Re: Oh hey, let me blame something else on ADD…

[billd]

I’m with wgreen – and toofat.

Too bad I sold my bike as I wanted money for a different purchase, and, due to an ACCIDENT, and some comments my wife made while a trooper was present, I had to take the test again (which I ace anyway) and I never bothered getting the motorcycle portion back as I had other interests (I was distracted by an expensive and rare antique engine I wanted badly)

I am with toofat – the bike was the safest thing I ever had. I never once had even a close call. It kept my attention. I was never drowsy (even with my EDS) and never was “unalert”. Part was knowing what happens when one doesn’t pay attention on a bike (I used to work at On With Life, and trust me, brain injuries I saw made me wanna cry for those folks).

Oh, I did stupid stuff – I once worked on a bike for a customer in a shop I used to work in – he complained it had no top end. When I had it fixed I made sure it had good top end. Apparently a highway patrolman on his way to our shop to have his state car worked on saw me and told the boss……. he just said it was stupid, and he was afraid I was going to get hurt.

I have had SO many accidents over the years, but the speeding tickets, especially as a teen and young adult made my insurance call me one time and ask “hey, what’s up here, is there a problem?”

It’s not a cop out or “let’s blame something else on ADD”, it’s a fact. Studies, real-life people like me, it’s all there. Just ask the deer I killed a few weeks ago while on my way to work with my classic collector car….. and what THAT is costing me. Thank goodness it wasn’t the Javelin.

A motorcycle changes me – I’m in control, I’m alert, and I’m an artist with a bike able to move with great skill. Put me in a car, I need to go fast, get out of my way, or, I’m dozing off and have no clue where I am at times. I get there, but it’s not without a “moment” or two of “did I just miss a turn? No, I’m still 1 mile away, or, gee, where am I? Oh, ok, I know now”.

My son since he was a little tike could ride in a car with anyone, front seat, back seat, whatever, tell you of the landmarks along the way when it was all over, and in later years, could drive back to those places himself. He’s got some of the mild traits of ADHD from me, but he’s got those made up for in other ways. But poor guy, you can tell it’s in there lurking.

It was a sort of wake-up call as my wife was there at the time…………. I still have my moments, and I still get impatient, but as luck would have it, when I’m paying attention, alert, etc. – I actually have driving skills that border on professional. Too bad ADHD gets into the driver’s seat before my underlying abilities.

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