How to PLAN Your Motorcycle Commute: - Position Yourself For Safety - Before you find yourself in a dangerous situation, set yourself up for success in your current lane. Move into a lane position that affords you the best line of sight, at least one escape path, and the most significant space cushion you can create, so you can brake or swerve effortlessly. - Locate Potential Hazards - Your eyes should always be moving, and you should be noticing everything. Most hazards present themselves in front of you, but many can pop up on the sides of you, and behind you. So be sure to check your mirrors regularly. You'll find that there are a lot of dangers when you're actively looking. - Adapt To Perceived Hazards - For each one, spend a second to plan out escape routes, change your lane position, or switch lanes depending on the danger. Construct scenarios that may not play out well and how to avoid them. Sometimes all it takes is to move into a different lane position or lane to solve a potential problem. If the hazard becomes a life threat, be prepared to negotiate that hazard. - Navigate Around Threats With Evasive Maneuvers - Situations change all the time. There is no way, even if you've used the PLAN method correctly, to avoid the fallout of mistakes or compromising issues on the road. This is the time to deploy your evasive emergency skills. While navigating the hazard, keep in mind that there could always be something new, so stay vigilant even after you successfully negotiate the first issue.
Interesting aspect of positioning in the driving lanes. Here in Switzerland we learn to always drive in the middle of a driving lane. Your videos are really good. Learned alot of how to react and help others in crash situations.
is it legal requirement? Or is it just a way they teach? Honestly, riding mostly in Russia and SE Asia, driving in the middle of the lane in traffic seems like a good way to obstruct a view and ask to become a sandwich if the driver behind pays less attention then should have.
Adrian Alexandrov They teach us so. The reason behind this is that the other drivers can see you better. But we also dont have many big cities with huge roads. Lets be honest, it doesnt matter. Alot of the drivers wont see us anyway because they simply dont look while switching lanes.
I've been doing those exact techniques for years to the point they have become second nature, just didn't know they had names. I even do them in the car too. Getting a better lane position to see far up ahead, so I can see what's affecting the traffic in front of me, making the appropriate reaction to that Information has kept me out of emergency braking situations so many times. Like the video, very good training.
im 32, todays my first day on the street ona motorcycle. thanks for this video. i know the dirt like the back of my hand. but i know the road is a different game!
I don't have a bike yet and I only borrow my dad's underbone bike to practice driving responsibly and watching many of your videos helps me a lot especially this one as I still get nervous when I drive on public roads.
Great video with some of the best training content yet. The PLAN acronym is great and easy to remember. But, keep in mind too many acronyms can start to confuse us old guys.
I just got my first bike and started riding Your videos already have helped me a ton and probably saved my life once or twice Thank you for everything you do
Although i live in Canada 🇨🇦 and can't win a bike , im still a winner by being subscribed to your awesome channel and getting the very best rider tips and lessons available out there from a dude that actually cares and shares such important information to keep us riders safe.
"Give me the credit," had me shaking my head. People are so quick to use others content for their own benefit without that credit to the original author. My dad is retired now but he still does coaching to nuclear power plants on their safety. He was a nuclear engineer and worked at Palo Verde. Prior to him writing the manual that almost all plants use now, there was nothing available. So, he wrote the manual for safety at Palo Verde and it spread across the US and even in other parts of the world. He gave a presentation in England once and put his PowerPoint online for those attendees to reference later. Four years later he gets an email out of the blue from a person that attended his lecture that said in shorthand, "Hey, I saw you a while back and now there's a guy out here that took your entire presentation and is passing it off as his own. Just thought you should know." So he finds the dude's site and it's ripped frame by frame from my dad's presentation. So he emails the guy and the dude is super apologetic. He says that he was at a conference in Thailand and the presenter there used the exact same PowerPoint and he thought it was so well done that he knicked it from the guy in Thailand and decided to borrow it. So, guy steals from a person in Thailand that in turn stole it from my dad. At this point my dad was like "Whatever. Just give me credit on your website and in your presentation." It's a long story that brings to mind a simple concept. Watermark and logo everything. Make it next to impossible to steal your content and they will have no choice but to have your info plastered everywhere,
it's not so hard to redraw or re-shoot the content and what Dan are talking about here is a slightly altered Roadcraft in 1990s edition. Don't see kudos to Her Majestie's Office in this video. )) Btw Pat Hahn in "Ride Hard Ride Smart" also trying to teach some common sense, mentions Roadcraft as a viable source of info for the book.
Just want to say thank you for all the advice and tips you give! Took my motorcycle safety class last month (thanks to you) and passed my written test today. Now to research what bike to get.
Today I start doing deliveries in the middle of a small city, just where the traffic peaks. I'll ride a scooter they provide me (I'm doing this to save money for my own motorcycle, which I am licensed to drive but never had one). I'll keep in mind what you teach here, thanks~!
First off, thank you for doing what you do! I really enjoy all of your info! I have a friend that I called Dan Dan the fireman before I found you. He's a driving instructor and EMT as well. I hope one day our paths may cross, or we may get a ride together! Until then, thank you!
i would have sped up to the red car that cut you off and really yell at him at the next light, possibly hitting his mirror when it turns green (which means instant go anyway) and speed off ... J/K i'm here long enough to be a SMART rider and i PLAN constantly ;) love these ride along videos !!
"Forward plannin" (look what can go wrong) is everything....this is how I ride, after a 2 hour ride in town I get home I'm dead beat and need a nap lol....but I'm alive..
Sounds like a vise versa version of roadcraft's IPSGA. How can you position yourself for safety if you've not yet located potential hazards? And you even say it yourself at 2:22 "in order to find right position you need to locate potential hazards" Information (locate possible hazards) Position (adjust your position accordingly) Speed (adjust your speed if changing position was not enough or couldn't be done safely) Gear (adjust your gear to your speed to have required amount of acceleration or engine braking) Acceleration (if everything of the above is OK, maybe you can accelerate) P.S I'm totally onboard with your riding, but think you could share the valuable knowledge if you'd find it useful. So suggest to look at Roadcraft and it might possibly be that you'd find it more clear and easier system.
Another good tip I've been told is that if you can't create a safety cushion (keep a safe distance from the car in front of you), then it's good to ride right behind the wheels of the car - so if there is a hole or a bump on the road, the car will go around it and if you follow the wheels of the car you will go around it as well. ;) I am a beginner, I just had my first ride in the city yesterday, and I felt extremely exhausted from just having to be alert all the time.. each potential hazard gave me anxiety (I tend to have the kind of anxiety - "what if this or that had happened" even though everything was fine). I was so very stressed and tired that I'm feeling like I don't even want to ride in the city anymore like ever :D Is this always gonna be like that or does the exhaustion go away with practice? rn I feel like I'd rather take the off-roads through the woods or smth just to get away from the traffic and ride at my own pace..
I'm a new comer this this channel. And I love the message you're sending out about safe riding. However, I've been doing this "coloured stage" approach for the last couple of weeks and I'm absolutely exhausted after a ride. Your method is great. But I find it takes ALL the fun out of riding. It's made riding a chore! In fact, it's totally ruined the fun of riding for me. Having to concentrate on all the points you go on about is physically exhausting! Its like planning a flight! I know what you're trying to get across, but wow is it the single most distracting thing I've EVER done whilst riding!
Conscious to second nature. An effort has to be made in order to learn. Once you keep it up with the method it will become second nature and you won’t longer feel fatigue from having to constantly be thinking about it. Ultimately you will be a safer rider which is the end goal here.
White. Proven. Also literally 4°c cooler in sunlight. However, don’t rely on a white helmet making you visible. It doesn’t matter if you’re visible or not, put yourself in a road position that makes you safer regardless of the colour of your clothing. See my channel for some cool tips.
@dandanthefireman, Heres a random question for you. You mentioned man hole covers, if you cant avoid riding over it for whatever reason, is it better to release the throttle to ride over it or keep steady throttle? Also, how do you handle tar in the road? Especially when its hot out. Hope you see this.
I’d like to see a video of you vocalizing nothing but your throttle and clutch modulation. Stupid proof learning of how and when it all works and you saying I’m at 40mph at 3500 in 3rd gear, I’m rolling off the throttle, I’ll down shift at x speed and x rpm etc. don’t think I’ve ever seen a video like that done well
I like the way Dan, goes through step by step methodically imparting his knowledge. Here in the UK we can "Filter" through traffic in the cities but you have to have your wits about you. Check out TH-camr " Royal Jordanian", for UK style legal filtering. Cheers Dan, from a UK subscriber.
How to PLAN Your Motorcycle Commute:
- Position Yourself For Safety - Before you find yourself in a dangerous situation, set yourself up for success in your current lane. Move into a lane position that affords you the best line of sight, at least one escape path, and the most significant space cushion you can create, so you can brake or swerve effortlessly.
- Locate Potential Hazards - Your eyes should always be moving, and you should be noticing everything. Most hazards present themselves in front of you, but many can pop up on the sides of you, and behind you. So be sure to check your mirrors regularly. You'll find that there are a lot of dangers when you're actively looking.
- Adapt To Perceived Hazards - For each one, spend a second to plan out escape routes, change your lane position, or switch lanes depending on the danger. Construct scenarios that may not play out well and how to avoid them. Sometimes all it takes is to move into a different lane position or lane to solve a potential problem. If the hazard becomes a life threat, be prepared to negotiate that hazard.
- Navigate Around Threats With Evasive Maneuvers - Situations change all the time. There is no way, even if you've used the PLAN method correctly, to avoid the fallout of mistakes or compromising issues on the road. This is the time to deploy your evasive emergency skills. While navigating the hazard, keep in mind that there could always be something new, so stay vigilant even after you successfully negotiate the first issue.
My rule is ride like nobody see u
Hey dan. would love to see more videos with examples of good riding in near-miss or crash situations
Watching your ride along videos while I'm stuck at work relaxes me.
Agreed!
Watching his ride along videos while I’m riding relaxes me
@@Fee.1 I don't think Dan would approve of that. 🤣🤣🤣
You need to quit that job buddy. Stuck at work. You'll develop an ulcer in a couple of years. Hahaha
Word
Dan I want to thank you for inspiring me to go take a msf beginner course. I passed this weekend. Definitely harder than I expected but worth it.
I'm on deck next weekend (12th) glad you passed it, I just passed my DMV written test! Safe riding!
@@NoFrictionZone good luck and thanks man back at ya
I LOVE this type of videos, explaining what to do and how to think in real time. It's a nice contrast to your livestreams. Thanks for your work 🙌
Interesting aspect of positioning in the driving lanes. Here in Switzerland we learn to always drive in the middle of a driving lane. Your videos are really good. Learned alot of how to react and help others in crash situations.
is it legal requirement? Or is it just a way they teach?
Honestly, riding mostly in Russia and SE Asia, driving in the middle of the lane in traffic seems like a good way to obstruct a view and ask to become a sandwich if the driver behind pays less attention then should have.
Adrian Alexandrov They teach us so. The reason behind this is that the other drivers can see you better. But we also dont have many big cities with huge roads. Lets be honest, it doesnt matter. Alot of the drivers wont see us anyway because they simply dont look while switching lanes.
I've been doing those exact techniques for years to the point they have become second nature, just didn't know they had names. I even do them in the car too. Getting a better lane position to see far up ahead, so I can see what's affecting the traffic in front of me, making the appropriate reaction to that Information has kept me out of emergency braking situations so many times. Like the video, very good training.
THANK YOU TONS CHIEF !!!! You rode my old route from when I used to attend the University of Arizona. I miss that ride to school !
im 32, todays my first day on the street ona motorcycle. thanks for this video. i know the dirt like the back of my hand. but i know the road is a different game!
I don't have a bike yet and I only borrow my dad's underbone bike to practice driving responsibly and watching many of your videos helps me a lot especially this one as I still get nervous when I drive on public roads.
Great video with some of the best training content yet. The PLAN acronym is great and easy to remember. But, keep in mind too many acronyms can start to confuse us old guys.
I just got my first bike and started riding
Your videos already have helped me a ton and probably saved my life once or twice
Thank you for everything you do
Watching your videos from Malaysia, I am learning a loooooooooooot from you, big thnks bro
Although i live in Canada 🇨🇦 and can't win a bike , im still a winner by being subscribed to your awesome channel and getting the very best rider tips and lessons available out there from a dude that actually cares and shares such important information to keep us riders safe.
Your method to avoid the madness, that is what it should be called. Love these vids.
"Give me the credit," had me shaking my head. People are so quick to use others content for their own benefit without that credit to the original author. My dad is retired now but he still does coaching to nuclear power plants on their safety. He was a nuclear engineer and worked at Palo Verde. Prior to him writing the manual that almost all plants use now, there was nothing available. So, he wrote the manual for safety at Palo Verde and it spread across the US and even in other parts of the world.
He gave a presentation in England once and put his PowerPoint online for those attendees to reference later. Four years later he gets an email out of the blue from a person that attended his lecture that said in shorthand, "Hey, I saw you a while back and now there's a guy out here that took your entire presentation and is passing it off as his own. Just thought you should know."
So he finds the dude's site and it's ripped frame by frame from my dad's presentation. So he emails the guy and the dude is super apologetic. He says that he was at a conference in Thailand and the presenter there used the exact same PowerPoint and he thought it was so well done that he knicked it from the guy in Thailand and decided to borrow it. So, guy steals from a person in Thailand that in turn stole it from my dad. At this point my dad was like "Whatever. Just give me credit on your website and in your presentation." It's a long story that brings to mind a simple concept. Watermark and logo everything. Make it next to impossible to steal your content and they will have no choice but to have your info plastered everywhere,
it's not so hard to redraw or re-shoot the content and what Dan are talking about here is a slightly altered Roadcraft in 1990s edition.
Don't see kudos to Her Majestie's Office in this video. ))
Btw Pat Hahn in "Ride Hard Ride Smart" also trying to teach some common sense, mentions Roadcraft as a viable source of info for the book.
Just want to say thank you for all the advice and tips you give! Took my motorcycle safety class last month (thanks to you) and passed my written test today. Now to research what bike to get.
Good video, helping me alot for when I start learning to ride
Today I start doing deliveries in the middle of a small city, just where the traffic peaks. I'll ride a scooter they provide me (I'm doing this to save money for my own motorcycle, which I am licensed to drive but never had one).
I'll keep in mind what you teach here, thanks~!
Your videos have helped me so much as a new rider....thank you.
More like these please
saving lives 2 wheels at a time thank u
First off, thank you for doing what you do! I really enjoy all of your info! I have a friend that I called Dan Dan the fireman before I found you. He's a driving instructor and EMT as well. I hope one day our paths may cross, or we may get a ride together! Until then, thank you!
Your roads in the US are so much bigger than in the UK but the basics are the same great video dan.
Same no matter where. Same works in SE Asian "crazy" traffic .
i would have sped up to the red car that cut you off and really yell at him at the next light, possibly hitting his mirror when it turns green (which means instant go anyway) and speed off ...
J/K i'm here long enough to be a SMART rider and i PLAN constantly ;)
love these ride along videos !!
I couldn’t believe he didn’t chase that car down and give them a piece of his mind🤣
That’s in jest obviously, enjoy the videos Dan staying level headed is key.
"Forward plannin" (look what can go wrong) is everything....this is how I ride, after a 2 hour ride in town I get home I'm dead beat and need a nap lol....but I'm alive..
Did my first ride to work today. CA 15, 91, to I5.
Thanks Dan. Good tips as always.
Sounds like a vise versa version of roadcraft's IPSGA.
How can you position yourself for safety if you've not yet located potential hazards?
And you even say it yourself at 2:22 "in order to find right position you need to locate potential hazards"
Information (locate possible hazards)
Position (adjust your position accordingly)
Speed (adjust your speed if changing position was not enough or couldn't be done safely)
Gear (adjust your gear to your speed to have required amount of acceleration or engine braking)
Acceleration (if everything of the above is OK, maybe you can accelerate)
P.S I'm totally onboard with your riding, but think you could share the valuable knowledge if you'd find it useful. So suggest to look at Roadcraft and it might possibly be that you'd find it more clear and easier system.
Grant makes me nervous when I'm in a car! IMO, the best strategy on a bike is to avoid it altogether!
Another good tip I've been told is that if you can't create a safety cushion (keep a safe distance from the car in front of you), then it's good to ride right behind the wheels of the car - so if there is a hole or a bump on the road, the car will go around it and if you follow the wheels of the car you will go around it as well. ;)
I am a beginner, I just had my first ride in the city yesterday, and I felt extremely exhausted from just having to be alert all the time.. each potential hazard gave me anxiety (I tend to have the kind of anxiety - "what if this or that had happened" even though everything was fine). I was so very stressed and tired that I'm feeling like I don't even want to ride in the city anymore like ever :D Is this always gonna be like that or does the exhaustion go away with practice? rn I feel like I'd rather take the off-roads through the woods or smth just to get away from the traffic and ride at my own pace..
Waiting for the city traffic. LOL!
Dan with the stellar content always 🤙🏾
Thanks its great info, ive been watching your content lately and this is just common sense being observant. Aware alert.
I'm a new comer this this channel.
And I love the message you're sending out about safe riding.
However, I've been doing this "coloured stage" approach for the last couple of weeks and I'm absolutely exhausted after a ride.
Your method is great. But I find it takes ALL the fun out of riding.
It's made riding a chore! In fact, it's totally ruined the fun of riding for me.
Having to concentrate on all the points you go on about is physically exhausting!
Its like planning a flight!
I know what you're trying to get across, but wow is it the single most distracting thing I've EVER done whilst riding!
Conscious to second nature. An effort has to be made in order to learn. Once you keep it up with the method it will become second nature and you won’t longer feel fatigue from having to constantly be thinking about it. Ultimately you will be a safer rider which is the end goal here.
keep doing that untill it becomes second nature. It will after a while.
Pretty Awesome
Tips....
1 DONT SPEED
2 DONT WEAVE IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC
3 PAY ATTENTION
4 NO WHEELIES.
Any questions?
Yeah it’s such a pleasure riding in city traffic, 😆.
What’s the best helmet color to be the most visible? Other than a neon hi-viz color. Any recommendations?
White. Proven. Also literally 4°c cooler in sunlight. However, don’t rely on a white helmet making you visible. It doesn’t matter if you’re visible or not, put yourself in a road position that makes you safer regardless of the colour of your clothing. See my channel for some cool tips.
Watch for "Side of Vehicle"!!!
Hey. Ive seen guys wheelie through turns. Wheelie into turns. How do they not fall?
What go pro did you shoot this with as in the one on your helmet ⛑ plz?
Hey Dan, how many fires have you put out so far?
@dandanthefireman, Heres a random question for you. You mentioned man hole covers, if you cant avoid riding over it for whatever reason, is it better to release the throttle to ride over it or keep steady throttle? Also, how do you handle tar in the road? Especially when its hot out. Hope you see this.
Please, do a video on the best A1 and A2 bikes, for the European bros
I’d like to see a video of you vocalizing nothing but your throttle and clutch modulation. Stupid proof learning of how and when it all works and you saying I’m at 40mph at 3500 in 3rd gear, I’m rolling off the throttle, I’ll down shift at x speed and x rpm etc. don’t think I’ve ever seen a video like that done well
I like the way Dan, goes through step by step methodically imparting his knowledge. Here in the UK we can "Filter" through traffic in the cities but you have to have your wits about you. Check out TH-camr " Royal Jordanian", for UK style legal filtering. Cheers Dan, from a UK subscriber.
Oi, mate. You've got Roadcraft to learn from! )))
IPSGA is kinda bit more down to earth and logical than PLAN Dan's talking about here.
Hello what is your helmet
There is no traffic on the road
The road traffic is in easy mode for new bikers.
This is not city traffic tbh