Next time when you see a stereotypical old lady pulling past a stop sign and looking to the right to make a left turn you might want to slow the f*ck down. And don't bother yelling "Stop" or "On your left" cause it only distracts them... and you from slowing the f*ck down.

I'm sorry if my attitude is offending people, but I'm tired of reading these posts where someone is injured and I'm supposed to hate the car driver. The same mistakes are being made again and again and no one is learning from them. So from now on I will interject my opinions on the matter from what information I can glean from the particular incident. There were several warning flags set here, old lady, pulling past a stop sign, and not looking in the right direction, all indicating to... slow the f*ck down.

When you are able, find an empty parking lot and figure out how far it will take to stop at different speeds. They got lots of lines painted there to facilitate the whole process. Memorize the distance to the corresponding speed. Then when riding and warning flags are triggered you can slow the f*ck down to the speed where you will be able to stop before hitting the front quarter panel.

So before someone posts the usual theoretical stuff about 'rights of way" and "sharing the road", I'm going to counter with the cold hard reality of bumpers, windshields and quarter panels. No sympathy from me. Heal up, learn from it and ride again and I'll give you my respect. But no more sympathy. It just doesn't pay off.

Okay, I'm a little bit sorry. But I'm not going to tell you cause it will only make you soft.