How Pigeons Explain a Common Motorcycle Crash

gortnipper · Jul 27, 2022

Another interesting F9 vid

robs ss · Jul 27, 2022

That's a long video to simply say "They often will not see you approaching - so compensate for this by doing the speed limit"
Someone once told me to watch the closest wheel on a car waiting to cross your path. You will see the wheel start to turn earlier than you will perceive the car moving. I think it works.
Cheers

gortnipper · Jul 27, 2022

robs ss said:
That's a long video to simply say "They often will not see you approaching - so compensate for this by doing the speed limit"
Someone once told me to watch the closest wheel on a car waiting to cross your path. You will see the wheel start to turn earlier than you will perceive the car moving. I think it works.
Cheers

That is what I have always done too. Watch the drivers eyes, too. If you dont see them, they dont see you.

I liked the pigeon science and driving at them at 100 kph in a 50 kph zone.

Fast Eddie · Jul 28, 2022

robs ss said:
That's a long video to simply say "They often will not see you approaching - so compensate for this by doing the speed limit"
Someone once told me to watch the closest wheel on a car waiting to cross your path. You will see the wheel start to turn earlier than you will perceive the car moving. I think it works.
Cheers

It does. That’s a very well proven and useful tip.

cash · Jul 28, 2022

gortnipper said:
That is what I have always done too. Watch the drivers eyes, too. If you dont see them, they dont see you.

I liked the pigeon science and driving at them at 100 kph in a 50 kph zone.

That was the last thing I remember the driver and passenger looking straight at me. Died three times , on the scene, in the ambulance, and in A&E. I'll never truly know why they pulled out.

gortnipper · Jul 28, 2022

cash said:
That was the last thing I remember the driver and passenger looking straight at me. Died three times , on the scene, in the ambulance, and in A&E. I'll never truly know why they pulled out.

Damn.

It was because they had pigeon-brains.

Onder · Jul 28, 2022

It is called defensive driving. You are looking out for yourself. The worst of it is we all make
mistakes despite all our experience.

Triton Thrasher · Jul 28, 2022

People will pull out of side roads into your path.

If you don’t allow for that in your riding, you will crash into them.

cash · Jul 29, 2022

gortnipper said:
Damn.

It was because they had pigeon-brains.

Smoking something?

daveforty · Jul 29, 2022

A ride through a London traffic jam will reveal that drivers "smoking something" isnt unusual. Good to think that while they are sitting in traffic I am putting distance between them and me.

acotrel · Jul 29, 2022

When you are riding a motorcycle, you are not a threat to a car driver - so you are invisible. Never rely on them seeing you.

Schwany · Jul 29, 2022

People in a metal cage with 4 wheels should be put in the same class as deer on the side of the road. Best to think they are all going to run out in front of you when you least expect it. The big LED headlamps with the ring light do help people notice my motorcycle approaching, but they do have to be looking.

Hidden driveways on the sides of beautiful sweeping roads through the forest scare the heck out of me and I end up riding at the speed limit. Boring but peaceful.

How Pigeons Explain a Common Motorcycle Crash

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