I suspect many of us knew this was coming, and likely with more to follow as the U.S. federal safety bureaucrats strive to make us safer on the road. Sooner or later they will mandate M/C manufacturers to load up motorcycles with many of the so-called electronic safety features currently found on new model cars.
Read this;http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Home/News-Story/federal-agency-seeks-mandatory-motorcycle-abs
While ABS is probably a good thing, please note in the accident analysis graph that, BY FAR, the biggest danger to motorcyclists always has been and remains 4 wheeled vehicles failing to yield the right-of-way, and turning left in front of a motorcycle. The other big factor is alcohol and drug use, soon to be made worse by states clamoring to legalize pot. If we could remove these two factors from highways, we would be much, much safer.
What are they doing about these two problems ?? Very little to nothing. But,... they will continue to fritter away the basic experience of riding, even if these so called electronic safety features have little actual impact on accident statistics.
Read this;http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Home/News-Story/federal-agency-seeks-mandatory-motorcycle-abs
While ABS is probably a good thing, please note in the accident analysis graph that, BY FAR, the biggest danger to motorcyclists always has been and remains 4 wheeled vehicles failing to yield the right-of-way, and turning left in front of a motorcycle. The other big factor is alcohol and drug use, soon to be made worse by states clamoring to legalize pot. If we could remove these two factors from highways, we would be much, much safer.
What are they doing about these two problems ?? Very little to nothing. But,... they will continue to fritter away the basic experience of riding, even if these so called electronic safety features have little actual impact on accident statistics.