| I bet a lot of the fatalities are from group riding, its rare for riders to be of the same abilty & a slower rider trying to keep up so as not to lose face is a recipie for disaster... also, when out riding with your mates, you tend to look in your mirrors more to see where your mates are & so are not fully concentrating....a rider on his/her own can go at a pace which suits his/her ability. when riding in a group, the pace should be slowed down well within the limits of the slowest rider, this will allow for errors.
unfortunatley, the `ol testosterone kicks in & thats when it can go all wrong. i lost count of the times when at a bike meet a group of mates will pull up & the conversation goes, " blimey, did you see dave nearly lose it on that fast bend " or " i only just made it overtaking that truck" etc etc....
riding in groups, just one of the many dangers out there...stay safe all..... |