Safer than it was !
Using a motorcycle during peak traffic times has got a lot safer, I started riding in the late 70's when things were bad, the press had spent a decade painting bikers as the scum of the earth and most people in cars subconsciously took the same attitude that wiping out a motorbike was a civic duty.
Things have changed and the Monday to Friday car driver is by and large bike aware and gives you room to operate. The problems come with the weekend numtys who take to the motorways with a brain that has then firmly glued to the middle lane and totally transfixed in their own little world.
My advice is get some very good kit to ride in, electric gloves and inner jacket for the winter as all this keeps you comfortable and the mind on the task in hand, keep the speed down when filtering and double your caution at the weekends when the truly inept take to the roads.
Remember that as you get into the airport other drivers will be more likely to do stupid things as they try to find their way around a place they don't know very well and are also likely to be under stress because of time pressures.
Last edited by A and C; 14th Jun 2015 at 22:08.