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I'm going to get up on my soap box here and probably be a little offensive. Feel free to tune out.
Q) What's most visible on the road? A) A 50 ton truck.
There is no such thing as a color, light, sound, or any other thing that you can put on a bike that will make a driver see a motorcycle who refuses to see a motorcycles. Reflective stripes, Roulette Green, loud pipes, and modulated headlights just don't work, and anybody who thinks they do is fooling themselves.
The problem isn't with the motorcycle, it's with car drivers. Most drivers have their minds set in a mode that ignores small vehicles with two wheels. They are always on the lookout for things that are
more dangerous than they are. They have "Cager" syndrome and feel they are mostly invulnerable. They have the mindset that unless it's a 50 ton truck it can't hurt them. They just tune it out.
I've seen it happen.
The only,
only only defense against this mindset is keeping your own mindset constantly in the assumption mode. The assumption mode is where you assume every car and truck out there is out to get you; to kill you in the most heinous way possible. Riding defensively is a way of life. Riding in ignorance is a way of death.
All these so-called safety devices are lucky charms at best, and delusions at worst. What's the most visible color? Easy- Whatever color the 50 ton truck is painted. Your bike's color is irrelevant to most drivers.
Don't ever let loud pipes, reflective stripes, fireball orange paint, or extra headlights give you any sense of security. The minute you let your guard down for
any of these reasons you'll end up wearing an unfashionable tag on your toe.
End of rant.
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edit: Yeah, hairball beat me to it and was much nicer about it.
[ This message was edited by: crashmasterd on 2006-06-18 23:59 ]
