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Riding a scooter has made me a safer drive in my car. The 380 degree
awareness and not following close or aggressively has served me well.
I thought I was a cautious driver before two wheeling. After getting back on two wheels, it is like a different sense has developed watching for potential irregular movements of the vehicles around me.

I do not want to encourage road rage, but, I keep a small hand held sign in
the front seat of my car that says "Forest Gump". When a crazy aggressive
driver zooms buy. I hold up the sign to the vehicles still around me.
Lots of group laughs. I obviously do not hold the sign up to the crazy

"I am not a smart man Miss Jenny" Forest Gump (Movie)

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Re: Road Rage - Forest Gump
Bob Copeland wrote:
I do not want to encourage road rage, but, I keep a small hand held sign in
the front seat of my car that says "Forest Gump".
The older I get the more car loonies there seems to be, some drive like zombies in a Mad Max movie . Stay away from them is the best advise.
Bob - now you have to post a photo of the Forest Gump sign.
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So how DO they get the center of chocolate candies in the center, anyway?
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Re: Road Rage - Forest Gump
Bob Copeland wrote:
Riding a scooter has made me a safer drive in my car. The 380 degree awareness
Wow you are a an aware driver! You are about 5.5% more aware than the rest of us who are only at 360 degree awareness. How do you do that?
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Re: Road Rage - Forest Gump
wbdvt wrote:
Bob Copeland wrote:
Riding a scooter has made me a safer drive in my car. The 380 degree awareness
Wow you are a an aware driver! You are about 5.5% more aware than the rest of us who are only at 360 degree awareness. How do you do that?
Rubber necking?
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380 Degree Awareness
wbdvt,

My bad. I have never been good at math.

Bob Copeland
Minnesota
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Teasing you Bob! You have some great posts!
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I feel like my awareness on the scooter is quite keen due to the many thousands of miles I've ridden on my road bicycle over the past 20 years. And both cycling and scooting make me a better driver.
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Funny story
I always thought my wife was a fairly careless dangerous driver. She, of course, was willing to accept all constructive criticism.

NOT!!!

When she wanted to learn to ride a scooter, by mutual agreement she took a course at the local safety council. Where she quickly learned of her bad habits. And managed to lose most of them.

So she's a much safer car driver today. And admits freely that I was right all along.

NOT!!!
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