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karl nailed it spot on. Bigfish the best thing my teacher taught me this week was to drive like you are invisible. Motorcycle operators generally divide a lane up into 3 imaginary lanes. No one lane is the best to ride in at all times. You have to practice what they call SEE..Search...Evaluate....Execute.
At any given time a bike operator should be looking 12 seconds ahead. No less than 4 second cushion around you.
Now I will say from my point of view...
If I was riding alone I would not ride on the yellow line or close to it if I can help it. Road condx will be the first and foremost judgement factor in lane position...many things you might not see could be in factor here...The object is to take away one link of the crash chain. In the few days I've been riding now I find it's preferable to stay in the middle 5-7' of the center of the lane...unless you get stuff like manhole covers, potholes, crowns, fresh pavement etc, large trucks, etc.
Were you driving into or out of a corner when you saw this? A common driving technique is "Outside Inside Outside" as it reduces the corner radius.
You would be surprised how much your vehicle driving would change if you rode a motorcycle. You gain a new appreciation for looking in your rear view mirrors when you're stopped at a traffic light now and people coming up behind you and you look at every single moving object more anticipating now too.
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