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I got my motorcycle license in 2008 and got a bike the same year. I put a few hundred miles on it that year around town. I was scared to death the whole time. Yes, drivers on their cell phones (talking or texting) scared me. What was even worse, is that I quickly figured out that someone could look right at me and still not see me. I came to believe that most drivers saw and human-sized thing (person on a motorcycle) and subconsciously put me in the category of "pedestrian". I had numerous occasions where someone looked right at me, and pulled in front of me out of a parking lot such that I had to panic stop or swerve to avoid hitting them. By 2012, I'd found that I was putting less than 50 miles on the bike a year. I sold it.

Maybe if I'd learned to ride earlier I may have enjoyed it, but I feel like most motorists are morons and shouldn't be licensed to operate such deadly machinery.