Yes, the roads are a mess in the Golden State but there is much more danger. Over the past few years, road reports and near misses show an alarming rate of wooden or aluminum ladders straddling the freeway lanes, especially in the urban areas. Cause seems to be day laborers or contractor idiots just throwing their tools into an open bed pick up. One pot hole or bump and you have a dangerous situation for motorcyclists. So what to do?
If you brake,you get rear ended by a cage. If you swerve, you get sideswiped by a heavy hauler. If you hit the ladder straight on, chances are you are going down in traffic. Oftentimes, you don't see the danger until the vehicle in front of you plows into the obstruction and then it's too late. I have taken to riding in the Number 1 ( fast lane) close to the left side of the lane near the concrete freeway dividers when in congested traffic. I keep my head on a swivel looking left and right an pre-planning an escape route.
Saying all that, I am curious what other riders are doing?
Not going down without a fight here in sunny and congested California.............
If you brake,you get rear ended by a cage. If you swerve, you get sideswiped by a heavy hauler. If you hit the ladder straight on, chances are you are going down in traffic. Oftentimes, you don't see the danger until the vehicle in front of you plows into the obstruction and then it's too late. I have taken to riding in the Number 1 ( fast lane) close to the left side of the lane near the concrete freeway dividers when in congested traffic. I keep my head on a swivel looking left and right an pre-planning an escape route.
Saying all that, I am curious what other riders are doing?
Not going down without a fight here in sunny and congested California.............