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I believe that the public only really "see" the ar*ehole riders - 'cause they make the most noise, do the stupidest of things and generally loom large on the road.
The more sensible amongst us go unnoticed simply because when on public view we do the right thing. The older ones amongst us are more aware of how long it would take to recover if we came off... ouch!
But we all get tarred with the same brush - and I guess we always will.
Car chases bike, car crashes in to car - must be the bikes fault! Of course, how stupid of me to think otherwise.
27 years ago I was lying in the ER fairly smashed up and covered in blood, several busted bits. My wife of three months was being taken to another hospital that had better facilities as she was much worse than me.
The porter who wheeled me to X-ray was quite forthright in his opinion. Because I was on a bike it was obviously my fault, I must have been speeding and drinking and I'm obviously a menace to society...
This despite the fact that it was car that didn't stop at a crossroads (driver was prosecuted), I hadn't been speeding, hadn't been drinking and had recently married my childhood sweetheart - hardly the profile of a public menace.
All those out of work are benefit cheats, all politicians are on the make, all coppers are corrupt, all migrant workers are lazy. The list of stereotypes is endless!
And the point I'm trying to make is... ah, who cares. I just wanted to get that off my chest!
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