Social Riding?

Here in Belgium it is forbidden for private persons to drive anything unless it is for a good reason (food, doctor, pharmacy, help old folks..) so motorcycling is forbidden. In fact you van only go out on foot or on bike as long as you keep your distance and maximum two persons at a time. Anything to keep the virus from spreading! We expect an even more severe and total lockdown in the next days... Streets are empty, almost no traffic. The only winner is the environment... I fear nothing will ever be the same after the virus is long gone, governments will use this to install even more 'big brother' in everyday life and BC will no longer mean before christ, but before corona... Keep well!

 

Unfortunately I’ve got to drive to Durham tomorrow to pick up my daughter’s belongings from Uni.
Obviously if there was a way of avoiding this I would.
One fuel stop on the way back,so will hopefully avoid contact..

 

After much thought and soul searching I have decided to leave my bikes in the garage until we are given the ok to ride again. Stay safe everyone

 

Avoid accidents=don’t ride your bike
Avoid using up valuable NHS resources = don’t ride your bike
Think of others = don’t ride your bike

of course the above is aimed at unnecessary pleasure riding

 

Everything pleasant will be forbidden, except warfare...

 

Ann Summers are doing a nice line in surgical rubberware

 

Don’t think you’ll have the choice soon

 

We’re gonna have to get used to this

 

riding motorbikes is inherently dangerous, so is crossing the road or climbing mountains or having sex or smoking or drinking or visiting foreign countries etc....

I am sorry if people feel really stressed out over this and wish them all the best, but thinking I might have an accident if I go out on my bike, then what is the point of it all, there are far more threats to our lives out there than covid19 and yes I have arterial problems so I might be at risk, but beyond taking all reasonable precautions I will go out, on foot, in my car or on my bike. I am working at home today but might get sent to a site any day this week, which will involve me using the car and I might need to get some shopping in at some stage.....I will avoid contact with others, respecting the guidelines for social distancing etc.

I have needed to visit hospital once because of an off and that was as a pillion just over 40 years ago.

I lived in Jerusalem for a while and the statistical chance of being stabbed/shot/kidnapped was probably much higher than getting covid19 and hitchhiking through europe on my own in the mid 80's certainly carried risks, but we do these things and will continue to do them, such is the nature of life. I am sure all of us have done dangerous things in the past, beside the obvious as a group of bikers, have none of us ever drunk too much and did something stupid, had unprotected sex with some bird we met in a nightclub, jumped a red light, broke the speed limit, started an argument with some nasty evil huge bastard....

 

.....and THIS is why the country WILL be put into lock down probably before the end of the week

 

Our postman delivered a parcel this afternoon.
By the time I got to the door he was over the other side of the street.

 

Can't say as I blame him under the circumstances

 

The difference is that they were risks you were taking for yourself. These are risks you are imposing on others, where the consequences could be deadly.