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When my wife and I bought our bikes on the same day two years ago, she was nervous about riding on the highway, since the only riding she had done was in a parking lot for the MSF course. She thought that because she was getting a fairing-less SV 650 she would get blown right off the bike by the higher speeds. She wanted to ride from Baltimore down RTE 1 to DC, which is essentially a four lane city street for about thirty miles at about 35 mph. She thought that it would be safer.
The salesman that we bought the bikes from also taught the MSF course, so we asked him what he suggested. He strongly recommended taking the interstate (BW Parkway) back to the District. He said, and it made sense to me, that you are better off riding in traffic that doesn't constantly start and stop at intersections. It seems to me that the MSF class also said that most accidents that are the fault of other drivers happen because of an oncoming car turning left in front of a bike. You don't have that happening on a divided highway.
Now most interstate riding sucks, but I'd have to say that it is much safer. Just stay in the left lane as much as you can. Fewer morons merging into you and higer visibility.
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