Reply #14: I've seen all you describe.

[sofa king]

Except the bump-in-the-back trick. Living in deer country seems to help; there aren't many texting drivers and traffic in general is pretty light.

For me, the greatest danger is the wet and the cold. I don't do it every day, but each week at least once I have to commute about 75 miles (37 each way), all year round. In the winter, I try to do most of my driving at night when traffic is nil, but the frigid cold is just indescribable. No frostbite yet, though, so the 30 pounds of gear I wear must be doing some good.

In the past few years local drivers seem to have become much more aware of and courteous to moped riders, probably because there are many more of them and they're known to be inexpensive. I know that there's a whole world of things I've been able to do with mine that would not otherwise have been possible.

But it's a big risk, because they are all out to get you, if only they could see you.