Something I very rarely do is put my bike in neutral at red lights. I might if there's no-one to the rear. But once they're within 100 meters or so, clunk it in first and keep an eye for people not keeping an eye on me. When I started riding my buddy with a few more years experience said "just pretend everyones trying to kill you, and plan for that." its served me well. Ride your own ride if you're out with buddies and they're riding too fast for you, dont push the skills you dont have yet, you'll see them at the next red or gas stop. When we're riding with coworkers we put the newb upfront and say ride at whatever pace you're comfy with, dont try to impress anyone.

Just started watching The bad part about #1 drivers see the gap and most times they speed up to pass you and go around you, you don’t want cars to go around you to get in front of you, they did this all the time when I was on my smaller e moto. We want cars to notice us all times and to respect our presence on the road and my experience this is more important than worrying about what could possibly be in the middle of the road

There are reasons to appreciate such unplanned delays. YES they do happen for a reason. I am a long haul trucker, and have been one for last 30 years. Some years ago in Nebraska I pulled into a Truckstop to quickly use the restroom and snacks and a drink then get going. On the way out of the parking lot this flatbed driver pulled out in front of me because he HAD to be in a bigger hurry than me. Suffice it to say I verbally expressed my frustrations for the 20 second delay. Going down the freeway about 15 minutes later, I got in a dust storm so bad I couldn’t see the front of my Volvo 770’s hood. So from 65mph I started to slow down and feel for the rumble strip as nobody could see where we were going. I thought I saw a brake light come on so I decided to stop. I got on the CB and started to broadcast what was going on and that I was stopped on the shoulder with everyone else. About 5 minutes go by and after several repeats a driver said God must have been watching over me. I said I agreed and wondered what prompted his comment. He said he had a police scanner and the officer that walked by called out my truck number….as not being involved. “In what?” I asked. He said I wasn’t going to believe it but relayed their report accordingly. He said the brake light flash I saw when I stopped, was that car in front rear ending a vehicle in front of him, 3 people dead. The vehicle BEHIND my bumper was rear ended from behind me when he stopped. Rear ended by a U-haul truck, the vehicle behind me 2 fatalities. I was pinned between 2 car wrecks and 5 fatalities…that occurred about 15-20 seconds in front of of me and about 10 seconds after I stopped. HAD I NOT BEEN DELAYED BY THAT FLATBED in the parking lot for those 20 or so seconds, or waited a few seconds longer to leave the store, I could have caused one or both accidents. I can’t say how many delays I had over the years by a few seconds here and there only to come on an accident that just happened seconds earlier that had I not been delayed those few seconds I would have been involved. So remember, those delays happen for a reason, we might not always know why, but try to be grateful when they do. Not easy these days, but we gotta try anyway huh?

Years ago I began looking at the stopped cars front wheel approaching intersections. You will see the wheel begin to turn before you see the cars body move. Every second counts if they pull out.

I always avoid being in blind spots, or even being beside cars/trucks at all, if I can avoid it. The only thing is that especially guys in bro-dozers seem to think you want to race them, when all I am trying to do is create some space between me and other traffic, and there a a LOT of bro-dozers where I live.

The amount of people running red lights where I live is unbelievable. People blatantly ignore red lights so often it's worth waiting a extra few seconds after the light turns green before moving on. Throw in the people who always go near lane to far lane while making a left turn and you have yourself and old fashioned clusterfuck.

Been riding for 15 years. It’s always nice to hear the basics from time to time as a refresher. Been a long time viewer, since the days of your R6. Keep it up! 🎉

Constantly evaluating your situation. Identifying potential issues, and then dismissing them just as quickly when past. Finding escape paths incase X or Y happens. The focus needed to ride safely (or more accurately, safer) does take a higher mental capacity, but in a good way! Probably another reason why riding a motorcycle is a great mental health activity in that it helps you sort of forget about the other stresses of the world while you focus on the ride, and give your brain a little reset. Thank you, motorcycles!

Fun fact: I heard that when our brains are in "tunnel vision" only looking or focusing on one task, our brains literally remove other things we see from our vision whether we like it or not. So quite literally, what we see is not always what's actually there. Just think of those optical illusions where our eyes are fooled because of our brains. Motorcycles are life the real life (actually dangerous) scenarios of our brain playing tricks on itself.

Something I think helps: Anytime you’re getting to a passing section of a road, check your mirrors. It can be very surprising if someone is coming up fast from behind and intends to pass. Also do this if you intend to pass in a passing section just in case there’s someone behind you who may be moving the on that same idea already.

Looking ahead and careful through intersections are my biggest focuses with more traffic.

Really enjoyed the drone shots and the graphics on this video, very clear and informative. I would argue that positioning yourself on par with the car's driver to avoid being in their blindspot is not as efficient as positioning yourself further ahead so they see you past the a-beam(?). Reason being you're still gonna be hit if the driver swerves into you regardless of the reasons being still not seeing you, or if they "have to" due to obstacles in the road like animals, trash, someone pulling out in front of them etc. 🤘💪💪

Just started watching, for anyone watching this to prep for a test, be sure you are studying for your states actual requirements vs what videos may recommend. There are no less than 2 questions on my states written test regarding his point number one, and following this video would have you get those both wrong.

you should look into the smith system of safe driving habits. as a bus driver i had to basically memorize that shtuff. also, define what a mid block pull out is and why it's the most important thing to watch out for while on city streets. if you want a bonus frustration try to define what an intersection is.

Great video I always look twice at intersections in my car, to many idiots anymore.

Good words Chase, good words.

#2 is an interesting one. We're trained as drivers that the most dangerous objects are horizontal objects (car, trucks), while vertical objects are safe (telephone poles, trees, people on the side of the road), or at least not as dangerous as horizontal objects. With so much information the brain takes in while driving, it has to reject a lot of it, so when the brain "sees" a vertical object, it'll reject it as safe and continue processing the horizonal objects. Well, a motorcycle is a vertical object on the road, so driver brains will reject it and it'll "disappear from their brains". Hence why they'll happily merge into or pull out in front of us motorcyclists. Compound this with modern cars with their infotainment centers that provide additional distractions and all of their "safety" features, which allow drivers to not bother paying attention, plus the ever present cell phone distraction, riding around cars is one of the most dangerous things we can do. I always highly recommend riding at a brisk pace, doing your best to keep ahead of traffic, and avoiding clusters of cars.

05:34 this habit can be DEADLY!!

Good tips to live by. Mine would be to always try lane filtering to the front of the queue. Stateside it's super important, albeit technically illegal in most states. Still given the fact of how many distracted driver accidents happen each year, if you're choosing to sit in traffic behind other cars than you're basically choosing to sit and pray a distracted driver doesn't shunt your rear end throwing you forward into the car/truck/suv ahead of you.

I'm a new rider this year but I do # 5 all the time, I drive 18 wheeler and you need to pay attention to what's going around you especially in Boston traffic.

What a great video. Good animation, keep doing that.

#1, I just want to say that one huge benefit of being in the center of the lane is that you are visible in drivers rear view mirrors, not their side view mirrors. Most drivers check their rear view but might as well not even have side view mirrors. Be very careful occupying the far right position of a right hand lane as well, because this hides you from visibility if a driver is trying to merge suddenly to catch a turn or exit or maybe they're just fucking bad at driving and changing lanes way too fast. I agree that the grease trail is a major hazard, especially in highly populated cities, but keep in mind the importance of positioning yourself to still stay visible to idiots.

I honestly do all of those except 3. I need to get into the habit of scanning before I leave the line.

definitely make sure you know the traffic patterns and how many like to turn on "red" or after the yellow when others go green.. so the race from white line to white line isn't always great to do here at least in chicago. normally it is about 1 or 2 cars after the yellow goes away or red shows but every now and then it is 3 and 4..... smh. and yeah to self cancelling turnsignals. :) keep up the fun vids cheers.

Good tips .

OC I just wanted to add to take extra caution when passing thru an intersection or passing by anyone making a left turn from the oncoming lane, they may or may not see you and can end up turning (and maybe stopping) right in front of you. What i do is stay close to the other cars around me as im passing so they can at least see them (hopefully)😅 Also, be prepared to clean a lot of bugs off the front of the bike and gear 😂

Binge watching yt, I couldn't turn the video off because the animations and video production were captivating lol. Newer riders hopefully appreciate what you've done here, nice work👍

You made me interested in learning Motorcycle riding...I saw your full How to learn to ride motorcycle playlists with R7

I legit hit the middle button even if I forgot to signal😂

just noticed that the end of this season is the beginning of my birthday month, you have to make this right chase 😂

The biggest problem for riding in traffic for me... going from a quite small bike, to one that's 200mm wider and 600mm longer. just because the bike is bigger doesn't mean people want to give it more room... quite the opposite!

In India we use after market blinker beeper, it costs about a dollar

Kudos for the editing. The HUD effects were pretty neat!

Why lane splitting is illegal in US? Kinda pointless on buying a motorcycle then.

OC Keeping your head on a swivel is a definite must. Also I would add to be a bit prejudice against certain cars. BMWs that can’t work their turn signals. Altimas that will catch their upcoming exit on the right at 15ft from the far left lane. Range Rovers that will nearly clip anything in its path because they just can’t be bothered to care about anything besides their needs. They’re stereotypes for a reason and make sure you can maneuver away/around them when the chance presents itself.

Came here for the 450ss (due to having a 450sr) and like... having everything explained ON THE BIKE IM USING is just... ahhhhh a blessing Gonna be extra disappointed if the giveaway plucks it away from the channel

Honestly a lot of this is useful for driving a car as well. I guess I was fortunate that this kind of thing just comes naturally to me. I always keep every vehicle I can see in my brain, even when driving a car, so when I got my bike I didn't have to train myself to do it. My car is a Miata, so it has a lot of the same dangers, with more and more vehicles on the road basically becoming land yachts that could swallow my car. I actually feel safer on my bike because I'm so much higher up and can see further around other vehicles, lol. I actually had to drive through denver a couple weeks ago, and even in a cage, I was white knuckling half the time because those people are even worse than Dallas drivers, lol. I watched one huge 'murica truck almost rear end another huge 'murica truck as the one cut the other off, all while almost rear ending a minivan, and then they gunned it and passed on the left shoulder, all doing 80-90mph on a stretch that was 60... It gave me a real appreciation for how not terrible my local drivers are here.

I like the style of this video too, w editor

I dont ride bikes but i drive a manual and have always been a defensive driver. If these tips have to be said then it makes me think bikes are just poor riders cus all these tips are exactly what i would do if i were riding a bike.

I always think to myself green doesn’t mean go, it’s a suggestion.

what bike are you riding

This should be a DMV PSA.

Cf moto ..... nice

Pass the cars, don't ride next to them if you can avoid it.

Assume all drivers are idiots. Literally what my driver's ed teacher taught us.

'OC'

🙏 Amen

Chase, if you are only now picking up that you shouldn't race away on a green in case of red light runners, then perhaps you also "have no idea how to ride in traffic" and you have also learn't something.😁

Hey Chase! Great production here man!

Was there another host prior??? Guy with a curly hair?

I commented on the first video with regards to #1 and it has I've 1k replies lol😂

Lol