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Originally Posted by Steve-C
There's a clip on a YT video of a biker lurching to the side avoiding a speeding pickup truck that smashes into the car he was stopped behind. It appears he probably would have been killed if hit. Like him, I keep it in gear, stay to the side and watch that rearview - YMMV.
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Without a doubt, every conceivable accident situation can find anecdotal episodes of having occurred.
Personally, the times I've been rear-ended by another vehicle while I was stopped at an intersection were unforeseeable events ... like a 16 yr old newbie driver who saw our direction traffic light turn green and stomped on the gas pedal. Never mind that I was in front of him and was just starting to move forward as the late cross traffic cleared the intersection. If I had dumped the clutch to briskly accelerate forward when the light turned green, I'd have run into the side of one of those late to the intersection other vehicles.
Bottom line: we all have our experience with various makes, their quirks, and traffic situations. The marques I've ridden and worked on for almost 50 years didn't tolerate sitting in gear with the clutch in for more than a moment or so. YMMV.
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