T may have said "They let the idiot know you're there, when they might well
miss you."
So again my question if this theory holds true, why not have every vehicle
loud, i.e. cars, trucks ships, airplanes ect.in every city every town. The
whole place the whole country can sound like a pit at a nascar race or the
space shuttle going off. Then we would all know where we are. An it would
be safer right?
Hog wash, I would guess 98% plus of what we sense when we drive is from
sight not sound.
I do 45,000 to 55,000 miles a year in a car and I never fail to see a bike
coming, especially with head lights on.
The noise is for the "look at me ego" thing. You loud vehicle drivers (not
just Harleys mind you) will usually never admit that though. /Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes
Tim C wrote:
> Oh, and you also left out every other situation (e.g, cars
often pull
> out in front of bikes) where loud pipes can be of benefit.
No, I didn't. Driver error in this instance is due to lack
of proper operation
of the vehicle - checking blind spots, failure to adequately
judge distance or
speed, etc. How do loud pipes correct this? They don't.
They let the idiot know you're there, when they might well miss you.
T
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