It wasn't my fault!

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Being a motorcycler is serious business and random moments of lapse of attention affect us all. Swooh smached into a car himself and I almost hit back of a PU truck because I was eying scenery and last glance showed plenty of room, if the flow of traffic had continued but didn't during brief interval I wasn't watching where I was going, squealing brake was not enough so had to veer off to the side stopping about half bike length past the bumper. Sure hope the rear loop didn't get drooped but I doubt it. Oh yeah Peel may well have a flag pole with LED blinker on top.
 
Yes , I found that it needed your UNDIVIDED ATTENTION .

The old 6/10 or 8/10 concentration level was ok, as long as it was on where youre at , and the rest was on hold . No Daydreaming . It all gets a bit tense though
Consider the pre flight checks and operating procedeures for aircraft , and a similar disposition seems required for any performace vehicle in a Combat Situation ( excuse the pun ) .

http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/Spitfire2_Manual.html

Download the manual pilots used to fly the Supermarine Spitfire II, MK IIA and IIB

All the gobbledegook buisness training caries over into their road manners .Their minds cant be guarenteed to be on the job .

EYE CONTACT at intersections is nessesary ( I find someone seldom runs you over on pedestrian crossings if youre looking them in the eye . )
the subliminal intentions seem to transfer visually . Driveing I either potter as if on a Tractor , and wave if anyone toots ) or regard the occupants of the
sceneary as moveing obstacles if pressed .

A vehical apart from their space / time continum ( mode of opperation - questionable ) is best apart from the , derived from its on consiousness in operating parameters. As In it needs to get of the line smartly , and hold square & maintain steerableity under brakeing & power .Occasioning body language for balance .
 
A couple months ago in tight construction zone road a woman looked right at me hesitating long enough with me going 35-ish i relaxed from covering my brake just in case and she pulled across my path so I had to brake pretty hard on fairly loose stuff but didn't get struck from behind. Eye Contact is good but sometimes it can fool ya too. Do your best to have a safe ride but enjoy it like it was your last is all.
 
Matt Spencer said:
EYE CONTACT at intersections is necessary
swooshdave said:
My helmet blocked the eyes in the back of my head this time. :(
Absolutely necessary. Draw eyes on the back of your helmet - that'll work. It's all based on the SMIDSY mentality: that if I didn't see him, it's not my fault. That's the real reason for smoked windows on cars, it has nothing to do with reducing temperatures or theft.
On a related issue, I've taken up giving hand signals to drivers perched in sideroads recently: hand up, palm outward in a halt gesture - enough to take away any decision making on their behalf. Something I've borrowed from my pushbiking. Seems to be working thus far, but maybe I'm only kidding myself.
 
Can't complain to much can you ? after all you did the same to the front end didn"t you
 
splatt said:
Can't complain to much can you ? after all you did the same to the front end didn"t you

I did indeed. Except this time someone else gets to pay for the fix.
 
What do you guys do when lights won't change?
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I look both ways and run thru them. There is one here in my town that none of my bike will trip. On days when I have to go into work early there are few cars on the road and I always seem to end up stuck at this light. I'll wait one cycle for the turn arrow and then go.
Gald you made out relatively OK Dave. Could easily have been much worse.
 
First law to practice is matter does not occupy the same place at same time, regardless of artificial man made rules. Second riding law is if no one to report ya or ticket ya get it over with and out of there. Habit of glancing in mirror also helps sometimes. Its a Jungle out there and we are the small fry.
 
It's the texting and driving that freaks me out! I pretend that every driver is trying to kill me!
 
Swoosh, as long as you're replacing your brake light consider one like mine; 16 LEDs, and it strobes when you apply the brake. Cheers, Don
 
DonOR said:
Swoosh, as long as you're replacing your brake light consider one like mine; 16 LEDs, and it strobes when you apply the brake. Cheers, Don

http://www.bulbsthatlast4ever.com/products/679-si.html

It wasn't my fault!


This one?
 
DonOR said:
http://www.chromeglow.com/catalog.asp?prodid=653181&showprevnext=1

this one (sorry only 11 LEDs) plug 'n play, and inexpensive

I have one like that but it doesn't flash. Didn't get a chance to try it.
 
swooshdave said:
DonOR said:
http://www.chromeglow.com/catalog.asp?prodid=653181&showprevnext=1

this one (sorry only 11 LEDs) plug 'n play, and inexpensive

I have one like that but it doesn't flash. Didn't get a chance to try it.

Supposed to be illegal around here, but I've had this one for 3 or 4 years, no questions asked!
 
Traffic lights around Skagit County (Washington) are gradually going over the video scanners. They compare a memory picture of an empty road, and if it's not empty (even if a seagull has landed), the light will change.

If you think being on a motor cycle is a PITA, try it on a pedal cycle. Of course, with a pedal bike you can get off, pick it up and walk though the intersection regardless of the light controlling the traffic. Once you've lifted the tires off the ground, you're "carrying a parcel" and subject to the laws governing peestrians.

Unfortunately, a Commando is a bit to heavy to be a parcel. I'm surprised that no enterprising young electronics whiz-kid hasn't come up with a device that spoofs the metal detector type traffic lights into thinking you're an 18-wheeler.
 
Ms Peel had one of the first batches of Bulbsthatlastforever system and crashed a bunch of times on it breaking apart the LED boards and many the LED's and connections on the boards and their mounts but was easy to fix and missing LED didn't seem to hinter the bright sparkles.

Here's ways how to deal with traffic light triggers on cycles.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=ps ... 31&bih=593
 
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