AFJ
Well-known member
Long ago, not too long after I started driving cars and riding motorcycles on Ontario's roads, I read a report of a provincial police study of 4,000 drivers stopped and questioned on a Friday evening as to whether they had been drinking before driving. Apparently 25% of the drivers had been drinking alcohol to some amount or other.
At that time there were only about 10,000 motorcycles licensed for the roads in Ontario. Now there about 230,000 motorcycles licensed. And probably 10 million -or more? - cars & trucks.
So I figure that, especially when riding on a motorcycle, at any time, there are a lot of car and truck drivers who are "loaded" maybe just enough to be a real hazard to me.
Lots of other reasons as well to "watch out for the other guy" as "smoking up", doing other things to addle their brains and making themselves a risk to others on the road. Or just gazing at their propped up cell phones - instead of the road.
AFJ
At that time there were only about 10,000 motorcycles licensed for the roads in Ontario. Now there about 230,000 motorcycles licensed. And probably 10 million -or more? - cars & trucks.
So I figure that, especially when riding on a motorcycle, at any time, there are a lot of car and truck drivers who are "loaded" maybe just enough to be a real hazard to me.
Lots of other reasons as well to "watch out for the other guy" as "smoking up", doing other things to addle their brains and making themselves a risk to others on the road. Or just gazing at their propped up cell phones - instead of the road.
AFJ