Simple. If a driver isn't looking, and swerves into the next freeway lane and hits another car, they probably just trade paint and then yell at each other after coming to a stop. Same scenario with a bike, and the biker can end up in the morgue. BIG difference. Also the ratio of bikes vs cars on the road at any given time has got to be about 1 in 20, at best. Having all cars loud would be stupid. Having all bikes loud would be annoying, but functional - IMO. (Not that I'm suggesting it.) Dont' get me started on DRL's... the arguments against them by people who don't like them flat don't hold water when compared to the benefits. Once again, they wouldn't be needed at all, if drivers used common sense in turning on low beams when conditions require it. They do not, so DRL's are the next best thing.
<donning double layer of Nomex> -dm > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:21:43 -0500 > From: "Tom Scordato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Bike rider, loud pipes > > 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
