Wouldn’t that be nice if drivers were actually good drivers.

I don’t think any amount of gizmos, training or wishing will transform selfish, self-centered people into good anything. That’s a transformation of self-enlightenment that can only come from within. Sadly, for many I fear, it may never come.

Perhaps we’re looking at the goal wrong. Instead of people becoming better drivers, maybe we should hope people become more kind to each other. Out of kindness everything might just fall into place…

Failing that…maybe if I could wave a magic wand and strip all the ‘nothing can happen to me’ safety gizmos out perhaps then they would pay attention to what they are doing.

/sigh…not likely, eh?

Funny how waking tired can wreck the riding desire. I don’t suffer from insomnia but poor choices can have me waking with three or four hours of sleep. On those mornings the van seems like an extension of the bed…

Ah, the life of a retiree…

Re-striping is easy. Giving up a car space isn’t. They worry about all those cold months when the spaces are largely empty.

Until there are a lot more two-wheelers commuting to work I don’t think we’ll see any dramatic changes.

That’s funny. I’ve actually wished for, imagined, and dreamed about a device that I could point at another vehicle and have their engine seize.

Man, I would straighten out the highways of America!!!

Awareness on the road is essential. And it’s often overlooked.

I second the missive, “Let’s all be careful out there”.

Life certainly gets complicated between work and transportation. Put it in a metro area and it’s even more puzzling. Reading your comments I had to smile at the end when you talked about going for gas on the scooter. It seemed the high point of your day!

What a great idea — having the smart car systems warn of motorcycle riders. I wonder if the current vehicle avoidance systems in those cars sense motorcycles now when approaching on the freeway or doing a lane change?