Do safer riders have a better imagination?

[Stig / Major Tom]

When I see people doing stupid & unsafe things on the streets - I often shake my head and think:
"They have no imagination."

Driving that much faster than the traffic flow - changing lanes blindly & weaving through traffic - speeding past cars waiting to enter the traffic flow - accelerating through multi-lane intersections - tailgating - speeding around blind corners - running lights - passing over double yellow lines - etc., etc. It bothers me.

When I see young two-wheel riders doing that, it scares me. And, sadly - sometimes they have a young lady perched high over the the tail light when they're doing this.

We can't control everything that happens on the road.

However,  I consider my vivid imagination to be perhaps my safest bit of riding kit.

After a few hours on my scooter, I am tired.
Maybe some of that has to do with my age, and some of it is due to the physical and mental aspects of riding in traffic.

Can't always be like this...


Stig

[CROSSBOLT]

That imagination is like the pilot working the, "What if..." game. What if this happens, what will I do? It works because it encourages one to have a plan. Yeah, they are safer...to be able to ride (fly)(whatever) again....soon.

Karl

[blue]

Getting out seeing the country. And  using my imagination is part of why I ride. Going by the hill sides and just wishing I had a house up on the hill. Or seeing a field full of deer wishing I was hunting. Your mind is open to imagination when rideing.

[Mr. Paul]

I think Karl put it best. I too use the imagination game to plan best way to escape an emergency situation. But the imagination can be a two-edged sword. Some two-wheelers imagine they are invincible like the examples Stig gave. We imagine to escape danger. They imagine to ignore it.