"You should always ride your motorcycle as if you were invisible to everyone driving a car," said my U. S. Marine motorcycle riding instructor. How did I get a Marine instructor, you ask?
I decided to sell my Super Beetle and buy a motorcycle so that I would have the money to open a private law practice in Tucson, Arizona. A doctor friend help me buy a used 350cc Honda. He was so appalled at my lack of motorcycle riding skills that he suggested I take a course on how to ride.
"The best course in the area is taught by the US Marines," he told me. So I called the US Marines and asked if I could take their course. I honestly do not think any marines actually learned anything the day I took the course. They all thought it too much fun to teach the lady lawyer how to ride. But I did learn how to ride. I still have the US Marine Motorcycle Course Graduate Certificate they gave me.
I ALWAYS rode as if I was invisible, even after I taught my 75 pound Lab mix dog how to ride behind me.
Tasha was so sad that she could no longer ride with me that I built a wooden platform that attached to the back of my bike to support her while we rode together. The first time she rode, I patted the seat of the bike, and she hopped right on. She balanced and leaned into the curves better than any human passenger.
I am not real certain that she and I were still invisible, but we did have fun. Now days, it would probably be considered doggy endangerment. Sigh.
All of you can make the world a safer place by training yourselves to LOOK for bikes, both human powered and motor powered. If you can not be aware of bikes, how can you be aware of children?
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