Yeah the last time I had somebody merge into my lane it was in rush hour. I had more room in front than in back so I braaaaaapped my way to a hole in traffic. When I looked in the mirror the guy was yelling and flicking me off. Guess he figured I split by him rather than just barely avoided being run over by him. I don't ride next to cars or in blind spots when I can help it. I do tend to always have an out... Sometimes apparently it's offensive to 20 year old Toyota Corollas.
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The whole reason I had to get my insurance involved was for the piddly medical benefit. Auto accident = auto insurance is the primary insurer. The only way other insurance comes into play is if they don't cover it or your benefit is maxed. If they have coverage and are refusing it based on you having other insurance then they are full of poo poo. If you feel like they are dicking you around, your policy has the coverage or even misleadingly appears to have coverage, and they don't shape up, then look up your state's division of insurance. It will be worth your time to send an email or give a phone call on the matter.
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