Do you think racing effects your driving?

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Edited Date/Time 10/4/2021 12:33pm
Never following?
Looking for a hole in traffic?
Always try to break away from the other cars?
Holeshot at the light?
Maybe a little aggressive?


Does racing effect my driving?

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fanger 10/1/2021 4:38pm
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Racing tends to get all the 'go fast' out of my system, funny I was thinking about this topic the other day.
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Sandusky26 10/1/2021 4:39pm
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I drive slow when I’m stoned
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Kelz87 10/1/2021 4:47pm
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I always try to protect the inside line when I turn to merge onto the freeway Laughing
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murph783 10/1/2021 4:48pm
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Aggressive but not fast. I take it out on the track. But I’m also hyper vigilant of what’s going on around me so I think I’m all it makes me drive safer
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eric513anderson 10/1/2021 4:48pm
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I feel it helps with awareness and confidence
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Rider 5280 10/1/2021 7:12pm
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Whenever I drive home from a good ride, I'm more of a jacka$$ than normal in traffic until I realize I'm still in race mode.

Racing karts are the worst in this regard.
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Chris_Buehler 10/1/2021 7:54pm
10/1/2021 7:54pm
I drive like an old lady. Why would I rush? I leave on time. Speed is for the track
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Mr. Ted 10/1/2021 8:27pm
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Not my driving, but my navigating through the airport definitely calls for getting the hole shot, picking your lines and looking for passing opportunities.
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xrclark433 10/1/2021 8:34pm
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Not really. But it sure seems a lot of the people on the road could benefit from some sort of racing. The lack of awareness in dam near every driver is insane.
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mayzo 10/1/2021 9:04pm
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I’ve been told by my kids and a few others that I tailgate going into corners, brake late and accelerate through the turn.
Don’t drive to fast though.
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Titan1 10/1/2021 9:07pm
10/1/2021 9:07pm Edited Date/Time 10/2/2021 5:05pm
Racing taught me to look way ahead…that is reflected in my driving because, for example, I’ll be looking a half mile down the rode, see a semi closing in on another semi, and I’ll floor it to pass them both before I have to slow down while the two semi’s have a turtle race to pass each other…where someone else would be living in the moment, looking 50 yards in front of them oblivious of the road block that is both a half mile down the road, and avoidable.

And sometimes when driving in cities…I’ll be looking two blocks ahead…and a couple times have almost ran a red light, because it was green when I looked at it a block ago, and the light a block down is green…

So basically, and you may not know it, but if you are on the road the same time, and in the same place as me, we’re in a race…I will try and pass you.
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str8line 10/1/2021 9:28pm
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It doesn't effect my driving but I think it does affect my driving. Whistling


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KONG 10/1/2021 11:01pm
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Mr. Ted wrote:
Not my driving, but my navigating through the airport definitely calls for getting the hole shot, picking your lines and looking for passing opportunities.
I'm very quiet on the road but I tend to race my shopping kart at the supermarket.
Laughing
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Mr. Ted wrote:
Not my driving, but my navigating through the airport definitely calls for getting the hole shot, picking your lines and looking for passing opportunities.
KONG wrote:
I'm very quiet on the road but I tend to race my shopping kart at the supermarket.
Laughing
You should try racing dirtbikes
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KONG 10/1/2021 11:14pm
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Yeah, if I want to be as slow as on the road, I'll buy a Suzuki.
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Man, can't believe how clueless you are.
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Sandusky26 10/1/2021 11:18pm
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KONG wrote:
Yeah, if I want to be as slow as on the road, I'll buy a Suzuki.
Laughing

Man, can't believe how clueless you are.
But you will race a shopping cart?
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sumdood 10/2/2021 12:00am
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I think I drive mellower because my aggressiveness is out of my system.

....... until someone tailgates me or passes me and cuts me off, then it’s on like donkey kong. I can go into full blown Mr. Wheeler mode in a split second.

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Yammyam 10/2/2021 4:06am
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Sandusky26 wrote:
I drive slow when I’m stoned
Cool story bro
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Sandusky26 10/2/2021 4:21am
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Sandusky26 wrote:
I drive slow when I’m stoned
Yammyam wrote:
Cool story bro
Thanks man
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flarider 10/2/2021 4:28am
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I guess I should have added if racing HELPS your driving, but it won't let me edit the poll
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Mr. Afterbar 10/2/2021 5:11am
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Racing definitely helps driving in my opinion. Looking ahead, quick reflexes, the ability to foresee what’s about to play out. I keep it under 10 over. After a day of riding or racing, I’m in much less of a hurry.
Hman144 10/2/2021 5:31am
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Definitely think it improves situational awareness and thinking ahead. I used to teach Dirt Bike School, and would tell the parents of early teen students that I believed this was one of the many benefits of riding. Now if we could just teach people to stay off their phones...
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flarider 10/2/2021 5:34am
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I know that no one ever had to teach me how to drive a stick or bump start a car
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Darrin Willis 10/2/2021 7:05am
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"My wife drives me" thats funny
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MotoChris 10/2/2021 7:30am
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I got a smile when I read those 5 characteristics you listed because I am guilty of all. I can also do this while my wife is yelling in my ear that “this is not a race track”. I don’t regularly break any traffic laws but push the boundaries.
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spimx 10/2/2021 8:18am
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Riding a sport bike affects my driving. I almost never wait to pull out in traffic on a sport bike. A Daytona 675r is my daily driver my truck is a v6 and sometimes I forget and cut people off bad.
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Stuntman949 10/2/2021 9:43am
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There was a thread a couple years ago about this. No way it doesn't effect how you drive. Like Titan said, you look much farther ahead
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wreckitrandy 10/2/2021 10:26am
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Titan1 wrote:
Racing taught me to look way ahead…that is reflected in my driving because, for example, I’ll be looking a half mile down the rode, see a...
Racing taught me to look way ahead…that is reflected in my driving because, for example, I’ll be looking a half mile down the rode, see a semi closing in on another semi, and I’ll floor it to pass them both before I have to slow down while the two semi’s have a turtle race to pass each other…where someone else would be living in the moment, looking 50 yards in front of them oblivious of the road block that is both a half mile down the road, and avoidable.

And sometimes when driving in cities…I’ll be looking two blocks ahead…and a couple times have almost ran a red light, because it was green when I looked at it a block ago, and the light a block down is green…

So basically, and you may not know it, but if you are on the road the same time, and in the same place as me, we’re in a race…I will try and pass you.
You'll have to pass me because I'm getting the holeshot!
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Titan1 10/2/2021 10:33am
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Titan1 wrote:
Racing taught me to look way ahead…that is reflected in my driving because, for example, I’ll be looking a half mile down the rode, see a...
Racing taught me to look way ahead…that is reflected in my driving because, for example, I’ll be looking a half mile down the rode, see a semi closing in on another semi, and I’ll floor it to pass them both before I have to slow down while the two semi’s have a turtle race to pass each other…where someone else would be living in the moment, looking 50 yards in front of them oblivious of the road block that is both a half mile down the road, and avoidable.

And sometimes when driving in cities…I’ll be looking two blocks ahead…and a couple times have almost ran a red light, because it was green when I looked at it a block ago, and the light a block down is green…

So basically, and you may not know it, but if you are on the road the same time, and in the same place as me, we’re in a race…I will try and pass you.
wreckitrandy wrote:
You'll have to pass me because I'm getting the holeshot!
I look forward to the race! Lol

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