"Practically never look at the yellow lines, the guard rail, or oncoming vehicles."

Recently, I learned some time that 99 % of the crashes most motorcyclists get involved in are preventable. While that may seem slightly hard to believe, it might not be much of an exaggeration either. Let's take a look at the typical motorcycle crash: the kind that usually occurs when one more automobile violates your right of way. This typically takes place whenever you come to an intersection and a car turns left in front of you. This also takes place when a motor vehicle pulls out of a road side and into your path. As your actions must be pretty much similar for both scenario, let's take a look at the left-turn case first to better learn how to avoid the collision.

First, when possible, look at least couple of seconds in advance of your motorbike. Your vision should be checking from left to right, up and down. The sooner you see any danger, the more time you'll have to respond to it or the scenario it could present.

Second, since the majority of multiple-vehicle crashes come about at crossing points, halt when approaching it. Be prepared to make use of your back and front braking systems as you become nearer to the intersection. If it's safe to do so, position your motorbike on the left area of your lane. Doing this, in case you need to swerve round the left-turning automobile, your movement will most likely take you to the left and around the rear of the automobile prior to quickly steer returning to the right and into your lane of traffic. However, most likely in situations such as this, your only approach will be to stop as soon as possible using both your front and rear wheels. That's why it's very imperative that you practice urgent stopping using both of those brakes. Usually, the average rider never does practice braking.

For that reason, in an emergency, the average rider slams on the rear brake, locks the wheel, and skids right into the vehicle. Even when he misses the car, there's a strong chance he will probably fall onto the pavement. In either case, he crashes for absolutely no reason. By looking way in advance of your bike, you'll be able to assume the actions of the other vehicle and use your braking systems long before the situation turns into an emergency. The simplest way to improve your motorcycle-braking abilities is to spend even just a few moments per week practicing emergency braking. Time spent training might actually decrease the probabilities of locking the back brakes significantly in an emergency later on.

The second most frequent motorbike collision involves just the motorbike, and I'm talking about inability to negotiate a turn. What usually takes place is the biker enters a turn and all of a sudden feels he's going too quickly to really make it round the curve. Maybe the driver hears the foot peg or muffler start to scrape from tilting over too much. Since he isn't aware of that sound, he panics, straightens up the motorbike, then looks at the yellow line on the road, at the guardrail, or even the other lane itself In any event, a crash arises. In a study of more than 600 cases concerning inability to negotiate a curve, in every case that the motorbike was capable of making the turn at the speed the rider was going, the biker was deemed to be not capable of creating the turn due to not enough appropriate driving skill sets.

And so, how will you stay away from this accident? It is rather simple. Figure out how to effectively use your eyes and head. Any time coming up to a curve to the left, place your motorcycle on the right section of the lane as you go into the turn just before re-focusing your particular attention on the road farther through the turn. That way you can clearly view the place on the road in which you want the motorbike to be as you make your arc through the turn. Do not ever glance at the yellow line, the guard rail, or nearing motor vehicles. If the road curves to the right, position your bike slightly closer to the left side of the lane as you enter the curve. Keep going in the same manner, permitting yourself to gently edge closer to the center and then the right side of the road as you complete the turn.

Also, find your bike's slim limits in an automobile parking space where you can drive slowly so the worst that could happen in case you miscalculated is to experience a simple tip-over. The bottom line is basically that practice makes perfect. It's the solution to safe driving. Also, learn how to make use of your front and back brakes and keep them from locking. If you possibly can get better at those fundamentals of riding a bike, you may well be able to prevent 99 percent of the crash situations you'll probably come across. At the least, you'll reduce accidental injuries to yourself and damage to your bike. Don't be a normal rider who depends upon foolish luck; put into practice and ride like a pro.