Rob Zanussi wrote: > At the risk of incuring the wrath of many listees since this is not a > direct boating related topic, I just would like to point out that bikes > sometimes are very > hard to see. I know there are lots of vehicle drivers out there who don't > give the bikes the room/respect/curtesy etc that they should I think many > bike/vehicle > collisions are a result of either the motorist didn't see the bike, or with > the single headlight on a bike, misjudged the distance the bike was from > their vehicle. > > Thank the powers that be this has never happened to me but for the grace of > those same powers it very well could have. > > Nuff said from this part of the world. > > Rob Z > Just a quick note. I took a motorcycle safety course a while back and one of the statistics that I found interesting is that people who are related to or have close friends who ride are significantly less likely to pull out into a bike's path. I ride with a headlight modulator. The flashing headlight seems to attract attention but I still try to make eye contact with anyone likely to pull out. If I can't, I get on the brakes or plan evasive action. Defensive driving is doubly important on a bike.
To keep this on point I recall hearing a talk about modern electronics aboard boats. One of the devices discussed is a bilge pump that periodically turns on and if the pump senses it isn't pumping water, it turns off. I'm sure it's measuring the current draw to determine if water is flowing. My bilge is designed such that switches are quite impractical and I'd sure like to find on of those beasts. Before someone suggests an integrated switch/pump, I've had bad luck with those in the past. I've googled but I can't seem to find the right combo of search terms. I'm working on designing one of my own based on a microprocessor, a RTC and some other parts but I wouldn't mind having a commercial one foe backup. Thanks, Jim. Jim. _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
