True or false? We are safer on unknown roads?

tached1000rr · 09-25-2009, 12:33 AM

What do you all think? We tend to push it on the roads we know and take it easy/easier on those we don't know and perhaps focus a bit more.

karl_1052 · 09-25-2009, 01:25 AM

I don't push it at all on the street.

Homeslice · 09-25-2009, 06:25 AM

I am the opposite, I'm safer on roads I know.

tached1000rr · 09-25-2009, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karl_1052

I don't push it at all on the street.

I know you ride a busa

Just messing Karl as I want a busa in the worst way

neebelung · 09-25-2009, 08:08 AM

I don't know if we're actually safer on unknown roads, as the same unpredictable factors exist ( i.e. Unaware cagers)... But I can see where our riding might be more cautious and focused. As to whether that nets out to greater safety is hard to determine though.

t-homo · 09-25-2009, 08:27 AM

I'd say yes.

CasterTroy · 09-25-2009, 09:03 AM

Depends on who you are. Me personally, I'm MUCH slower on unknown roads......but my buddy Brian was one to blaze a path though, even if he didn't know it all that well. Maybe at a SLIGHTLY less aggressive pace, but he didn't let an unknown road slow him down THAT much.

Ultimately that cost him his life

racedoll · 09-25-2009, 08:19 PM

I think I'm over cautious on roads I don't know making it worse for me. I might be a little quicker on the known roads but I'm more relaxed which, for me, translates to clearer thinking, reacting differently, etc...

OneSickPsycho · 09-26-2009, 01:15 AM

I'm equally as dangerous regardless...

Homeslice · 09-26-2009, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

I'm equally as dangerous regardless...

THAT'S RIGHT..... Ice.....man. I am dangerous.

09-25-2009, 12:33 AM	#1
tached1000rr WERA White Plate Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NC Moto: 2009 GSXR 1300 Posts: 2,448	True or false? We are safer on unknown roads? What do you all think? We tend to push it on the roads we know and take it easy/easier on those we don't know and perhaps focus a bit more.

09-25-2009, 01:25 AM	#2
karl_1052 sergeant hatred Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ottawa Moto: The bus Posts: 2,723	I don't push it at all on the street. __________________ My wife was afraid of the dark...then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.

09-25-2009, 09:03 AM	#7
CasterTroy ................ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,028	Depends on who you are. Me personally, I'm MUCH slower on unknown roads......but my buddy Brian was one to blaze a path though, even if he didn't know it all that well. Maybe at a SLIGHTLY less aggressive pace, but he didn't let an unknown road slow him down THAT much. Ultimately that cost him his life __________________ “Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.” Viktor Frankl

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09-25-2009, 06:25 AM	#3
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	I am the opposite, I'm safer on roads I know.

09-25-2009, 08:08 AM	#5
neebelung Ornery, scandalous & evil Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: 2004 Scarlet R1 Posts: 5,962	I don't know if we're actually safer on unknown roads, as the same unpredictable factors exist ( i.e. Unaware cagers)... But I can see where our riding might be more cautious and focused. As to whether that nets out to greater safety is hard to determine though.

09-25-2009, 08:27 AM	#6
t-homo WSB Champion Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 7,146	I'd say yes.

09-25-2009, 08:19 PM	#8
racedoll AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: '04 Kawasaki ZX6RR Posts: 3,392	I think I'm over cautious on roads I don't know making it worse for me. I might be a little quicker on the known roads but I'm more relaxed which, for me, translates to clearer thinking, reacting differently, etc...

09-26-2009, 01:15 AM	#9
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	I'm equally as dangerous regardless...