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Definitely! Dan is trying to teach a mindset of spotting patterns that can represent dangerous situations. This was a perfect example of spotting the pattern, going into orange stage to be ready for a left turner, and not needing to go red to evade.
I love that he teaches things but he missed the point that the bag was blowing around and the rider caught it while still moving and then threw it away ❤
This was a perfect lesson. The fact that Dan, I, and everyone else watching did not bat an eye at the positioning and sightline analysis shows how plausible of a scenario the left-turner was in that video. We had no clue what was going to happen, which also means that the rider had no clue what was going to happen. Perfect lesson about vigilance. That scenario could have gone either way, and just because it was wholesome *this time* doesn't mean it won't be a phantom Dodge turning-left next time. Stay vigilant out there!
Yes, I hear your advice in my head while I’m riding. “Lane positioning, blind spots, road surface hazard, side of vehicle, progressive braking, don’t get emotional, escape path, line of sight”. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It never ceases to amaze me how many riders I see on the highway(s) cruising in blind spots FOR MILES! Then they get all pissed off when someone merges into their lane. This is why I wish more riders would watch this channel, and MC Rider.
I turn my blinker on when people (motorists in general) sit in my blind spot to encourage them to either move forward or back, so I don’t forget about them and try to merge on top of them accidentally.
@@AussyLipp That's not the way to do it (The bike is not the only one seeing your signaling, might be confusing to the car behind you for instance).. But I guess it works...
The throttle sounded inconsistent. I heard on, off, on, and then it tanked. It seemed like he was running a little wide and he dropped some, then got on it again from hanging on as he went down. If I had to guess he tucked the front. "MUST BE THE PSI!"
@@koihoshi this. guarantee it was the throttle, trying to hit sick lean angles while improperly loading the front suspension, rake angle all over the place.
@@Hadgerz Hopefully they can put the ego aside and revisit it to see what they did wrong instead of make excuses. You can learn from accidents, or you can pretend you had nothing to learn, and learn nothing.
24:55 I started watching your videos months ago before getting my first motorcycle (at 60). I was on the major north/south highway through Kansas City, MO yesterday for the first time (I-35) and I literally heard DDFM say, "OK, we have an open lane pattern," and when I made it to my smaller, rural highways, it was, "OK, we have side of car." I find myself "adulting" motorcycle riding now, whereas when I rode as a kid, it was always full throttle, no lane positioning, no gear, etc. I am lucky I made it through my youth, and I am doing everything I can to continue that trend into my retirement years. Thanks for your videos.
@dandanthefireman thank you for these videos. I don't have friends to ride with, but I watch these videos frequently to help me get over my anxiety when riding. I'll be buying the drill book when I can afford a quad lock.
I've ridden a BMW K1300S in the rain with nearly bald tires and low pressure before. I didn't crash it, because I rode it within the limits of my skill, the weather conditions, and the bike's mechanical condition. And it was my first time riding anything over 800cc. The bike belonged to a friend who needed to take it to a tire shop near my house, so we swapped bikes for a day. I bought one later. The K1300S was an amazing bike. RIP
The dude apparently admitted to not checking/fixing the issue. Lesson learned, I hope. Kinda off for Dan to not recognize the chain of causes, and went into blame mode instead of teaching that any one of these changes would’ve prevented the crash. A crash the rider admits is his fault.
In contrast to what you said about headlights during the U turning truck; good practice for riders, new and seasoned, to check the beams once and awhile especially after installing new bulbs/new nose cowls. I replaced mine but forgot to check beams; on the way after dark, only then did I notice that both were pointed only few feet away from bike towards the ground.
I hope Smokey shared his video with his state's highway patrol. That could easily be a misdemeanor reckless charge, and Smokey has some great shots of the
bought the digital training booklet the other day....great stuff. you should definately get yours. the drills are varied from easy to hard...even though easy is actually not as easy as it seems in dandan's videos ;-)
your right about progressive breaking as an escape. ever since i saw you talk about it ive been using it and will always use it now, incredible usefull technique
6:56 i gave up on confronting people about their crappy driving after 1 year of riding. it's just safer for everyone if both continue with their day. people don't like being approached in an aggressive manner and it will eventually upset the wrong person
Yup. I just assume they’re miserable and emotional and let them carry on. Can never win an argument with someone who is emotionally compromised and being emotionally compromised is going to cause me problems. Riding=happiness and privilege so I try to act like it.
It's never worth it. I've had an insane guy bump into my rear tire while screaming out the window with veins bulging out of his forehead because I slowly filtered at a red light. He was mad I "cut in line" thought he was going to plow me into traffic to get t boned.
just found your channel recently, I've recently have gotten into motorcycles and plan on hopefully riding one day, so these videos are really helpful! hopefully by the time i get to ride I'll have it all pretty instilled👍
13:34 You can hear the bike decelerate as he loses traction, I'm guessing it was because he didn't stay on the throttle through the whole turn. Don't blame the bike when you are pushing you and the bike's limits.
@14:30 Low tire pressure is definitely a factor. I have felt the difference on my bike and I wasn’t even pushing it. So yes, there’s a build up of factors, the final one in this case could have been low pressure for the conditions. Straw that broke the camels back situation.
15:11 or the fact that he's almost maxing out his lean angle on a public, unswept road. Maxing out your lean angle is for the track, unless you're really the gambling type.
I lane split for a combined total of about an hour every day in traffic on my commute. I'm constantly rehearsing in my head: "Open lane pattern? Side of a vehicle? Unusual thing in the usual situation? What are the tires in front of me saying?"
Yeah……I check PSI every single ride. Bikes turn like trash with too low of a PSI. Too high PSI you’ll just lose traction. TBH if the OP actually forgot to check his PSI, that could be why he crashed. But in the end it IS your responsibility to check it. If you forget to check it, it’s still a skill issue. (Knowing how to do a pre-ride check is indeed a skill).
11:48 that looks like my neck of the woods, and that color of asphalt has abouth the same level of grip as packed dirt when dry and gets really slick when wet.
I hope that when you see a vid from me. That you say "handled it!" And I did have you pop into my head when I had someone turn out in front of me. I was in orange stage. I saw the front tire start to move. I rolled off the throttle, braked a little and released, then swerved. Your words popped into my head "handled it"
Dan, do you see those zigzag lines either side of that crossing? In the UK it is illegal to overtake or lane split there. The same applies to what we call a zebra crossing (no lights, just the blocks painted across the road, like you see the Abbey Road Beetles album cover). So that car would not expect the motorcyclist to be there. Sucks for both as the insurance companies fight it out, my guess is they both paid their own costs.
If you blame your tire PSI, you already f-d up before leaving then... Things to check BEFORE riding: Tires, Brakes, Drivetrain, Lights, Oil and Coolant...
17:15 I've seen once a dude on GS-1200 blocking left lane and moving exactly the speed of the second lane. WTF? This is not a dedicated bike lane for your convenience. I really wanted to do the stuff that dude on Subaru did, but the biker was literally riding the middle of the lane
Not a biker, but I “open lane pattern, side of the vehicle, obstructed view” when driving, and always drive staggered! And look well ahead than just the rear of the vehicle in front. If you see a sea of red brake lights ahead, I’m slowing down and preparing well before I get there. Someone ahead braking where I don’t expect them to, tells me they have seen something I haven’t and to slow the *bleep* down in anticipation
I don't know what state it is but you can't ride a bike on the sidewalk, that's why it's called a side WALK. He wasn't going too fast to predict, but it is what it is.
I don't see how the bike was in the blind spot because the truck has dual mirrors and the bottom mirror is a Parallax mirror that shows the blind spots (I know because I have similar ones on my truck). I believe that the driver of the truck is just a pizz pour driver.
I have to correct Dan at 10:00, the plastic bag was on the ground popping up in the air. The biker grabbed it from the air. I saw that bag too an was thinking that he could get it in his face. 😉 Then that car at 17:25, if that dumb dumb crashed, i would roll on. It's that guys own fault.
13:16 I can tell you what happened there. He was trying to make an exaggerated video of him leaning the bike. That's why he leans right off the side of the bike. His camera is on his face and he wants to bring it as close to the ground as he can, to make a "cool" video showing what a "cool" guy he is. Those are big, wide turns and he was only doing 70mph. That's slow - well within the capability of the bike. But his exaggerated repositioning of his body created additional force on the rear tyre while he was on the gas. He's just a bad rider trying to show off.
17:47 you really should not be in the left lane if your not going fast then the flow of traffic and you on a motorcycle in Shekinah always be going a little faster than the flow of traffic I mean that's just my opinion but it seems to be the smartest safest way to travel I'm not saying speed around like a maniac but you should never be going the same speed or slower than the gigantic cars and trucks around you and also in the left lane while doing that
@@Gideon_Judges6 I am seriously wanting to get a motorbike but I am not certain if these videos are dissuading me or not. I am more concerned about being hit by idiots going to fast on motorcycles while being on a motorcycle, than being in a car and being hit by an idiot on a motorcycle. While there are quite a few examples of idiots in cars hitting idiots in bikes, most of hte accidents in these videos that I can see, even if the fault is that of the car driver, would be avoidable if the bike rider was riding inside the speed limit. I mean there was a video of some idiot going 130mph on a freeway, hitting an object and probably getting killed. Sure there shouldnt have been something on the freeway but the bike rider would be alive he was doing 60mph. Motor cycles allow Darwins law of weeding out the gene pool to be proven every day. I still want a bike though.
If I had to guess probably had problems with the throttle bodies, injectors and/or the fuel pump and this was supposed to be a quick ride around the block to see if the bike is fixed before putting it all back together
I’m gonna say it. Some people don’t belong on bikes. 99% of these are avoidable.. I’m not saying 99% are the riders fault- but a good rider or hell a good driver doesn’t stay in someone’s blind spot. Yes they should have checked but you are LITERALLY creating the situation. Like going to the most dangerous and poorest neighborhood, flashing cash then when you get robbed cry “hey that’s illegal.”
20:43 you know with real crime all over the place I hate that Police Department's actually allot the money to buy Mustangs and cars like this just to go undercover to catch people speeding. I wish they would use that to at the very least catch people riding the left passing Lane at a slow speed which is just as dangerous as or more as the speeders and I'd argue more considering the chaos that ensues when someone is in the passing Lane going slower than everybody can we worry about actual crime though
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You turning throwing trash away into an extremely good lesson was absolutely hilarious AND informative 😂
Definitely! Dan is trying to teach a mindset of spotting patterns that can represent dangerous situations. This was a perfect example of spotting the pattern, going into orange stage to be ready for a left turner, and not needing to go red to evade.
I love that he teaches things but he missed the point that the bag was blowing around and the rider caught it while still moving and then threw it away ❤
What I thought was funny, was when he was drawing his little patterns, the first circle he drew was around the bag floating in the air.
This was a perfect lesson. The fact that Dan, I, and everyone else watching did not bat an eye at the positioning and sightline analysis shows how plausible of a scenario the left-turner was in that video. We had no clue what was going to happen, which also means that the rider had no clue what was going to happen. Perfect lesson about vigilance. That scenario could have gone either way, and just because it was wholesome *this time* doesn't mean it won't be a phantom Dodge turning-left next time. Stay vigilant out there!
Yes, I hear your advice in my head while I’m riding. “Lane positioning, blind spots, road surface hazard, side of vehicle, progressive braking, don’t get emotional, escape path, line of sight”. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It never ceases to amaze me how many riders I see on the highway(s) cruising in blind spots FOR MILES!
Then they get all pissed off when someone merges into their lane.
This is why I wish more riders would watch this channel, and MC Rider.
I turn my blinker on when people (motorists in general) sit in my blind spot to encourage them to either move forward or back, so I don’t forget about them and try to merge on top of them accidentally.
@@AussyLipp That's not the way to do it (The bike is not the only one seeing your signaling, might be confusing to the car behind you for instance).. But I guess it works...
12:35 😂😂😂 didn't check the tire PSI
Come on, just admit you crashed. Tires are important, but that's not why you crashed! 😂
Yep! And was not enough or too much? ...in their eyes.
Seems silly.
The throttle sounded inconsistent. I heard on, off, on, and then it tanked. It seemed like he was running a little wide and he dropped some, then got on it again from hanging on as he went down. If I had to guess he tucked the front. "MUST BE THE PSI!"
@@koihoshi this. guarantee it was the throttle, trying to hit sick lean angles while improperly loading the front suspension, rake angle all over the place.
@@Hadgerz Hopefully they can put the ego aside and revisit it to see what they did wrong instead of make excuses. You can learn from accidents, or you can pretend you had nothing to learn, and learn nothing.
24:55 I started watching your videos months ago before getting my first motorcycle (at 60). I was on the major north/south highway through Kansas City, MO yesterday for the first time (I-35) and I literally heard DDFM say, "OK, we have an open lane pattern," and when I made it to my smaller, rural highways, it was, "OK, we have side of car." I find myself "adulting" motorcycle riding now, whereas when I rode as a kid, it was always full throttle, no lane positioning, no gear, etc. I am lucky I made it through my youth, and I am doing everything I can to continue that trend into my retirement years. Thanks for your videos.
God, the amount of people who are in the wrong, know they're in the wrong, and immediately go onto the offensive ... ridiculous.
"Don't try to have a conversation with anyone on the road." True wisdom!
Especially the Police.
Tires PSI plus clibbins. Hadda layer down! Gobless!
13:53 this rant about tire psi guy is one of the best things ever and wat i really enjoy about dans takes on things
Lol...the oh geez! Gets me every time..love it😂
@dandanthefireman thank you for these videos. I don't have friends to ride with, but I watch these videos frequently to help me get over my anxiety when riding. I'll be buying the drill book when I can afford a quad lock.
I've ridden a BMW K1300S in the rain with nearly bald tires and low pressure before. I didn't crash it, because I rode it within the limits of my skill, the weather conditions, and the bike's mechanical condition. And it was my first time riding anything over 800cc.
The bike belonged to a friend who needed to take it to a tire shop near my house, so we swapped bikes for a day. I bought one later. The K1300S was an amazing bike. RIP
The dude apparently admitted to not checking/fixing the issue. Lesson learned, I hope. Kinda off for Dan to not recognize the chain of causes, and went into blame mode instead of teaching that any one of these changes would’ve prevented the crash. A crash the rider admits is his fault.
In contrast to what you said about headlights during the U turning truck; good practice for riders, new and seasoned, to check the beams once and awhile especially after installing new bulbs/new nose cowls. I replaced mine but forgot to check beams; on the way after dark, only then did I notice that both were pointed only few feet away from bike towards the ground.
I also always have my finger hovering over the horn when im in a blind spot. It's good practice to assume that everyone is going to merge into you
I hope Smokey shared his video with his state's highway patrol. That could easily be a misdemeanor reckless charge, and Smokey has some great shots of the
bought the digital training booklet the other day....great stuff. you should definately get yours. the drills are varied from easy to hard...even though easy is actually not as easy as it seems in dandan's videos ;-)
even when you are wrong , you give plenty of information to make other people think about the variables in common situations
I appreciate what you do for us on two wheels. You are man! All the best to you.
"Let them be on someone else's butt the whole time... "- DanDanTheFireman 2024 😂
The gas coming out. Getting pinned between the trailer while gas getting dumped in you while your touching a hot motor. Eek.
I hear your voice in my head saying “side of the vehicle “ Dan. Every time , even when I’m in my truck.
your right about progressive breaking as an escape. ever since i saw you talk about it ive been using it and will always use it now, incredible usefull technique
Your point on the trash lesson was correct and wrong at the same time. The bag flew up at him.
"Throwing trash out into a lesson." (holds exhale) ... 😅 still a good lesson DDTF.
6:56 i gave up on confronting people about their crappy driving after 1 year of riding. it's just safer for everyone if both continue with their day. people don't like being approached in an aggressive manner and it will eventually upset the wrong person
Yeah, there is no point in it, just anticipate where people will screw up to try and protect yourself.
Yup. I just assume they’re miserable and emotional and let them carry on. Can never win an argument with someone who is emotionally compromised and being emotionally compromised is going to cause me problems. Riding=happiness and privilege so I try to act like it.
It's never worth it. I've had an insane guy bump into my rear tire while screaming out the window with veins bulging out of his forehead because I slowly filtered at a red light. He was mad I "cut in line" thought he was going to plow me into traffic to get t boned.
just found your channel recently, I've recently have gotten into motorcycles and plan on hopefully riding one day, so these videos are really helpful! hopefully by the time i get to ride I'll have it all pretty instilled👍
Great point about the headlight. Could have thought car in the distance.
Don’t know if you saw it, but the one where he threw the trash away you circled the trash as it was floating towards him.
First truck was likely getting over because a car stopped on the on-ramp that he was anticipating would merge in front of him.
13:34 You can hear the bike decelerate as he loses traction, I'm guessing it was because he didn't stay on the throttle through the whole turn. Don't blame the bike when you are pushing you and the bike's limits.
Of course he blames the tires 😂
@14:30 Low tire pressure is definitely a factor. I have felt the difference on my bike and I wasn’t even pushing it. So yes, there’s a build up of factors, the final one in this case could have been low pressure for the conditions. Straw that broke the camels back situation.
15:11 or the fact that he's almost maxing out his lean angle on a public, unswept road. Maxing out your lean angle is for the track, unless you're really the gambling type.
I lane split for a combined total of about an hour every day in traffic on my commute. I'm constantly rehearsing in my head: "Open lane pattern? Side of a vehicle? Unusual thing in the usual situation? What are the tires in front of me saying?"
It is extremely difficult to take turns with low tire pressure.
Yeah, the bike fights the turn.
Yeah……I check PSI every single ride.
Bikes turn like trash with too low of a PSI.
Too high PSI you’ll just lose traction.
TBH if the OP actually forgot to check his PSI, that could be why he crashed.
But in the end it IS your responsibility to check it. If you forget to check it, it’s still a skill issue. (Knowing how to do a pre-ride check is indeed a skill).
That plus clibbins. Hadda layer down. Gobbless!
11:48 that looks like my neck of the woods, and that color of asphalt has abouth the same level of grip as packed dirt when dry and gets really slick when wet.
2:33 never drink and ride
I hope that when you see a vid from me. That you say "handled it!"
And I did have you pop into my head when I had someone turn out in front of me. I was in orange stage. I saw the front tire start to move. I rolled off the throttle, braked a little and released, then swerved. Your words popped into my head "handled it"
Loud pipes 👌
Yes, i DO hear it in my Head " open lane pattern* ""side of the vehicle" "get into yellow stage"😆😆
Dan, do you see those zigzag lines either side of that crossing? In the UK it is illegal to overtake or lane split there. The same applies to what we call a zebra crossing (no lights, just the blocks painted across the road, like you see the Abbey Road Beetles album cover). So that car would not expect the motorcyclist to be there. Sucks for both as the insurance companies fight it out, my guess is they both paid their own costs.
That trash lesson was very valuable!
If you blame your tire PSI, you already f-d up before leaving then... Things to check BEFORE riding: Tires, Brakes, Drivetrain, Lights, Oil and Coolant...
16:57 left wing D&D harry potter
I think that guy caught the trash bag in the air and then threw it away
17:15 I've seen once a dude on GS-1200 blocking left lane and moving exactly the speed of the second lane. WTF?
This is not a dedicated bike lane for your convenience. I really wanted to do the stuff that dude on Subaru did, but the biker was literally riding the middle of the lane
Exactly Most of these guy have no common sense. Slow traffic should stay on the right.
Is that pumba 😂
5:19 we just gonna gloss over the fact that those werent headlights in our lane 😂
25:55 no way I'd turn off the lights while doing this though lol
On the first video the guys on his phone
Not a biker, but I “open lane pattern, side of the vehicle, obstructed view” when driving, and always drive staggered! And look well ahead than just the rear of the vehicle in front. If you see a sea of red brake lights ahead, I’m slowing down and preparing well before I get there.
Someone ahead braking where I don’t expect them to, tells me they have seen something I haven’t and to slow the *bleep* down in anticipation
I don't know what state it is but you can't ride a bike on the sidewalk, that's why it's called a side WALK. He wasn't going too fast to predict, but it is what it is.
I don't see how the bike was in the blind spot because the truck has dual mirrors and the bottom mirror is a Parallax mirror that shows the blind spots (I know because I have similar ones on my truck). I believe that the driver of the truck is just a pizz pour driver.
Why did I not see this video on rumble?
I have to correct Dan at 10:00, the plastic bag was on the ground popping up in the air. The biker grabbed it from the air. I saw that bag too an was thinking that he could get it in his face. 😉 Then that car at 17:25, if that dumb dumb crashed, i would roll on. It's that guys own fault.
I forgot my kickstand once, left it down, during my MSF class lol
my nighttime peripheral vision sucks, all lights look alike, i just stop until they pass, let the impatient person behind me honk if they want
Most crashes in curves are the result of new riders not understanding counter steering
If I'm taking away any negative lessons from this video its A) Check PSI or you'll crash B) Have dickish remark ready for friendly cops..
13:16 I can tell you what happened there. He was trying to make an exaggerated video of him leaning the bike. That's why he leans right off the side of the bike. His camera is on his face and he wants to bring it as close to the ground as he can, to make a "cool" video showing what a "cool" guy he is. Those are big, wide turns and he was only doing 70mph. That's slow - well within the capability of the bike. But his exaggerated repositioning of his body created additional force on the rear tyre while he was on the gas. He's just a bad rider trying to show off.
17:47 you really should not be in the left lane if your not going fast then the flow of traffic and you on a motorcycle in Shekinah always be going a little faster than the flow of traffic I mean that's just my opinion but it seems to be the smartest safest way to travel I'm not saying speed around like a maniac but you should never be going the same speed or slower than the gigantic cars and trucks around you and also in the left lane while doing that
If a minor PSI differential is enought to cause an accident, you should be riding like that on a track, NOT a public road.
In Australia 80% of organ donors are motocyclists. Looking at these videos its hardly surprising.
Incorrect made-up nonsense.
It's nuts how they're all riding on the wrong side of the road too. I guess Mad Max was a documentary!
That's why riders are called organ donors.
@@Gideon_Judges6 I am seriously wanting to get a motorbike but I am not certain if these videos are dissuading me or not. I am more concerned about being hit by idiots going to fast on motorcycles while being on a motorcycle, than being in a car and being hit by an idiot on a motorcycle. While there are quite a few examples of idiots in cars hitting idiots in bikes, most of hte accidents in these videos that I can see, even if the fault is that of the car driver, would be avoidable if the bike rider was riding inside the speed limit. I mean there was a video of some idiot going 130mph on a freeway, hitting an object and probably getting killed. Sure there shouldnt have been something on the freeway but the bike rider would be alive he was doing 60mph. Motor cycles allow Darwins law of weeding out the gene pool to be proven every day. I still want a bike though.
Incorrect. 100% of organ donors are organ donor card holders.
07:58 - I see three blind mice, I mean three blind idiots. 08:39 - Angry welfare case. 17:00 - Car driver is a poster child for birth control.
Commercial vehicles always have to do some mickey mouse bs to position themselves if they have their hazards or strobes on be prepared for the worst.
Am I the only one who noticed that guy who forgot his kickstand had zero bolts in his gas cap?? Why would he ride like that lol
If I had to guess probably had problems with the throttle bodies, injectors and/or the fuel pump and this was supposed to be a quick ride around the block to see if the bike is fixed before putting it all back together
if it's tyre PSI why didn't he slow down till he had chance to fix it? ... ... because we can always feel it
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I’m gonna say it. Some people don’t belong on bikes. 99% of these are avoidable.. I’m not saying 99% are the riders fault- but a good rider or hell a good driver doesn’t stay in someone’s blind spot. Yes they should have checked but you are LITERALLY creating the situation. Like going to the most dangerous and poorest neighborhood, flashing cash then when you get robbed cry “hey that’s illegal.”
Treat every vehicle as a threat, and keep an eye on them all. And stop riding like your a bike racer.
'that's a wart-hog' ... that's a 'Road hog' man ...
20:43 you know with real crime all over the place I hate that Police Department's actually allot the money to buy Mustangs and cars like this just to go undercover to catch people speeding. I wish they would use that to at the very least catch people riding the left passing Lane at a slow speed which is just as dangerous as or more as the speeders and I'd argue more considering the chaos that ensues when someone is in the passing Lane going slower than everybody can we worry about actual crime though