Police urge motorcyclists to... blah blah blah

[James Deuce]

Touche Lurch!

[Hitcher]

Awesome, I hope so!

After that law has been introduced, there'll be one that says you'll have to ride behind somebody who's waving a flag.

[idb]

After that law has been introduced, there'll be one that says you'll have to ride behind somebody who's waving a flag.

Bloody good idea I say.......... there should be some way of warning people when there's someone ahead waving a flag!!

[scumdog]

Bloody good idea I say.......... there should be some way of warning people when there's someone ahead waving a flag!!

And another one behind to warn of a biker ahead - and another flag bearer behind the one warning of the bike ahead and anothe........

[Quartermile]

So cars are visible enough but bikes aren't, so do Goldwing riders still have to wear the vests?

[Sanx]

Requiring all riders to wear high-viz clothing may stop one or two accidents, but that's about all. Most cagers simply don't look. Wouldn't matter if you were wearing black leathers, a high-viz vest or a gorilla outfit - they simply wouldn't see you.

The best defensive weapon a biker can have is something that might make a cager look. An aural warning of your impending approach. Loud pipes work quite well. My prefered approach, however, is for a genuine police-issue siren. That usually gets people's attention, especially when combined with blue and red strobes...

[Big Dave]

They should also make a law then that also says all the front quarters of all cars have to be painted or adorned with orange and yellow so we can see them equally. Otherwise they are being discriminated against surely ;-P

[u4ea]

They should also make a law then that also says all the front quarters of all cars have to be painted or adorned with orange and yellow so we can see them equally. Otherwise they are being discriminated against surely ;-P

exactly my thoughts there too!!!!They can stick their dayglows up their profiteering jacksies for all I care!!Im a biker cause I want to be free from the ratrace bollocks that society tries to hem me in with!!!!I will not wear one....maybe under the ganeva convention it is my right...

[Sanx]

Otherwise they are being discriminated against surely.

Sorry, I never realised that encouraging cagers to actually look before pulling out of a junction was impinging on their human rights. How thoughtless of me.

Perhaps we should call a hui to discuss it. Maybe organise a protest march on parliament. Seek advice from tribal elders on the best way to address the issue in a culturally-sensitive manner. Even better, we could commission a modern dance troupe to perform an evocative and challenging ballet that explores the emotional boundaries of why cagers are too sodding lazy to even glance in the direction of oncoming traffic before making their move.

[Big Dave]

exactly my thoughts there too!!!!They can stick their dayglows up their profiteering jacksies for all I care!!Im a biker cause I want to be free from the ratrace bollocks that society tries to hem me in with!!!!I will not wear one....maybe under the ganeva convention it is my right...

Of course there is no evidence of any of this happening, but it's good to speculate.

So,

furthermore I spend thousands on safe & cool looking, functional protective clothing and someone wants to turn me into a $20 licorice all sort. harrumph.

[Ixion]

Not really a liquoice allsort. But, if you had an orange vest, and wore a green helmet, you would look very like a very large mobile carrot.

[Big Dave]

Not really a liquoice allsort. But, if you had an orange vest, and wore a green helmet, you would look very like a very large mobile carrot.

So if they did say 'i didn't see you' - I could say 'eat me'.

[Ixion]

Yes. Though you might wish to consider carefully who you made such an invitation to.

[idb]

....... Most cagers simply don't look. .....

What rubbish.
The fact is though that it only takes a small proportion of drivers that aren't paying sufficient attention to make the roads as dangerous as they are.

[paulj]

Well ... I reckon anything that improves my chances of avoiding a prang is worth having - short of not riding my bike at all. My employer issues hi-vis polar jackets made by Kaiwaka - lined, waterproof and with sensible pockets. Apart from the hood, which Kaiwaka tell me they can supply the jacket without, it is an excellent biking coat. From what I can tell, the material is similar to the Dri-Rider range of products.

My biking partner tells me she can see me a long way off (ahead of course!!) totally because of the fluorescent colour.

I'm staying with it ... and it's cheap!

Here's a couple of links that kinda prove the point...

http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcyc...dy-summary.htm
http://www.motorcyclesafetyinfo.com/...ity_study.html