The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Thursday, July 11, 2013
A Russian biker shows us how it's done . . .
. . . in getting through heavy traffic. All I can say is, I'd hate to be his passenger!
Hardly worth mentioning. Anybody can use that giant passing lane on the other side of the yellow line. Lane splitting and weaving through turning vehicles is where the real action is.
I watched 1:24 of this, no point in watching anymore, the rider wasn't impressing me with any 'skill', I was just looking at it to see when the luck ran out. Not here, but it will, sooner or later, but it will. I saw wayyyyy to many çhances' taken, without any apparent 'sizing up' of the action. Basically, too many years ago, (from 1967), I was taught by a pilot, "Drive your car (bike), as you would fly an aeroplane, be as far out front, and to each side, as you can be, KNOW your machine!, its systems, how they should feel, react, smell, and sound, and ALWAYS, plan for your OUT, where you have no choice of where to go, make the best of it". "Don't fly (drive/ride) paranoid, just do it smart, and you might live a bit longer". I realised much later, years later, what he was telling me, it's called 'Situation Awareness'. All the best LIVING fighter Pilots do it, no reason why they should be the only ones. Here endeth the lesson.
The power of Stolichnaya overcomes raw, death-defying fear once again.
ReplyDeleteWhen it happens and it WILL happen, I hope the camera is rolling and the video makes it to you tube. THAT will be worth watching.
ReplyDeleteCompare and contrast:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWf2JyIKrN4
Hardly worth mentioning. Anybody can use that giant passing lane on the other side of the yellow line. Lane splitting and weaving through turning vehicles is where the real action is.
ReplyDeletestay safe.
I watched 1:24 of this, no point in watching anymore, the rider wasn't impressing me with any 'skill', I was just looking at it to see when the luck ran out.
ReplyDeleteNot here, but it will, sooner or later, but it will.
I saw wayyyyy to many çhances' taken, without any apparent 'sizing up' of the action.
Basically, too many years ago, (from 1967), I was taught by a pilot, "Drive your car (bike), as you would fly an aeroplane, be as far out front, and to each side, as you can be, KNOW your machine!, its systems, how they should feel, react, smell, and sound, and ALWAYS, plan for your OUT, where you have no choice of where to go, make the best of it".
"Don't fly (drive/ride) paranoid, just do it smart, and you might live a bit longer".
I realised much later, years later, what he was telling me, it's called 'Situation Awareness'. All the best LIVING fighter Pilots do it, no reason why they should be the only ones.
Here endeth the lesson.
+1 on Stu, he's gonna be the bug on the windshield sooner or later...
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