Hearing and Motorcycles

A friend sent me these two links.

http://www.isvr.co.uk/at_work/m_cycle.htm

http://www.freehearingtest.com/hia_motorcyclefacts.shtml

Maybe we should lobby to allow (all types of) earplugs while riding
motorcycles...

 

There was a rumor in Friction Zone that this was under consideration.

--
Mike

I didn't crash, there was a sudden burst of gravity.

icq - 219328929

 

motorcycles...

I wear them while driving long trips in the rattle-trap too. Works wonders
for my attitude later in the day.

Oh, gave the test to a co-worker who was a former welder. He flunked big
time on the hearing portion (cannot hear the high notes).

Try this one for color blindness:
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/vision_sabotage.asp
(Had me a bit timorous...for a moment)

Mack

 

I'm not too sure about the generalizations/summary of the second
article. The first bullet point: "Neither the riding position nor the
brand or style of motorcycle make significant difference in noise level"
is refuted by the first article which shows at up to ~15dB difference in
noise between different models of bike.

Unfortunately, given the findings in the first link, we might not get
all types of earplugs allowed, rather full windscreens may be mandated
instead

-mark