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Originally Posted by Neil
If bike riders knew that the speed limit is not a target to be doubled we might have chance to see you coming before we pull out and your body liquefies on impact with our cars.
I think bikes should be banned from the roads. All the improvements that have been made to cars for safety like air bags, seat belts, pre-tensioners and now these stupid Volvos that are going to start applying the brakes for you.
What have they done to improve bike safety, suggest you wear leathers and hand on tight?
I firmly believe that if the motorbike was invented today it would not be allowed on the public highway.
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Ooooo, get her!!!
what saftey aspects are on bikes?
Anti lock brakes( so we can stop quickly on slippy surfaces), traction control(so we can get every possible ounce of power down) are two that fall into typical car driving mentality however bikers will extoll the virtues of superb brakes(seriously if you aint been on a sportsbike you have no idea how good they are, most cars are like chucking an anchor out the back and hoping in comparison), super sticky tyres so you can lean to ungodly angles to swerve round idiot cars, amazing suspension to dael with the crap roads we have in teh UK, lots of power to get you away from idiots, then the biggy............ riders on the whole are constantly thinking about their riding, not fiddling with Air-con/Radio/hair straighteners, shavers, the A-Z, the morning paper, texting their mate etc(BTW I have seen each and every one of these examples on teh motorway going to work, Yes I had to look twice at the straighteners!!!!). We also tend to be quite critical of our riding skills and look to improve them on each and every time we go out. When was the last time you heard a car driver discussing his driving skills and where he should improve?
Safety goes beyond having some computer telling you its safe and taking over if it thinks your an idiot.
IMHO the biggest aid to road safety this goverment could introduce is 8" spikes on all steering wheels and remove all seat belts. I bet there wouldn't be many tailgaters and drivers would start concentratinga damn site more than they do now.