Everyone stares since I started wearing a dayglo vest

In real life....

G

 

I rest Clem's case: Pat didn't make beer come out my nose
at Karuah!

G, Pat wouldn't be Pat if it wasn't for Usenet.

 

Is that why fighter-planes attack out of the sun?

Stand on a country road.
Mid day or Midnight.

2 bikes...

1x1klm from you on your left with no headlight.

and

1x1klm from you on your right with high beam on.
Which do you see?

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:14:13 +1100

Stand on a city street, full daylight.

Look at the bike doing 50-60kmh that's 2 secs away from you. Is the
properly adjusted headlight on, and does it attract your attention?


Stand on a country road at dusk facing west. See the bike?

Zebee

 

~
I absolutely 100% agree with you that at distances of 1km (or even 500m) a
headlight makes a bike stick out.
Mind you; if you can't avoid a collision with 500m warning you shouldn't be
riding.

It's in close-up, busy, split-second traffic that glary headlights can
confuse people (and them people can then killify you!).
Clem

 

It's in close-up, busy, split-second traffic that glary headlights can confuse people (and them people can then killify you!).

Seriously I dont believe that 1 bit (apart from the killify u)
..
Try my example then at 50mtrs.

Which one would you see first, or easiest? It would have to everytime
be the one with the light. I still to this day dont see how this can
be bad....

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:21:51 +1100

If the headlight is on low beam and properly adjusted, the beam isn't
shining at a level, or in a pattern, that you can see close up.

Because it's shining on the road, that's what it's for.

Far away is a different matter.

Zebee

 

A few years ago (about five I think) the Gobmint of WA in conjunction with
the RAC ran a "Lights-on Friday" promotion. The idea was that Fridays were
bad days for accidents and if everyone had their lights on during the day
(as well as at night) there would be less accidents. After a few weeks about
30% of the traffic had their headlights on during the day. Got really bloody
dangerous and bikes totally disappeared in the traffic. The scheme died
slowly.

Theo

 

Surely "LIGHT-beerS-ONly FRIDAY" Promotion would have had much greater
success.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Surely "LIGHT-beerS-ONly FRIDAY" Promotion would have had much greater

if I close one eye then I can see the 'lights on' after 'beers only
friday' much betterer

 

I can beerly read it at all!

-----sharks

 

Stand on a country road.
Mid day or Midnight.

2 bikes...

1x1klm from you on your left with no headlight.

and

1x1klm from you on your right with high beam on.
Which do you see?[/QUOTE]

Now, given that a bike (or car) 1 km away can't hurt you, try the next
experiment.

2 bikes. At dawn or dusk. Both 100 meters away, one with the headlight
off, one with the headlight on.

How accurately can you estimate each ones speed?

Personally (and this _might_ just be the way my eyes happen to be wired
to my brain) I find it _much_ easier to accurately estimate the speed of
the unlit bike.

big