Best advice I ever got when I rode:

On a motorbike, you are INVISIBLE. Pretend that NO ONE can see you-- literally.

I rode like this, every time I got on a bike (I owned 3 bikes, in succession, put over 20K miles on them).

It saved my life, more than once. I'd be buzzing down the road, and see an oncoming car or truck. I'd say to myself "Remember, you're invisible-- they could turn right in front of you".

And they did-- or they passed another car and were in my lane, coming straight at me, head to head, at 60 MPH.

Since I was "pretending" I was invisible, I had already worked out an escape route well before I had to make the split-second decision that saved my life.

I finally did stop riding (bought a Porsche instead). Had a close call with a dump truck that I survived. To this day, I still can't account for how I survived.

I'm OK w/other people riding bikes (well, maybe not my kids, yet). But it's not for me anymore.

-Russ H.