was riding to tampines for swimming session today.
once im on the expressway, saw the sign there says accident. i was like shit.hope everyone is ok. then passed by the scene.saw a lorry, a car and a motorbike. the bike crashed.
wasnt feeling quite good when i passed by the scene.. to even make it worse. the ambulance was leaving after i passed the scene. the blasting sirens made it even worser.
was trying to make way for the ambulance to hope it can reach hospital faster. and once the ambulance passed by me. i started to think... lots of things passes by my mind... why we riders hate those reckless driver so much, why riders are still riding even though we know the dangers, or maybe even think that why are we still riding when we maybe one of them inside the ambulance?
everytime ppl say ride safe and yes we did ride safe. but sometimes it isnt us who made ourselves unsafe. its the environment. cars may swerve into your lane without checking and signalling. inside carparks cars may brake hard and start to reverse instantaneously to "chop" the lot without checking their damn mirror. cars may even cut ur lane like nobody business just to get into damn petrol station or to go faster. those damn auto car drivers may be slam their accelerator at traffic lights either tailgate u damn close or overtake u leaving u small room to ride jus to be first to reach the next traffic lights few hundred metres away?
those are just some of the examples....
on the other hand. drivers may think we're dangerous? well. theres 2 sides to a coin..
more responsibility is on you when u pillion ppl. that is why i dun really like to pillion ppl. esp girls. jus imagine something happens and your pillion life may change drastically! so everytime i ride even safer when i have pillion.
ppl say ... all riders will at least fall once. i believe in that. and how big or small your fall is.depends on maybe lady luck? i hope mine would be a small one.
i hrd accidents. be it small ones or big ones. stunts from friends and those serious ones. for example, i have a distant relative who died on his motorcycle. he was knocked down by a big lorry. guess the body will not be in good shape. i have friends who flew few metres but get away with only some scratches.
maybe some thinks that its a cheap transport some may think it boils down into passion. to me. for now. its the passion =]
i shall not deny the fact that i do stunts. but i dun do it on busy roads. i do check on the surroundings.and do those that im confident in. yeaps. some i do regret doing. because some had scared the shit out of me.
so to all riders ride safe!