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Dear Motorcycle Rider,

With respect, nobody here wants to spend summer weekends writing up your death notice for the Toronto Sun.

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Nobody wants to creep your Facebook page, hoping to get information about you from your friends, and nobody wants to have to contact your family to get a statement after you’re dead.

Yes, everybody knows you operate your bike safely (well, maybe not you, death-wish dolt riding the R 1250 going 160 on the Gardiner,) but that’s beside the point.

It’s often not about you. A lot of car drivers can’t see you.

A lot of other car drivers are idiots.

In the off-chance you hadn’t noticed, people don’t stop at red lights any more, rarely signal lane changes, never leave the passing lane, fail to check their blind spot, tailgate, speed, drive under the influence and use their phones while operating their vehicle.

The worse people drive, the bigger your risk.

And your risk is big to start with.