As we know the month of May is Motorcycle Safety and Awareness and a time we ramp up getting the message out to the masses that motorcycles are on the roads. We do this all the time but we really push hard in May.
So much of what we put out there is to “See Motorcycles” and “Look Twice Save a Life”, and other things to make the average non-motorcycle driving person to be on the lookout for us, but we also have a responsibly to ride safely and not be the biker who gives all bikers a bad name.
To the non-motorcyclist public, most bikers are lumped together. When they see a biker something stupid, they believe we all do it. They are less likely to care about us. They should care about looking for us. We are not stupid idiots with a death wish. Most drivers share the road with us, watching some bikers cut off cars or popping wheelies on the interstate. Other bikers are yelling at other drivers, or doing burnouts. There are times and places for showing off and in the middle of traffic is not it. It just upsets people.
We, as riders, need to make an effort to be a good example of a motorcyclist. We should ride safely and not act stupid. We should be the person the driving public wants to look for and care about. They don’t understand us or they would be one of us. They believe it is a hobby and that our bikes are “Recreational Vehicles.” They don’t understand that for some of us it is our only vehicle or that it is our way of life.
Please don’t be the one that gives us all the bad name.
Be Safe,
Fire Dog
Leather & Lace MC
