Comments on: Start Seeing Motorcycles

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:19:00 +0000

I'm glad you were not hit! I've personally witnessed 2 gruesome motorcycle vs car accidents and one motorcycle vs his own drunk ass accident.

In none of the three cases were they wearing helmets and all three left me with nighmares.

As a non-motorcyclist it is frustrating for me to see motorcycle riders not wearing helmets, speeding, flying between lanes and being just plain idiots in traffic while I sit in my car strapped into my required-by-law seat belt reading preachy bumper stickers telling me to start seeing motorcycles.

Look, we all deal with idiots in traffic. The idiots are out there and there's nothing we can do about that. If you want to take the risk of riding a motorcycle around them, you can't whine about it.

Sorry, but that's my opinion.

By: Jilly

Jilly — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:21:00 +0000

Oh Don !!! Didn’t I say that it doesnt matter how careful YOU are, it’s the other idiots on the road that usually cause the damage??!! That’s why I did not allow my sons to have a bike…..and they respected my decision. As Mary said, you are a long time dead hun. I saw way too many young bikers dead or paralysed when I was a senior nurse in a London accident and emergency dept, and those memories will never go away. If you want to feel freedom and the wind rushing along on your face…go ride the toboggan run at Park City! LOL!!

By: Mary B

Mary B — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:36:00 +0000

I’m glad you’re ok Don. Sometimes accidents just happen. You can’t blame just those in cars, there are plenty of idiot bikers who sit right in a car’s blind spot (not directly behind the care where you’d have a chance of seeing it) and of course there are those who roar up and in front of you from nowhere. It’s simple physics – car vs motorbike, bike loses. I just wish my in-laws would have helped their eldest son get a little car instead of forcing him drive a motorbike, he has been dead for more years than he was alive and I have to live with my husband still grieving for his big brother. Sure you can still get killed in a car but you still have more protection.Being an Osmond doesn’t give you a licence to be reckless either. Pushing the limits is one thing but it’s unfair to your family and friends who love you, no one wants to see you hurt.

By: pugmom

pugmom — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:27:00 +0000

Shortly after I got married we were going through the blue ridge mountions, you know all the twisty turn roads cant see around curves and so on anyway my husband insisted on being with in 1 car length or closer to the motor cycle in frount of us. I asked him if he thought he was a little close. He said no. I said then I hope he doesn’t lose it because if he does your going to run over him. He backed off and at least when I’m with him he doesn’t do it.

By: Robin L Greenslade

Robin L Greenslade — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:35:00 +0000

It is frustrating and dangerous to be on any roadway. More and more every day I find that other drivers drive with out a thought or care for others.

Don - I think you need to get on your soapbox and yell a whole lot louder on this subject.

Maybe someone - somewhere will listen.

Well, at least someone who is not busy talking on their cell phone, applying mascara, shaving, sending a text, gobbling a burger, sipping a cocktail, or having a smoke while they are driving ....

People! Pay attention! YOU are not the only one trying to get from point A to point B. Respect others, and drive with your brain turned "on" and your eyes open.

Thanks Don for hopping on your soapbox. Be as safe as you can out there, and enjoy the open road.

Happy Wednesday!

By: Tracey

Tracey — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:18:00 +0000

Glad you are OK. My brother is a cyclist(bicycle) and he says the same thing. I agree with Mama C – it is the people, they just do not pay attention and are distracted by cell phones. My hubby had a motorcycle long before we met and a guy pulled out in front of him and he went over the car and had to be airlifted to a hospital. He survived, because God knew in many years after that, Gill would meet a gal who needed him!!! Anyway – be careful, others certainly are not as careful as they should be.

By: mfk1022

mfk1022 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:21:00 +0000

Hi Don,
You are right.I don’t like motorcycles but friends of mine do.Some have had close and others have been killed through no fault of their own.So as the bumper sticker says Be careful Motorcycles are everywhere

By: Don

Don — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:18:00 +0000

Yes, Matt… definitely looking forward to that.

By: Terri

Terri — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:56:00 +0000

Thank goodness you WEREN’T hit! My hubby used to have one and I would ride with him. He would always tell me that I could not make any movements, because it throws off the weight and balance. Yeah, try sitting still when someone almost side swipes you going 70 miles an hour. HE was a great driver and very safe, but everyone else on the road scared me to death! I enjoyed riding with him, but there were times, I would get off and want to kiss the ground. I remember one time, in about an hour drive, we were almost hit four times! I want you to enjoy your bike….but please be careful, even though I know your Osmond genes will be fighting you every step of the way.

By: Mama C.

Mama C. — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:11:00 +0000

I’ve had that happen to me while I was in my car (I always say, “Guess I left my invisible shield up again!”).

I don’t think it has so much to do with what mode of transportation you’re driving on, but more to do with the fact that there are careless drivers EVERYWHERE, who only see what they want to see.