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From: Lars Chance on 17 Apr 2010 02:06 Nev.. wrote: > On 14/04/2010 9:40 PM, F Murtz wrote: >> George W Frost wrote: >>> "Mr.T"<MrT(a)home> wrote in message >>> news:4bc52804$2$6849$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... >>>> >>>> "Deevo"<deevo37(a)NOSPAMbigpond.com> wrote in message >>>> news:VXEwn.18943$pv.10114(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>>>> Hey, I drive a car for the most part these days (courtesy of >>>>> someone in >>>>> an >>>>> old Corona who thought stop signs were optional when I was in the >>>>> intersection on my 125cc Scooter) and I can manage to see >>>>> motorcycles on >>>> the >>>>> road. Why can't you? >>>> >>>> Because most car drivers who have never ridden, don't feel the need >>>> unfortunately. >>>> >>>> MrT. >>>> >>> >>> >>> Precisely the point I made a long time ago. >>> That every driver should have at least one year, maybe two years on a >>> motorcycle first, then get a car licence >>> >>> >> You end up with more in hospital. >> >> Years ago at work for instance every single apprentice who got a motor >> cycle as first vehicle had fairly big accidents with time off work,but >> the ones who got bike licenses after driving cars for a few years did >> not. > > I agree.. Car licence first. Learn to interact with other road users > within the relative safety of a cage. When I started riding, about 2 > yrs after I started driving, i observed that most of the young riders I > knew who had multi vehicle, SMIDSY type accidents on bikes were those > who had not 'cut their teeth' on the roads in cars. Also agree that > some experience on a bike makes for a better car driver, but suggestions > that people should be compulsorily required to ride are absurd. It > would be about as well received as if all motorcyclists were required to > compulsorily give up riding motorcycles for a year or two. > This is probably true if you're starting from scratch on both types but by the time I was 17 I was a very experienced road cyclist and paddock motorcyclist but a complete novice in a car. I had far more crashes and incidents in the car over the next couple of years than I did on the motorbike (but more injuries on the bike). -- Elsie.
From: George W Frost on 17 Apr 2010 02:09
"atec7 7" <""atec77 \"@ hotmail.com"> wrote in message news:hqbg7r$8ui$3(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Lars Chance wrote: >> theo wrote: >>> On Apr 11, 2:29 pm, atec7 7 <""atec77 \"@ hotmail.com"> wrote: >>> >>>> Nothing like a Velocette 500 cc at full roar out the fishtale at 1oomph >>> >>> A fish story? >>> >> At "Loomph" (a Nordic fishing town presumably). >> > Not ompalumpa then ? Not even oompaloompa |