We are all ambassadors for the general public as we ride around on our motorcycles. I see a number of riders that have no regard for other drivers when splitting lanes as we do often out here in California. I often times see lane splitters going way to fast and risking their life just to save a little time. I see its mostly the Harley Riders revving their engines when enough space between cars isn't available for them to drive through between lanes. I have seen the middle finger gestures and obsessive hand shaking and I just think to myself... this guy needs to chill out and stop driving agressively. Even when I have been run out of my lane by a lane changing driver that didn't see me I drive on as if nothing happened. Why? Because nothing did happen, why? Because I had an out as you should always have as much of the time as you possibly can.
Its almost pointless try to express yourself to a person that made a driving error. Most of here have made driving errors in our driving lives and got lucky for any number of reasons, but one of them could have been, the other guy was prepared to accommodate your driving error.
You can't teach people new driving habits, can you? Yes, it might make you feel better to rid yourself of pent up anger that feels good to release, but, it doesn't change anything except your level of anger.
As far as startling people with loud revving exhaust pipes it is a sure way to have regular drivers form low opinions of motorcyclist.
I don't know what happened on the street where a friend of mine lives that I have been riding with for close to 20 years but here it is. About all I know so far is a guy on a Busa was severely injured right outside my friends bathroom window Saturday morning. That is the point where he came to a rest. My friend has seen him and heard him drive by many times doing well over 100 mph in recent weeks. The road in this area is about 70 ft wide so many people that use it drive on it likes it a race track. About 6 or 7 months ago my friends dog got out and somebody ran over his dog and kept going on this road. Some days my friend said it was twice a day occurance to hear this Busa go by his house. Once in the morning and again in the afternoon around the same time of day. My friend took pictures of the bike when it was being dragged up on the flatbed and looking like it was totaled. That exact spot where the bike stopped was well over 100 feet from the spot on the road where they found the driver. The exact spot was obvious because the Fire dept used some cleaning agent to clean the road from the blood that was lost by the rider after paramedics left the scene. I haven't heard who it was by name and I don't know if he survived.
The police came to my friends door and asked if he knew anything. He responded with the information I just spoke about and didn't hear or see the crash His daughter heard the crash but didn't go outside to investigate.
