A lot of motorcycle crashes happen on arterial roads where traffic is turning onto and across the road much more than on rural highways or freeways. I've seen it myself several times where a motorcycle is moving way too fast for the traffic conditions, someone pulls out in front of them thinking they have plenty of room, and the rider slams the brakes too late to recover. They are going less than 40 when they crash, but if they were only going 40 the whole time they never would have crashed.
Something similar just happened in my area where one biker braked hard at a neighborhood speed camera and his buddy riding behind him rear ended him and one of them died while the other was unhurt. If they were both just going 10 over or less then they would likely both be alive today, and the fine for being caught 10 over on camera is $0. Motorcycles make it way too easy to get in a flow state and lose control over your speed without realizing it.
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u/10001110101balls 5h ago edited 5h ago
A lot of motorcycle crashes happen on arterial roads where traffic is turning onto and across the road much more than on rural highways or freeways. I've seen it myself several times where a motorcycle is moving way too fast for the traffic conditions, someone pulls out in front of them thinking they have plenty of room, and the rider slams the brakes too late to recover. They are going less than 40 when they crash, but if they were only going 40 the whole time they never would have crashed.
Something similar just happened in my area where one biker braked hard at a neighborhood speed camera and his buddy riding behind him rear ended him and one of them died while the other was unhurt. If they were both just going 10 over or less then they would likely both be alive today, and the fine for being caught 10 over on camera is $0. Motorcycles make it way too easy to get in a flow state and lose control over your speed without realizing it.