Posted On: July 1, 2006, 9:26 am CDT

Posted By: CAPT. BLY

It appears that Mr. Dean Whittier is another person penalizing the victims, because we know that the primary cause of crashes are incompetent car and truck drivers.
Note, I did not say "accident". Driving your car so as to injure another smaller than you should be considered the act of bullies and/or the incompetent.
Dean should spend 40 hours on the road on a bike. He'll then 'get' the real and overpowering knowledge that they 'are out to get you' Your not paranoid, the car drivers, as a group, must be treated as if were either 1) aggressive & deadly or 2) nearly comatose. I believe that if every cage driver had to pass a motorcycle exam and have those 40 hours of experience things would improve. Maybe cutting the crashes in half.
Don't like that solution. How about this? Don't restrict of the bikes, toss the offending drivers in jail for 6 hours, 6 weeks, six month or six years for any avoidable collision. See how they like to look for a job with a conviction on their record. I believe that with in six years the worst offender will be off the road and the problem will be solved.
Do I know what I'm talking about, maybe I've been driving bikes and cars since 1965, had two of my bikes exceed 200,000 miles of use, and had zero moving violations and zero self induced 'offs'. I was hit when stopped at a light (not seen), pushed of the road when a cage 'almost' missed an exit, and had to abandon the bike when a cage appeared going UP my down ramp.
CARS ARE 80% OF "THE PROBLEM" SO THEY MUST BE KEPT UNDER CONTROL.