Be seen

**Jackrat** · 4th December 2003, 07:55

What do you lot think about these stick on ya, helmet brake lights.Wait until enough weidos start using these things an they will become law.Whats next an orange flashing light on top???
I can,t help but think if I come across someone wearing one of these things,They are going to have a real bad day,an we won,t go into how I feel about the money grabing oppertunist shit that
came up with this bloody thing.

**riffer** · 4th December 2003, 09:32

We could also put on those pop-out indicators like they used to have on old cars - though that could look kind of silly as I split through the rush hours traffic

I don't think I'll be getting one.

**Motoracer** · 4th December 2003, 10:04

What I would like to do is get the most powerfull/brightest hallogen lights and blind every one. That'll make them see me!

*being on the other side of this is highly anoying however. I hate thoes people who have the new mercs or bmers and point their birght white/blue lights rather high, blinding everyone just to make them look at their flash new cars more*

**riffer** · 4th December 2003, 10:18

I was reading on a motorcycle safety site, can't remember which one now, but the person was advocating using a dimmer control on your headlight to vary the intensity of the headlight during daytime riding.

Not too sure of the legality of it here, but they provided a reasonable amount of anectodal evidence to make me think about it. Apparently a varying headlight is a lot more visible that one just on all the time...

**Motoracer** · 4th December 2003, 10:23

I think strobe headlights would work best and it'd look pretty cool as well. I always liked the lights on cop cars/bikes.

**James Deuce** · 4th December 2003, 15:19

Bear in mind that any protruberance on a helmet that causes your head to maintain it's attitude in relation to, say, the road while your body whips about can lead to a neck injury. The stupid helmet brake lights are dangerous and should banned. So there.

**marty** · 4th December 2003, 16:06

i'd like one of those searching side to side lights like kitt had on knight rider....

**Motoracer** · 4th December 2003, 16:10

I think you can get them for a 02' & 03' R1 brake light.

**Slingshot** · 4th December 2003, 18:15

I don't get it...it's a well known fact that cage drivers don't see us!!!

Now a product has come out that is designed to improve the visability of us and you guys a writing it off!!!

Other than aerodynamics over the helmet at speed, I can't think of this being a bad thing & it was most probably designed by a biker!

I have a friend who was rear ended at an intersection and maybe this little device may have prevented it:roadkill:

ANyway, that's my two cents

**Jackrat** · 4th December 2003, 18:20

Some amusing replys folks,But as pointed out I don,t want a broken neck because someone came up with another bright idea
to get his hands on my money when the root cause is not even my doing.This sod is just reinforcing the ideal that if a car driver runs up a bikers back end then it was the bikers fault for not being more visible.
Dang,be alert we need more lerts.

PS,slingshot I have also been hit from behind,a red flashing light would not have made a diff, when the guy wasn,t looking in the first place,His own admission,My point is that the onus should be on the driver not the biker,Every biker I know already keeps an eye on whats going on behind,maybe drivers should be forced somehow to keep an eye in front.
OH bugger i,m going for a drive in my 4x4.Be alert we need more lerts.

**Nouseforaname** · 4th December 2003, 19:06

No matter how many flashing things you put on ya bike it's not gona save ya from a person who isnt looking.

To take this from another post

QUOTE]Originally posted by SILVER SUZI
Interesting what you say about the Titanic on castors. When I first moved up to Auckland I was driving a truck! Red as it happens and plenty of people pulled out on me. Go figure. 10ft high, 8ft wide, 40 odd ft long with a container on the back.
[/QUOTE]

Im not writing it off, it does sound like a good idea, but as i say, if ya person isnt looking, then they arnt gona see ya.