@@keithhowell9572 the stop sign or because of the lack of visibility of vehicles approaching at that angle. Many if not most vehicles have poor visibility at that angle. Especially trucks. A yield sign is for when you have a clear view of approaching vehicles.
Been watching your vids for years now. Iv learned so much and while I'm riding, I can hear your voice "position for safety". Thanks for all the training.
Had a brown stage moment today. Going up a hill around a turn, there was a traffic cone in the road. I was so focused on looking into my mirror to make sure none of my crew hit the cone, that I didn’t realize I was still turning. I was headed straight into the ditch along the shoulder. Last second I tried to turn away which made me not go fully into the ditch, but I was off the asphalt riding on the incredibly bumpy, grassy, and steep shoulder. At this point if I tried to go left, I would low side against the road I was supposed to be on. I kept it steady and progressively braked until I stopped and managed not to drop the bike. I wanted to share because it’s a huge learning experience for me and also I kept hearing your voice telling me to apply progressive braking 😂. Love the videos
When I first got a big bike I didn't want to watch these videos from dandan it kinda killed the vibe but now I enjoy watching the learning aspect to stay safe and reminders of what could happen to me
13:28 There is also the extra obstruction by the van. The driver of the grey car most probably has not looked before the van creates a blind spot. Situations like that, where you disappear into a blind spot on a crossing require extra attention. A bit of a missed chance @DanDanTheFireman
As a new rider i love learning from these videos. Really helping me to stay aware of things that can happen. Bought the pdf drill book during this video.
Really appreciate these videos. All these times target fixation has been mentioned kinda burned it into my brain in a good way before I even started. Recently got my license and got a (few) close calls where I caught myself fixating on the wrong thing which made me remember these videos so I tell myself "look ahead, look ahead" and it really works. Thanks
If you ride up on the right side of a car you have no reason to get upset when they don't see you and change lanes. Highway off ramp or merge you should even expect it. Passing on the right is the biggest blind spot, people just don't expect you to be there.
Dan... love your commentaries. Been riding for over 50 years, racing (many disciplines), riding instructor (basic, intermediate, advanced and 3 wheel) for twenty years. Live in Mesa, used to live in Tucson for 14 years. Would love to meet and talk shop with you one day. Biggest problem with most of these riders is that they put themselves into these bad situations. Folks need to learn to avoid these situations. There is a reason we have track days.
Thanks for all your windsdom! Soy de Argentina, sur América, y te veo desde hace seis meses, tus consejos me han hecho evolucionar mucho en mi forma de manejar aunque admito que sigo cometiendo errores. Gracias!
Just thought id share. I had a close call yesterday. I was in rush our traffic. Had open lane hazard. Guy ran me off to the shoulder. Thankfully i was prepared and avoided an accident.
i kind of laugh when i'm riding somewhere new, and someone turns into a lane and i seen like a mile or so back that a sign that says "right lane ends" so i slow down a little bit since they are infront of me in a lane thats going to end, this way they can merge back, as i'd like to not get hit due to them trying to squeeze in front of me lol. Also i tend to keep my distance from cars as much as i can, i was cruising on the thruway today, slowly got next to a semi truck, was only going 60 at the time, so i sped up to 80 and flew by it and then slowed down enough so i was going about 60 again (i don't like being next to big trucks as they can't seem me.)
I went to Johnson County Community College and got my motorcycle endorsement this Sunday and just recently started ridingb I absolutely love your videos I watch the do and donts u help alot oh and my coach was no other than TH-camr Walterific
8:00 I really don't know why riders fly between lines of cars and then get all snotty with the driver because he didn't see you or expect a motorcycle to be flying past inches away, basically it's an occupational hazard when you do that 🤷🏻♂️
Why do bikers in America insist on lane splitting at such high speeds? Then complain when cars change lanes in front of them, these people clearly have never driven a car otherwise they wouldn't be so dumb or feel so entitled
2:45 DUDE, where i live (in Brazil, small city) the cattle guards are awful... most of them have the bars parallel to your bike, not perpendicular. You have to aim for a bar (usually made of wood or cement) and balance yourself over it, basically. If your bike has a narrow tire, you could get caught in it.
Is it just me or do a lot of bikers in these videos just don't have any sense of what other might or might not see? I mean we talk a lot about line of sight from the bikers perspective, but why do so many fail to realize that "if you can't see them, they can't see you." That means you not only have to think about what you can not see, but also what other can not see. You might have spotted a car through a bush but that doesn't mean a car would have spot you as a motorcycle through that same bush. When nearing a intersection without traffic lights, I always slow down, make sure the line of sight is good and I can see what is coming. If I can't see I slow down more. Int he case of the biker on 14:25, I'm sorry but he should have known better then to just keep driving like that. The van was easy to spot, the speed was to high to assume he would stop, and thus he should have slowed down. Especially as he could not see what the van would do at the intersection.
I don't agree with the success metric btw Dan. If we can walk away from it, doesn't mean that is how you should have handled it. like the guy at 15:30 clip, Sorry but he should have backed off, don't overtake on the right of you don't know what the person is going to do. He drove on what looks like a line that will turn into an offramp on onramp to another highway. The car was pretty late in turning in and he was in the cars blindspot for sure. So knowing that the car was already late, you can assume he would have less attention to what is around him as he has to make quick decisions. This makes the car unpredictable and you should back off from it. Also accept that everybody can be late for an offramp sometime and that you might not see everyone, even you as the biker will have those moments. So just gave them space and nothing happens. Fighting for space is NEVER the option unless you have no other place to go. Success is when the challenge is overcome and no further unsafe situations have occured. The car moving became an unsafe situation, the biker speeding up made it even more unsafe. The fact that he drove away is pure luck at this point.
I am not in enough of a rush to get anywhere to consider lane splitting a good option. Your mileage, of course, may vary. Splitting represents an unacceptable level of risk for me.
@@perrythesylvester Lol, Florida? Yea I can see that. Boiling pavement, 100.1% humidity, blazing sun, hot bike, hot cars... Someone once asked me if I thought living in Florida would be better for riding. I said no... hot as ballz down there.
I bought your drill booklet, it's great and helps a lot, but do you have a version with non-retarded units? I have to convert units every time because ofc I forget the correct values by the time I want my cones again -_-
A lesson re-learned about city riding... Just missed getting taken-out by a cager running a red light on Memorial Day evening. Was just finishing up a beautiful 180-mile ride with a buddy (me - '22 Duc MTS V4 PP, him - '22 BMW S1000XR). Coming back into town, we had to ascend a hill on a 2-lane road which went under the interstate, and stopped at a 4-way light-controlled intersection at the top of the hill. We were 1st in-line. When the light turned green, I was (fortunately) having a discussion on our Cardos about my low fuel light and how much difference my Ducati's mileage is vs the BMW'ers. The discussion ended about 3 Mississippi's after we got the green, and before I engaged the clutch, I heard this increasing roar of tire noise (the pavement is typical stone aggregate asphalt/concrete) and Zoooooooooooom - here goes a minivan cager through the intersection, from our left to right. The speed limit is 35 on that road, and this cager was doing at least 45. As for sightlines, that intersection has tall trees on corner, so you can only see the 1st couple of vehicles when they are stopped, even when 1st in line. Stay safe and vigilant out there.
When I made my license decades ago my dad gave me the advice "Always assume that everyone around you is an idiot and that they don't know what they're doing, always expect something stupid from them or that they try to kill you! *And don't be an idiot yourself!* " (not 100% his exact words but 100% the meaning) 😉
I watch your videos as some sort of "my routine drill instruction but off bike" 🙂. When SHTF i hopefully can responde accordingly :). For real life....hmm best was driving a 50cc moped for 60k km till i was completly pissed off by the police to finally get a "real" licence and "real" motorbike. Even you cant imagine, but driving a to 45kmh restrcited but otherwise fully sized motorbike, is the most dangerous thing you can do on public roads today - at least here in middle europe where this 50cc bikes are very common but making them roadsave is illegal cause this means deristricting them so you can actually go with the flow of traffic.
@@GaryM-ft7pw With modern 50cc 2Strokes you can make tours like with big cc bikes, just takes more time where you can enjoy the nature around you instead of just blasting by and instead of valve check you just change piston every 20k km. Main problem is power and speed restriction by law. But for some reason, goverments still hold on to this 100 year old law cause its a good moneymaker for them and they just give a damn about "cause of safety" as they would already know huge speed difference is a real safety issue. With modern 50cc fully restricted bikes you have slower accerleration then a bum on his mountainbike and every "hill" with more then 5 degrees elevation is endboss gg get off and push..
How rich are these people that they are so careless with their bikes? I'm a 53 year old with a good income and a 5000 dollar bike and I'm super careful with it and me. Definitely wouldn't park in a group on a blind corner
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You helped me get over my fear of driving with your videos showing the most common accidents, thank you! ❤
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There is a stop sign because a road merges from the left at an angle that is in the blind spot for drivers.
I think his point is that that would ordinarily be a yield sign, not a stop sign.
@@keithhowell9572 the stop sign or because of the lack of visibility of vehicles approaching at that angle. Many if not most vehicles have poor visibility at that angle. Especially trucks.
A yield sign is for when you have a clear view of approaching vehicles.
The rider going through the field forgot his wife's birthday and had to quickly pick some flowers.
Been watching your vids for years now. Iv learned so much and while I'm riding, I can hear your voice "position for safety". Thanks for all the training.
Had a brown stage moment today. Going up a hill around a turn, there was a traffic cone in the road. I was so focused on looking into my mirror to make sure none of my crew hit the cone, that I didn’t realize I was still turning. I was headed straight into the ditch along the shoulder. Last second I tried to turn away which made me not go fully into the ditch, but I was off the asphalt riding on the incredibly bumpy, grassy, and steep shoulder. At this point if I tried to go left, I would low side against the road I was supposed to be on. I kept it steady and progressively braked until I stopped and managed not to drop the bike. I wanted to share because it’s a huge learning experience for me and also I kept hearing your voice telling me to apply progressive braking 😂. Love the videos
watched videos like these for years before i got my first bike
Dan had me when he said “…and did a yard sale.”
Stop sign at 0:30 is likely a stop sign at the end of a grass runway. Typically they're accompanied by a "low flying aircraft" sign but not always.
When I first got a big bike I didn't want to watch these videos from dandan it kinda killed the vibe but now I enjoy watching the learning aspect to stay safe and reminders of what could happen to me
13:28 There is also the extra obstruction by the van. The driver of the grey car most probably has not looked before the van creates a blind spot. Situations like that, where you disappear into a blind spot on a crossing require extra attention. A bit of a missed chance @DanDanTheFireman
Even for extreme low mobility people, I now think "target fixation" before I try to turn with or without my walker. It helps... :)
As a new rider i love learning from these videos. Really helping me to stay aware of things that can happen. Bought the pdf drill book during this video.
Really appreciate these videos. All these times target fixation has been mentioned kinda burned it into my brain in a good way before I even started.
Recently got my license and got a (few) close calls where I caught myself fixating on the wrong thing which made me remember these videos so I tell myself "look ahead, look ahead" and it really works.
Thanks
A skilled rider as he managed to keep his bike upright and ride through the weeds !!
Dan, you are providing a great service! I'm learning a great deal. Keep up the good work! One day we'll talk!!
If you ride up on the right side of a car you have no reason to get upset when they don't see you and change lanes. Highway off ramp or merge you should even expect it. Passing on the right is the biggest blind spot, people just don't expect you to be there.
You should expect it but someone illegally changing lanes back because they realize they missed their exit is wrong and dangerous
Dan... love your commentaries. Been riding for over 50 years, racing (many disciplines), riding instructor (basic, intermediate, advanced and 3 wheel) for twenty years. Live in Mesa, used to live in Tucson for 14 years. Would love to meet and talk shop with you one day. Biggest problem with most of these riders is that they put themselves into these bad situations. Folks need to learn to avoid these situations. There is a reason we have track days.
What’s up everyone? Thanks as always for your educational videos and expertise Dan!
The dude at 5:10 was just picking some fresh flowers for his girl…
Just Leaving for a 5~6 hr ride. Yes getting my refresher now.
In the first video there is a y shaped intersection. When the video looks back you can see the road.
Thanks for all your windsdom!
Soy de Argentina, sur América, y te veo desde hace seis meses, tus consejos me han hecho evolucionar mucho en mi forma de manejar aunque admito que sigo cometiendo errores.
Gracias!
Just thought id share.
I had a close call yesterday. I was in rush our traffic. Had open lane hazard. Guy ran me off to the shoulder. Thankfully i was prepared and avoided an accident.
i kind of laugh when i'm riding somewhere new, and someone turns into a lane and i seen like a mile or so back that a sign that says "right lane ends" so i slow down a little bit since they are infront of me in a lane thats going to end, this way they can merge back, as i'd like to not get hit due to them trying to squeeze in front of me lol.
Also i tend to keep my distance from cars as much as i can, i was cruising on the thruway today, slowly got next to a semi truck, was only going 60 at the time, so i sped up to 80 and flew by it and then slowed down enough so i was going about 60 again (i don't like being next to big trucks as they can't seem me.)
Thanks again! Good guidance with these direct examples
13.27 is archetypal UK hazard perception test😅. Such helpful content as ever DanDan!
3:47 some flowers for the Mrs :D
Another great video! i learn a lot from it. Best regards, Dan!
I went to Johnson County Community College and got my motorcycle endorsement this Sunday and just recently started ridingb I absolutely love your videos I watch the do and donts u help alot oh and my coach was no other than TH-camr Walterific
8:00 I really don't know why riders fly between lines of cars and then get all snotty with the driver because he didn't see you or expect a motorcycle to be flying past inches away, basically it's an occupational hazard when you do that 🤷🏻♂️
The way most of these companies build the pants, the knee armor makes a great shin guard. For me anyhow
You see the no U turn signs right behind that van 16:50
And you shouldn't pass on the right. Most drivers expect passing to be done on the left.
Why do bikers in America insist on lane splitting at such high speeds? Then complain when cars change lanes in front of them, these people clearly have never driven a car otherwise they wouldn't be so dumb or feel so entitled
2nd vid. Kind of looks like street rounds off at edge. Rear tire looks like could have been on rounded edge of slope off road
9:30 that's the worst marked zebra crossing I have ever seen
2:45 DUDE, where i live (in Brazil, small city) the cattle guards are awful... most of them have the bars parallel to your bike, not perpendicular. You have to aim for a bar (usually made of wood or cement) and balance yourself over it, basically. If your bike has a narrow tire, you could get caught in it.
Is it just me or do a lot of bikers in these videos just don't have any sense of what other might or might not see?
I mean we talk a lot about line of sight from the bikers perspective, but why do so many fail to realize that "if you can't see them, they can't see you."
That means you not only have to think about what you can not see, but also what other can not see.
You might have spotted a car through a bush but that doesn't mean a car would have spot you as a motorcycle through that same bush.
When nearing a intersection without traffic lights, I always slow down, make sure the line of sight is good and I can see what is coming. If I can't see I slow down more.
Int he case of the biker on 14:25, I'm sorry but he should have known better then to just keep driving like that. The van was easy to spot, the speed was to high to assume he would stop, and thus he should have slowed down. Especially as he could not see what the van would do at the intersection.
I don't agree with the success metric btw Dan.
If we can walk away from it, doesn't mean that is how you should have handled it.
like the guy at 15:30 clip, Sorry but he should have backed off, don't overtake on the right of you don't know what the person is going to do.
He drove on what looks like a line that will turn into an offramp on onramp to another highway. The car was pretty late in turning in and he was in the cars blindspot for sure.
So knowing that the car was already late, you can assume he would have less attention to what is around him as he has to make quick decisions. This makes the car unpredictable and you should back off from it. Also accept that everybody can be late for an offramp sometime and that you might not see everyone, even you as the biker will have those moments.
So just gave them space and nothing happens.
Fighting for space is NEVER the option unless you have no other place to go. Success is when the challenge is overcome and no further unsafe situations have occured.
The car moving became an unsafe situation, the biker speeding up made it even more unsafe.
The fact that he drove away is pure luck at this point.
"He did a yard sale" LOL
17:25 - odd mirrors
How about the two giant "NO U-TURN" signs on each side of the road, followed by ding-dong initiating a U-turn.
I am not in enough of a rush to get anywhere to consider lane splitting a good option.
Your mileage, of course, may vary.
Splitting represents an unacceptable level of risk for me.
Agreed. Lane splitting is lunacy.
Agreed. But here in Orlando, lane filtering is a life saving tactic.
It's important to understand the difference.
@@perrythesylvester Lane filtering is illegal in any state but CO, AZ, MT, and CA. It’s not life saving in any state, it’s foolish.
@@perrythesylvester Lol, Florida? Yea I can see that. Boiling pavement, 100.1% humidity, blazing sun, hot bike, hot cars...
Someone once asked me if I thought living in Florida would be better for riding. I said no... hot as ballz down there.
@@BrandonWest87 you are thinking of lane splitting and is the whole point of my comment.
Know the difference. They are two different things
I bought your drill booklet, it's great and helps a lot, but do you have a version with non-retarded units? I have to convert units every time because ofc I forget the correct values by the time I want my cones again -_-
A lesson re-learned about city riding...
Just missed getting taken-out by a cager running a red light on Memorial Day evening. Was just finishing up a beautiful 180-mile ride with a buddy (me - '22 Duc MTS V4 PP, him - '22 BMW S1000XR). Coming back into town, we had to ascend a hill on a 2-lane road which went under the interstate, and stopped at a 4-way light-controlled intersection at the top of the hill. We were 1st in-line. When the light turned green, I was (fortunately) having a discussion on our Cardos about my low fuel light and how much difference my Ducati's mileage is vs the BMW'ers. The discussion ended about 3 Mississippi's after we got the green, and before I engaged the clutch, I heard this increasing roar of tire noise (the pavement is typical stone aggregate asphalt/concrete) and Zoooooooooooom - here goes a minivan cager through the intersection, from our left to right. The speed limit is 35 on that road, and this cager was doing at least 45. As for sightlines, that intersection has tall trees on corner, so you can only see the 1st couple of vehicles when they are stopped, even when 1st in line.
Stay safe and vigilant out there.
I don't understand why people don't wear gear! Guess they love being a blood donar.
For real I feel like I'm the only person in my town that wears all the gear.
blood donar?
What are you even talking about? There's never any blood in a doner kebab. The grill makes it impossible.
Don't you have to observe first in order to know where to position for safety (orient)?
When I made my license decades ago my dad gave me the advice "Always assume that everyone around you is an idiot and that they don't know what they're doing, always expect something stupid from them or that they try to kill you! *And don't be an idiot yourself!* " (not 100% his exact words but 100% the meaning) 😉
Did you guys completely miss the guy who flew off the road in front of the guy who hit that road patch in the second video?
I watch your videos as some sort of "my routine drill instruction but off bike" 🙂. When SHTF i hopefully can responde accordingly :). For real life....hmm best was driving a 50cc moped for 60k km till i was completly pissed off by the police to finally get a "real" licence and "real" motorbike. Even you cant imagine, but driving a to 45kmh restrcited but otherwise fully sized motorbike, is the most dangerous thing you can do on public roads today - at least here in middle europe where this 50cc bikes are very common but making them roadsave is illegal cause this means deristricting them so you can actually go with the flow of traffic.
That's because 50cc is an urban capacity not long distance commuter capacity
@@GaryM-ft7pw With modern 50cc 2Strokes you can make tours like with big cc bikes, just takes more time where you can enjoy the nature around you instead of just blasting by and instead of valve check you just change piston every 20k km. Main problem is power and speed restriction by law. But for some reason, goverments still hold on to this 100 year old law cause its a good moneymaker for them and they just give a damn about "cause of safety" as they would already know huge speed difference is a real safety issue. With modern 50cc fully restricted bikes you have slower accerleration then a bum on his mountainbike and every "hill" with more then 5 degrees elevation is endboss gg get off and push..
15:57, definitely brake
11:52 I'm sorry but a guy is whistling in his helmet and you seriously need to mute it because stupid TH-cam would see it as copyright 🙄 that's BS
12:34 E-bikes?
DanDan is the best, but I end up fast forwarding through the emotional immature riders throwing their temper tantrums.
Can we get a POV of your riding Dan? We want to hold you accountable.:)
@17:17 That's a little too specific Dan LOL go on a date with your girlfriend!
How rich are these people that they are so careless with their bikes? I'm a 53 year old with a good income and a 5000 dollar bike and I'm super careful with it and me. Definitely wouldn't park in a group on a blind corner
Random stopsign in middle of nowhere & no intersection ??
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