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Developing Situational Awareness - Give Yourself More Time to React

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We all know that to ride a motorcycle safely, we need to develop situational awareness, but how to we do this? I propose that we need to give ourselves more time to identify potential dangers and react if needed. We can do this by maintaining a safe following distance and controlling our speed.
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@robertkoch1936 6 месяцев назад

Great video and good not agree more. I have been riding for over 50 year and I am also scanning the road for hazards and just do not take risks. When I bought a new BMW R1200 GS, I trailered it home, that way I could adjust the controls and get a feel for the bike. Next I rode it to a school parking lot, clear of cars. I practiced braking and turns, getting to know the bike. It just seems that everyone is in such a rush and paying attention of everything but driving.

@Jason_MotoPhotoAdventures 5 месяцев назад

My father was a Highway Patrol officer for a bit after being a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. Guess who taught me to drive? Well, that same situational mindset transferred easily over to bikes. Great video!

@blandrooker6541 6 месяцев назад

Absolute truth, but everything you've said applies to anyone operating any vehicle on the road. The issue is that most view riding or driving as an avocation and not a skill. On top of that, most are not able to see the big picture because they don't know how to ride or drive WITH RESPECT TO OTHERS on the road, not realizing nor caring that they are but one small mote in an inherently chaotic system where too many think that they are in a race, and anyone that dares to drive in a safe manner is an obstacle.

@allenpreddy5970 6 месяцев назад

Enjoyed your video, life saving stuff. One additional factor I really stress with the students I work with is checking your mirrors for what going on behind you while driving, coming to a stop or at a stop. With the number of distracted drivers, I have on numerous occasions had to move from a stop so that I would not be hit. Again thanks for the informative videos.

@Robnord1 6 месяцев назад

I'm usually right on top of all issues you mentioned here Craig, and rarely have close calls. Another area of situational awareness needs to be staying alert to the criminal element when traveling. I learned that touring through Barstow, CA years ago. The shady and cooler parking was behind the restaurant, by the tracks. Came close to being robbed there.

@davepawlak1795 6 месяцев назад

California is a cesspool,doesn't surprise me but glad you are OK. I will never set foot or ride ever again in that mess of a state.

@Robnord1 5 месяцев назад

@@davepawlak1795 I may not go back either. Many times I'd have aggressive panhandlers rapidly approach me at fuel stops. Have not seen that in any other state. Fuel and lodging prices were outrageous too.

@LTVoyager 5 месяцев назад

@@Robnord1I had this happen several times in New Mexico, Gallup being the worst place.

@_Corsa 5 месяцев назад

That's a great video Craig, thanks. I see bikes way over the limit everyday here in SWFL, it's no surprise local news average is one motorcycle death per week since Christmas. I made it through my squid years in the 90's, now I'm the older guy shaking my head at the young ones. Funny how life comes full circle.

@eddie8279 5 месяцев назад

Craig,excelent information and video👍 Thanks again for reminding us how to be a better safer rider. I never get tired of real life , real talk that helps me be a better rider.

@LTVoyager 5 месяцев назад

I first became acquainted with situational awareness during my pilot training in the late 70s. I polished this skill during my instrument rating training. What I learned becoming and being a pilot has been very beneficial to my riding. Most issues overlap substantially. The main issue most people have with situational awareness is that they really don’t focus on what they are doing. If drivers focused on driving only, they would maintain SA fairly easily. When you try to combine driving with texting, eating, grooming or even carrying on a conversation with a passenger or on the phone, you lost situational awareness almost entirely. Most drivers barely know what is happening directly in front of them, let alone behind them or beside them or converging on them.

@mikeb3536 6 месяцев назад

Every word in this video is true - according to this old rider who has only had one minor accident in a half century and over 100,000 miles on two wheels. This stuff really works! You could say it's as much attitude as it is a safety system.

@LTVoyager 5 месяцев назад

Another tool I have brought into my riding and flying is one I learned as an engineer: FMEA. Failure modes & Effects Analysis can be applied to riding. You can in real-time analysis all of the vehicles around you or the road conditions or your own condition and continually think about what could go wrong and what your response might be should each thing go wrong. For, example when approaching an intersection, if there is a car waiting to make a left turn from the opposite lane across my path, I plan for two scenarios. First, if they start more than 50’ or so before I get to them. In that case, I generally plan to swerve left to go behind them as they will be well in front of me and moving to my right. If they start to move when I am less than 30’ away, I generally plan to swerve to the right as they will just be starting to enter my path when I get to them and going in front of them to the right is likely the best path.

@rayweeks1056 5 месяцев назад

Excellent video…!! Great advice. Thanks for sharing this…!

@northerniltree 5 месяцев назад

Rode with a couple of old buddies last summer. Dead ahead is a lawn chair in the middle of the lane, blown off a pick-up truck. I swooped around it to the left. Buddy no.#1 swoops right of it. But, Ol' Duane, buddy no.#2, he just plows into it. I was thinking if it had been a semi, he probably would have seen that.

@michealcornett7564 5 месяцев назад

Excellent video very informative keep it up 👍

@alainmichaud6747 5 месяцев назад

Great video , been a 3 wheel one thing that is also very important , that if riding with other motorcycle, I have to be at the rear since a ryker or spider will brake on a shorter distance than the motorcycle take a longer distance to stop. My safety and my riding buddy safety also ( i am also wider and not as nimble that motorcycle ) would be more fun sometime to be in front but safety need to come first. Alain & Yellow fyi ryker braking distance 30mp 75ft 50mp 174 ft 60mp 240ft

@oscartamez5209 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Craig for this video. I agree 100% with it. Keep producing these type of videos. Safety is and should always top priority.

@jimcarleton 6 месяцев назад

Craig - excellent points and a great review of basic drivers ed. It's amazing what just a little bit of time and distance can do for your own personal safety when riding a motorcycle or driving a car. Moreso today than ever. Distracted driving has been around forever, in the '70's & '80's it was fooling with the radio, cassette or 8-track tape players or just being silly in your car with your friends. Today it's devices. One thing I was going to point out, at roughly 6:40 in your video you were following a large truck turning left. Once he started his left turn, you passed him on the right in a bicycle zone or something. Did you notice the road (parking lot entry, something was there) just ahead on the right in front of that truck you couldn't see beyond? I never do that, whether in a car or on the GW because I can't see if there's someone coming the other way taking advantage of traffic being temporarily stopped to make their turn. Just an observation, not an armchair quarterback. I'm subscribed to your channel and like your content, thank you for what you do my friend!!

@LivingOffTheSlab 6 месяцев назад

Yes, I knew someone would point this out. Passing on the right is pretty common practice here in MA, for bikes and cars. Should we do it, no, but it is how traffic keeps flowing on our small streets. In this case, there was no one waiting to exit so I proceeded.

@JimmyHamAnp 6 месяцев назад

Great spring riding thoughts!

@andrespabloviacava7861 6 месяцев назад

👏👏👏👏

@voolkhan 5 месяцев назад

thanks for everything.trully inspiring.😀

@rickstory3356 6 месяцев назад

I agree with you I’m assuming that’s you on that bike I noticed you passed a vehicle on the right the vehicle was making a left hand turn in a signal lane this is illegal in my province to go around the vehicle on the right and dangerous I prefer to wait for the vehicle to turn then proceed not saying I’ve never gone around a vehicle but nearly got ran over before by a vehicle behind me that went around me so I’ll wait

@darrellbeesley6892 5 месяцев назад

I see this all the time and if you decide to pass on the right of a vehicle turning left, look behind first. Legal or not there could be someone coming and normally fast.

@trekkydelirium-vroom5821 6 месяцев назад

Great advices; thanks; best regards from Montreal. I love riding strategies videos that give practical advices to ride safely…

@javierc2726 5 месяцев назад

Please stabilize your video

@5891jonathan 2 месяца назад

Most motorcycle videos on RU-vid reveal the motorcyclists’ appalling lack of situational awareness. I’m convinced that a big part of that is the youth/recklessness of the cammers and their riding buddies. These guys typically are in their 20s and their brains aren’t fully formed yet. 🧠 And they’re interested in showing off for the camera. 📹 This is a bad combination.