Might makes right? Submit to the bully?
It's not that at all!! :lecturef_smilie: . It's more a matter of any/all drivers/riders of a smaller vehicles being smart enough to try and avoid forcing the heavier vehicle driver to hafta argue with those
STILL so far immutable laws of physics!!
Heavy vehicles have a
HELLUVA LOT of momentum to overcome just to
change speeds, let alone
STOP to avoid the idiot who cuts in front without leaving enough space; or to
GET MOVING again once they've been forced to slow to avoid driving right over someone who cut things just a little fine, and all that also applies if they've
just started moving again!! Sometimes, their best and safest course of action is to continue on with the action they commenced somewhat before you as the approaching driver even saw the heavy vehicle start moving again, cos if they try to stop something they've already started, they'll likely end up smack in your way or blocking the whole intersection or maybe running over you as you try to squeeze thru the rapidly closing gap before they physically can stop again anyway!! :shocked:
The 'real' professional drivers of heavy vehicles out there know that their rigs just don't simply get straight up to freeway speeds in seconds once they put their foot down; just like they don't just stop on a dime if they lift their foot off the gas or stomp on the brakes either - all those actions take quite a few seconds to show any noticeable results, and the smaller vehicle that gets too close in any of those instances
WILL LOSE if it comes to a collision!! So regardless of who you are or who 'technically' might have right of way, as a competent driver/rider of a smaller vehicle, then
YOU really
NEED to give them
a WHOLE LOT MORE SPACE and LEEWAY to do anything, or YOU'LL LOSE if the driver of the heavy vehicle can't suddenly produce a miracle and avoid you - it really doesn't matter too much if they're a ratbag incompetent or the most courteous of skilled professional drivers!! If
YOU (or me; or someone else?!) puts yourself in harms way by not giving them/their vehicle enough space or leeway to do what they've already started doing (even if you can't see it yet cos it's taking seconds to produce any results!!
) then
YOU stand a good chance of paying the penalty..... and there's an equally as good chance that they might not even feel the little bump that was their heavy trailer flattening you into the deck!! :yikes:
So if/whenever anyone is driving/riding a smaller vehicle, if we're smart, we'll give these heavy vehicles more space than we think they might need; and cos there does seem to be an increasing number of '
less than professionally competent' drivers than was formerly the case, then we should probably give them
even MORE '
I.D. 10. T.' space too! :thumbup:
We Spyder Ryders need to find the best roads to take and be Safe.
) regardless of the fact that due to the so far immutable laws of physics, in any potential collision, they will ALWAYS lose! :banghead: 
