by Ninja Mania » Sat Jun 03, 2006 6:22 pm
Agree with you Pete Reek on the stupid biker statement of Martins, no comparison between the 2 drivers.
Incase you dont know anything about bike tests Martin if you come down of your high horse I will tell you a little about it.
1stly to gain a new bike licence you have to do 3 separate tests, well I did 2yrs ago. 1 the computer test in Tarbert. 2. the safety course in Oban for 8 hrs on a 125cc. doing all and every manouvre that is possible to do on a bike, including dropping it on ground and jumping to safety, when some asshole in a 4x4 or other vehicle cant stop and is about to crush you under his wheels. 3rd a minimum of 16 hours all weather driving from slow as you can go, to as fast as the speed limit allows you to go, and doing the same manouvres.
So there is a lot of training goes into gaining a bike licence nowadays and quite rightly so. Im a biker and im all for these regulation. Unfortunately you will get the odd 1 that is mad on a bike, but usually those are the bikers that know how to handle their machines, I have a mate who fits this catagory, and I wish I was half as good as he is. Mad as a hatter but knows his stuff.
Bike drivers think more about other road users and are more aware of what is going on around them simply because they have too be, for their own safety. Its a well known fact that over 98% of bikers accidents are caused by other non biking road users, so next time you make a statement like the one above. THINK-- FIRST.