My whole childhood all I knew was motorcycles. I would ride till I couldn’t feel my legs anymore when it came to riding with my dad. It was honestly one of the best feelings, of freedom feeling the wind flying on your face. If my dad had the choice he would have lived on a motorcycle. Anytime he could that was what he would leave the house on. Dad would always say that if he was to ever go while he was on a motorcycle not to be sad because that means he went out doing something that he loved doing. Though I remind myself of this I still can’t help but to be sad.
Since losing my dad to a motorcycle accident it has made it super hard for me to be able to get back on one for so many reasons. The main one being the only person I ever really rode with was my dad. That was our “bonding time” as I got older. The thought of getting back on one without him just doest seem right. Since his passing I have been back on a bike one time and it was because I was in a bad place and really needed to feel close to my dad.
The point in this is to always look twice; you never know whose family member is on that bike. That person could be the glue holding the family together. There are always going to be bikers, we need to do better when it comes to watching out for them when they are on the roads. I see people all the time riding too close to them and I can’t stress enough how dangerous this is. Even at a stoplight, if you were to get rear ended and being that close you also just put those bikers at risk because you weren’t paying attention to how close you were. More people need to do research, read up on the laws and safety information that even bikers post about.
Another thing that bikers would appreciate from us is for people to do better with our gravel driveways and when mowing our grass. Blow it away from the road, this is very dangerous for bikers as well.
My last point to address and one that I can’t address the most STAY IN YOUR OWN LANE! Especially when topping a hill the slightest cross over the line can be fatal to someone else in the blink of an eye. There are a million “what if’s” that can be asked, but I can’t dwell on those moments anymore because my mental health literally can’t handle it. Pay attention to your surroundings when driving, not your phone. (I am not saying a phone was involved in what happened with my dad, again that would be a what if case and I just don’t have those in me.) There are just so many cases where the drivers of the cars are on their phones and hit the bikers.
That’s all I have for this one but I will have another one that I will be posting whether it be later today or for tomorrow’s blog. As always thank you for reading and check out the store with mothers day right around the corner! Until Next Time With Love, Alyssa
