botach wrote:
Zippo wrote:
botach wrote:
When cut up by a car ,the response by driver was SMIDSY .
I sometimes wonder if it isn't more a case of "sorry mate I did see you but for some strage reason it didn't register"
Not quite so snappy mind ......... SMIDSYBFSSRIDR
I would ( in pedantic mode tonight ) say for some STRANGE reason it didn't register
, but I'd agree. Eyes see, but message gets scrambled on way to brain . Possibly the fault of too much roadside info .
In the same way I know perfectly well how to spell strange .... but for some reason typed strage .... maybe my fingers were speeding
I use 2 motorcycles, one is bright red and a bit loud, not real loud, I don't like loud, has original standard exhaust system in good nick, the other is a rather attractive metallic blue and is pretty quiet at in town speeds.
The red (noisier) one has never that I can recall been pulled out in front of, the blue (quieter) one gets pulled out in front of now and then, specially happens on roundabouts, its as if sometimes it is invisible. Riding gear is the same.
Same rider/riding style, same riding gear - different make, style, and colour of bike, different noise levels.
There are other differences, one says "Ducati" in big white letters on the front fairing the other says "Scottoiler" on a tiny little sticker on the front fairing. One looks like a "real sports bike" the other doesn't look like anything special (although in reality much quicker).
I don't know what it is that makes other drivers seemingly always see one but sometimes not see the other .... or they do see it but either the info doesn't register .... or they deliberately pull out in front of ???
Does Ducati register more than say Honda or Suzuki etc? Is it the brand name that gets noticed? I really don't know. I wouldn't think so but hey stranger things have been discovered!
My personal opinion is that its the noise level that makes the difference, "Hi Viz noise"
, no actual evidence to back that up mind.
Are maybe stricter noise regulations resulting in more SMIDSY type collisions? and it is nowt much to do with sight?