Quote Originally Posted by Sanx View Post
Nope - you're right. No mention of motorbikes at all.

However, most bikers ride with their lights on all the time. On my last two bikes, I couldn't even turn the lights off without resorting to removing the headlight bulb. Given that most cage drivers seem to this thy have an exemption from looking properly at intersections, having the our lights on helps us get noticed. Daytime running lights serve as a point of differentiation between us and other traffic.

Should buses be required to drive with their lights on during the day (which incidentally, the Auckland City Council Traffic Safety Manager - Karen Hay - has confirmed would be a Land Transport requirement, not Auckland City Council) then it removes the differentiation between bikers and the rest of the traffic. It would have the effect of making us less visible during daylight hours.

This has been a major bone of contention in the UK. Bikers are strongly fighting proposals to make all vehicles drive with their dipped beam on during daylight. Bikers haven't done themselves any favours there either, as ten years ago they fought just as hard against a proposal to make all bikes have their dipped beam on permanently.
god forbid we start getting confused with busses... I mean shite... bikes and busses are so damn similar we need our headlights to be defined...