Don't be proud of being a noisy nuisance

and well decibel levels naturally rise when accelerating...in residential neighborhoods I do try to move along as quickly and quietly as possible, but sometimes just can't be helped...like on memorial day weekend when we are rolling toward the Iwo Jiwa memorial at 530am with around 50 or so bikes...yeah I'm used to it and all that sound bouncing around off those tall buildings...hurts even my ears

When people are mindful of my preference not to die because they cannot be bothered to pay attention to what they are doing while hurling a 3,000 pound vehicle around.

It's how we try to get to work every day... Preferably alive. You don't put 12k+ miles on a hobby every year.

Folks don't see us. Period. At least maybe they can be bothered to hear us. Every single day (no exaggeration) someone does their very best to ignore the fact that we exist on the road, and do their absolute best to try and kill us...