My cordura pants have knee, shin, and thigh soft armour built in
My trousers have soft armour in the knees, but it's just skinny closed-cell foam. The armour has foam and a hard outer layer, and it's strapped onto my leg, so it's going to stay in place better.
The armour can be worn with other trousers - draggin jeans, mx pants etc. And it keeps your legs warm in winter.
What I meant was hard armour, not the soft CE armour built in to jackets and pants, and not even Kevlar that is built in. Motorcross armour sold separately is what I am asking about - such as what Rosie has for knee protection - the type that is strapped onto your body. I would think spinal-chest protection would cut down on serious injuries if a rider hit something like a car or lamp post.
I read it the other way around:
Riding: 50% with helmet, 50% without helmet (that's an awful lot!)
Crashing: 40% with helmet, 60% without helmet
Therefore people wearing helmets crash more often. This would support the theory that people who wear bright colors are less likely to crash because of their general attitude rather than what they wear. Damn, it contradicts what I though all along...
Yes, me too. Are ladies less comfortable in urban traffic?
Y'know, I do believe you're right.
Which sorta makes more sense, what was your theory re violently coloured gear?
Surprised me a bit too, generally they take less risks. Maybe a higher percentage of 'em have a shorter riding carrer, putting more of them in the learner category.
Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon
I've noticed the following two that surprised me:
41. Seventy-three percent of the accident-involved motorcycle riders used no eye protection, and it is likely that the wind on the unprotected eyes contributed in impairment of vision which delayed hazard detection.
53. Less than 10% of the motorcycle riders involved in these accidents had insurance of any kind to provide medical care or replace property.
I'm sure the numbers are a bit better here, but how much better?
Oh, and:
# Black is a poor choice but not as bad as olive drab.
Damn, when I think of all those olive drab leather jackets around
There are some studies showing that people wearing a white helmet and colored gear are less represented in accidents, presumably because you are more visible. The difference is significant enough for me to wear gear with some sort of colored pattern.
However, there are also some arguments that people wearing high-viz vests and other types of colored gear for safety reason are more likely to be careful riders and less represented in crashes because of their attitude rather than the color of their gear.
There are quite a few threads around about gear and color.
I'm obviously wrong, but I thought if people wearing helmets accounted for 50% of all riders, but only 40% of crashes, then helmet wearers are under-represented in the crash statistics by 20%, wheras if non-helmet-wearers represented 50% of all motorcyclists but 60% of riders involved in crashes then they were over represented by 20%.
Where is my maths going wrong?
Yes, that sort of effect tends to confound all these statistical analyses.
You remember the announcement a few years back that HRT (hormone replacement therapy) increases the risk of breast cancer? A major part of the previous belief that it was beneficial arose from the fact(*) that woman taking HRT were more health-conscious & wealthy and consequently healthier, leading to a positive correlation between HRT and health.
At least I read an article on the WWW that said this a few weeks ago. I wish I could find it.
The question was solved in the case of HRT with double-blind clinical trials, but this wouldn't be possible for motorcyclists wearing high-vis clothing.
(*) Well, OK, it's more of an educated guess, but it will pass for a fact on KB.
I've had countless motorcycle accidents over the years but like Jim2, I can't think of a single one that wasn't either my fault or that there wasn't something I could have done to avoid it.
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