Straying back towards the original topic of people fearing bikes this is something that bugged me for many years, from the first time I saw a motorbike I was told how dangerous and lethal they were and for many years took that as gospel. Anytime the idea is mentioned anyone I knew who's opinion I cared about would do their level best to dissuade me from giving it more thought. Sadly until recently they succeeded and I think the most irritating thing about this is the fact that after actually riding a motorbike you realise that riding it isn't inherently dangerous at all, in much the same way I never drove a car like a total idiot I don't have to ride a bike like an idiot. At the end of the day if you take care with what you're doing assume everyone else on the road is stupid and will do something dumb then there's not really any more risk than anything else about being on the road just that if it does and you're on a bike it's gonna hurt more.

One of the most irritating things in this country with regard to driving is that everyone seems to think they have the right to get from A to B completely unobstructed and that it's the height of their justification for getting angry at anyone in front of them and driving about a foot behind, I expect these are the same people who will actively move into the path of a filtering bike to stop someone they don't know or care about from getting to somewhere first. People are so petty sometimes...

I'm sure I started off with a purpose to this post but it'll have to just be a mini rant instead