True or False: "I am a better driver, because I ride"

[ASammy1]

I would say true! Because I ride, I tend to be more aware while driving.

[smilingcat]

don't think it has affected my driving for the better or for worse. not sure

Then again, I have yet to collect a speeding ticket or moving violations. Only few parking tickets evar. one in NYC and one when I made the mistake of day of the week.

I've been taught to be keenly maintain situational awareness. Living in NYC makes you do this and also being an engineer. I think these two has made me a better driver.

[redrhodie]

"I'm a better rider because I ride"

I'm definitely better on a bike. I still get impatient while driving. That just doesn't happen cycling. But, I have improved in the car, so I guess "true" for me, too.

Good luck with the lessons! My mom tried to teach me, and lasted one short session. I went to driving school. She never did feel comfortable with me driving (the driving teacher taught me to be very aggressive--1st time out, we did the Thurbers Avenue curve ).

[Geonz]

Coming to the bicycle from motorcycle has simply planted, indelibly, the stamp of "vehicle" on my riding. I'll be sitting there at the red light (with cars there) while the cyclist across the street does the stop, check, and proceed because no, there isn't any traffic. I'm reasonably sure that if I hadn't had the years on the motorcycle in between the 'just riding around' on the bike that I'd have that "out of the mainstream" approach.
I also developed habits for perceiving when I'd been seen that come in handy - and perhaps most of all, got used to riding in the cold. Bicycles are infernos compared to motorcycles - except for those muffler burns...

When I drive (pretty rarely) I do, also, get this weird idea that I'm invisible, especially at four-way stops. I want to wave everybody else through