As a motorcycle rider, I am very cognizant of bikes on the road and give them a wide berth, but these damn scooters are impossible to detect. The surge of scooters is resulting in a huge problem out there. Most of these scooter drivers treat them like a bicycle and do not follow the rules of the road. You cannot see them, cannot hear them and only know they are there when you hit them. I nearly killed a guy about 2 years ago. He was behind me and then shifted to my blind spot in the bike lane. I turned without knowing he was there and nearly ran his ass over. Luckily the hairs on my neck were standing on end I felt something wasn't right and I was in alert mode before my turn.

One thing I credit the service for is mandatory safety training for motorcycles. I believe that scooters drivers should not only be licensed and follow the rules of the road a motorcycle does, but mandatory safety classes before riding anything that goes faster then 25 mph.

*Listen up*
If you have never taken a safety class for a bike or scooter , shame on you. Yes I said it. I'm calling out any rider on this forum who hasn't taken the course. What the fuck is wrong with you. Do you really not care about your family, friends and yourself that much that your not willing to spend $500 to save your life. Oh but you've been riding all your life. And? Are you so damned arrogant that your not willing to learn possibly one thing that will save your life. If so, your a fucking idiot. In my class we had folks who had ridden 35 years and still learned life saving techniques. It teaches you to do like Russ said. Pretend you are invisible and do everything you can to make yourself visible. You should be worn out mentally every time you ride, because there is that much thinking involved all the time. Learn to be a defensive rider and realize it doesn't take much to kill you. Of the five people I know killed and the other two dozen injured in bike wrecks, two caused the wrecks.

If I pissed you off, I'm cool with that. If your going to get defensive and justify not taking the course because I called you out, I'm certainly not cool with that. You lost all respect in my book because you let selfish pride get in the way of intelligence.