Watch for motorcycles. But if you're not going to, at least use your damn blinkers.

[Glassunion]

39. I do not ride fast. The only way my bike will hit 100mph is if I drive it off a cliff.

It is inherently risky. I am straddling a 500lb machine, and riding off at freeway speeds with nothing but gravity and the handlebars keeping me in place. My face is what stops the bugs, and road debris. I would have never imagined how painful it is to hit a falling leaf... It actually cut my face. I have to avoid obstacles that other vehicles can just drive right over. I smell everything from the fresh cut grass, to the decomposing skunk at the side of the road.

But I would not trade it for the world. Motorcycles are not to be feared. However, they should always be respected. They can kill you in many more imaginative ways than a car can, so you need to respect the bike. That said, sitting in a car is like waiting to get from point A to point B, but on a bike you are living in each moment between those two points. I'll take the latter.