Why You Should Play In Traffic

I think practicing motorcycle handling techniques should not be limited to an empty parking lot. Although practice should being, in a parking lot, it should be continued on the street in more realistic situations.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• ninja
• 650r
• kawasaki
• motorcycle
• safety
• practice
• braking
• on
• combat
• Dave
• David
• Grossman

[flatolive]

hey liking the videos in grey London, were you riding down E Baseline in Tempe there ??

[AtlasRider]

@flatolive I think I was on Rio Salad. Close though. Tempe :)

[AtlasRider]

@flatolive Yea I think so. Close to it.

[JustBrowsingMeng]

That wasn't a very smart move @ 5:04.

That Alero (or whatever it is) was slowing down to turn into your lane, and the car to his left sees the Alero + was also about to merge into the lane you sped into.

I bet you're the type to yell at young kids for speeding around/changing lanes the same way you are.

"NO YOU'RE NOT" -- until his 3,000lb car is putting you to sleep.

[AtlasRider]

@JustBrowsingMeng Ok

[purenrg2]

You are so correct. All the research shows that you will perform how you have practiced. Where you are dead wrong is suggesting that riders practice emergency breaking in traffic. Again, you will react how you have practiced, so what's the argument for emergency breaking in traffic? If you train right you'll do the right thing when the time comes. Also It looks unsafe to others, and riders have a bad enough rep already.

[AtlasRider]

I recommend emergency braking on the road only when there isn't traffic behind or around you. If i hadn't explicitly said that, it was because I figured it was common sense.

[Kward107]

Same thing for rain. some people never go out in the rain because of the danger, and then when they are out and it starts to rain they don't know what to do.

[69Polie69]

are you in Scottsdale/Phoenix?

[MattNE1]

I agree with you AtlasRider.....We are trained in the military to "Train as you fight" This applies to riding also.....Great video.

[breethwithme]

thats weird i pick up the empty shells to reload them at the fireing range. if im shooting like a 22 and going threw 500 rounds i sweep them up and put them in a bucket cause the range takes the brass in for scrap metal and gets money out of them

[Verge513]

@JustBrowsingMeng i didnt see another car merging...what he did was smart.. i do that all the time.. you have to act like they are out to get you..so u have to drive aggresive.. if he would of slowed down that car could of possiably cut him off.. or another car not of seen him wile slowing down.. but theres so many diffrent things that come at you...so most the time its best to get out of the area of trouble..

[kriegdouch]

@rgunn99 agree alero was in the middle of an intersection, far as i know switching lanes in the middle of intersections are illegal

[rgunn99]

Ok I saw the Alero deciding to switch the lane. That is one of those situations when you have no where to go except speed up. A lot of riders would prob do the same thing. You want to make it home safe and sound. The practice you do off street comes in handy on the street. Thats why motorcycle cops practice a lot. There is one who shows up in the alley way behind my house. He makes his turns with brakes and with out. Practice. Then put it into use.

[DRCsyntax]

@JustBrowsingMeng I watched the video a few times, and you sir; are wrong. He was in the Alero's blind spot; by speeding up, he not only made himself seen, but he safely allowed the Alero to enter his lane. If you pay attention to the spot you're talking about you see the other car not merging into the Alero's lane, but merging into the far left lane. That car was practically hugging the yellow line.

Also do some fact searching, bikes are safest going faster than normal traffic.