"6am when somebody cranks one up and I'm trying to sleep."
Amen thanks Curt!/Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes
Ahh the old "Loud pipes save lives" argument. I've read some interesting
studies that indicate this to be at best misleading and at worst absolute
hogwash.
The basic gist as I understand it is that because the sound is
non-directional and because cars are so well sound-proofed that the
loudness sort of blends in with everyday noises and doesn't help.
Worse yet people can be distracted from putting on their makeup or their
cellphone conversation and actually crash INTO bikes as they look around
for where the sound is coming from. Plus some people will get angered by
the noise and their already shoddy driving skills will get even worse
possibly causing accidents around the motorcycle that might not actually
include the motorcycle itself.
Then add that the typical loud bike is a Harley and not as manuverable as
a "real" (notice the quotes, I'm not looking for flames on that one) sport
bike, and many Harley riders are not "serious" (those quotes again, on
this one I mean the doctors, lawyers and other "prestige Harley riders")
riders and as such will have an ego that doesn't keep them in a safe
defensive driving posture thereby raising the danger statistic for "loud"
bikes.
I find 'em annoying and rude, esp at 6am when somebody cranks one up and
I'm trying to sleep. Probably its not as much the bike's fault as the
hillscroggin mouth breather that only thinks about how cool he thinks he
is...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 07:23:38 -0800
From: "Tim C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes
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Actually, loud pipes let cars (mostly driven by blithering idiots who
fail
to see anything smaller than a Suburban) know you're there. A friend
had an
obnoxiously loud bike (he bought it that way, wasn't trying to say
"look at
me") could hear him for about 3/4 of a mile away - he stated that cars
stayed away from him, even moving to the other side of their lane as he
passed. I know if I rode a bike, I'd want that kind of situation - not
being seen usually has disastrous results when you don't have a frame
around
you.
T
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