Police urge motorcyclists to... blah blah blah

[klingon]

Not too many hazards in your driveway eh.......

Dunno... there's an SV1000S that sometimes gets in the way. The Volty's almost taken it out a couple of times, but then we come back to the rider looking all menacing in black leather and somehow the Volty manages to swerve a moment before impact...

[MidnightMike]

Us get high res vests, pfft, paint the cages fluoro orange and see how they like it!!!!

[heyjoe]

+1 to that Jim2.
I totally agree with your comments.
If we don't watch it we will all be riding around in dayglo vests, lights on, flashing lights on our shoulders, blue strobe lights on our helmets, hazard lights swtiched on etc just in case the drivers of cars don't see us. IT IS THEIR JOB TO LOOK FOR ALL OTHER MOTORISTS AND DRIVE SAFELY NOT OURS TO SAY "HEY LOOK AT ME...LOOK OUT FOR ME" BECAUSE I RIDE A BIKE.

Fuck off. Stick your hi-vis vest up your arse.

and if I could I'd use it when I felt it was necessary, not be forced to leave it on all the time.

People can fucking look instead of us having to shoulder the ENTIRE responsibility for our own safety.

Having said that, make sure you shoulder the ENTIRE responsibility for your own safety, because no other fucker, including other motorcyclists, actually gives a shit about anyone except themselves.

[heyjoe]

Great comment Midnightmike.
And very amusing.

Us get high res vests, pfft, paint the cages fluoro orange and see how they like it!!!!

[Grahameeboy]

Dunno... there's an SV1000S that sometimes gets in the way. The Volty's almost taken it out a couple of times, but then we come back to the rider looking all menacing in black leather and somehow the Volty manages to swerve a moment before impact...

That's reVolting...................

[sunhuntin]

well done, disco.

headin to work the other day... the way i go, i pass through a section of roadworks [river bank collapsed in the last storm and destroyed the walking track] posted at 30k, only due to non-existant pedestrians crossin the road, and the occasional works truck. other side of it either leads straight, or turns left up the hill. theres a medium lane for opposing cars heading up said hill.
got blocked behind a classic car the other day, she was turning up the hill. i was one car behind her. 2 cars opposing going the same way. still, she stopped midturn, allowing the opposing cars to turn in front of me. the car i was behind had blocked me from their view. luckily id seen they were there and had slowed down just in case. first car turned, car in front went through, second car turned... almost right on top of me. and he looked right at me at the time.
the classic car should not have stopped as there was a decent line behind us [traffic had been stopped at the works to allow a truck to dump a load of gravel]
no amount of disco lights would have prevented me being blocked from the view of opposing traffic.

[scumdog]

Laugh all you like at the high-vis vests, but I have to admit, since I started to wear one (I got one for my birthday in February) I have noticed that the cagers see you a lot more easily.

Out in the work car today and noticed heaps of riders and pillions wearing them. High fairings and top-boxes tend to ruin the hi-vis effect though.

[Disco Dan]

Out in the work car today and noticed heaps of riders and pillions wearing them. High fairings and top-boxes tend to ruin the hi-vis effect though.

One thing I have wondered is how visible my tail light/brake light is with the top box on. The bracket blocks it from the side and from behind if your too close. I was wondering if I could somhow integrate an extra brake light into the back of the top box somehow...

[Dodgyiti]

People ride for many different reasons.
Some ride because they want to impress the girls.

Chicks do dig scars after all.
Nice soapbox delivery

[sunhuntin]

One thing I have wondered is how visible my tail light/brake light is with the top box on. The bracket blocks it from the side and from behind if your too close. I was wondering if I could somhow integrate an extra brake light into the back of the top box somehow...

there should be a way...no idea how though!! maybe stick some little mirrors around the light to reflect the light perhaps?

[Ghost_Bullet]

I see the sense in Hi vis, but it is not me.. ignorant of me maybe???
I do not even have a light switch on me machine... The engine starts and lights auto fire up " choice in the matter"... I think that is not a bad thing, and at least a compulsary requirement

[Bob]

Out in the work car today and noticed heaps of riders and pillions wearing them. High fairings and top-boxes tend to ruin the hi-vis effect though.

You can buy reflective strips - flouro for daytime and reflective at night. Put them on the top box and that should help.

[Disco Dan]

You can buy reflective strips - flouro for daytime and reflective at night. Put them on the top box and that should help.

I would much rather have lights than reflective strips.

Saw a guy on a GN this morning. Hi vis jacket... Top box covered in bright yellow reflective tape... more tape on his white helmet... more tap around his number plate... hi vis jacket... the guy looked like a farking UFO....

...at least he can be seen from space.

[Big Dave]

...at least he can be seen from space.

Planet nerd.

[GSX-RJIM]

A good mate of mine was killed, cage vs bike, he was wearing a fucking vest thing, the burnt the fucking thing. Cages don't (some of them ) ive a shit any how-man I'm in a bad mood, does any one want a smack in the face ?