Owning a motorcycle always affiliates accidents. But these accidents can be prevented if you have the right knowledge on how to avoid it. Motorcycles features gives you some possible tools to avoid accidents. Good grip of wide tires, a very wide vision and with powerful brakes system. Here are some tips on how to use this features to avoid some common accidents.
Driving When Drunk
For goodness sake guys, never attempt to drive when you are under the influence of alcoholic drink. This is the most bad habit you should make. You are risking your life for nothing.
Prevention
If you are in a party a get carried away and ask by friends to drink don't ever plan to drive your motorcycle. You drink moderate or much is just the same you are still under the influence of alcoholic fluids. If you are planning to go home you can ask a friend that didn't drink at all to drive you home or in case of no one can just have a sleep over a place. If you are in a party or any occasion, the other thing to do is to avoid drinking alcoholic fluids if you are planning to drive home.
Car Hits You Behind
You are in the middle of driving your motorcycle then you see children crossing and stop your bike, then the car behind you didn't see you and it collide to you at high speed. This accidents can kill motorcyclist depending oh how strong the impact.
Prevention
When you are in an intersection then suddenly a car stops in front of you, use this car to prevent collision from car behind you. You can pull in front of it so that other cars coming through from behind had more visual on what is in front of them. If there is no available other cars you can stop at the most side of the lane. The technique when breaking is to flash your tail light to signal others that you are slowing down. Use your side mirrors to observe coming cars from behind.
Lane Splitting
It happens when you try to change lane in case of heavy traffics. When a car don'y notice you changing your lane and then also change his lane, collision may happen in both of you. One of the factor also why it happens is the space provided for your motorcycle to maneuver. You can lost space in the road when you jam with other vehicles in slow moving traffic.
Prevention
Avoid splitting of lanes, if possible keep your motorcycle in one lane. Don't ever try to jam with other large vehicle.
Car Opened Its Door
Your in a road with traffic and there are parked cars nearby, then you try to go through them and someone swings the door wide open. Bang your almost inside the car.
Prevention
Never try to drive near parked cars because usually drivers or passengers may come out from the car. If you do, Keep distance with the parked or use horn to warn them that you are coming through. If you are not in a hurry just avoid driving near parked cars to stay safe.
Full Front Brake
You accidentally grab hard to your front bake lever and make your motorcycle out of control causing it to cart wheel.
Prevention
There are tips on how to apply front brakes for motorcycle to avail a smooth stop. Front brake is the strongest brake in your motorcycle that can reduce your speed much faster than other brakes but is one of the most hard to master component in you bike. A small mistake in grabbing your front brake lever may cause accident. In using a front break, the best way to avail its benefit is to press your lever over after the other. Never try to squeezed your lever hard specially when driving at high speed.
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