When I think about how reckless I was when I got my driver's license for a car … phew. But I survived – and no one else got hurt.
One funny detail struck me now, however.
As a young jerk behind the steering wheel I never was even close to causing an accident where the other part had been a motorcycle. And now, as a middle aged biker, I have never been in a situation where some young driver tried to hit me with his car (they usually are 40+ men…)
So, I wonder, do young guys actually see bikers much better than other drivers, even if they otherwise are dangerous?
I have had to brake hard or yield so many times for dangerous car drivers, that there should statistically have been some really young blokes trying to hit me, too. But none.