Thought this was done and dusted....but...
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Originally Posted by dpastern
Peter, please don't put words in my mouth. You're implying that I've stated that I'm a perfect driver and everyone else is bad. I have said no thing.
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True. The quote was infact
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Originally Posted by dpastern
Most motor cyclists will tell you that most drivers from their experience are idiots
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O.K. I'll admit it, I used to drive a Volvo, but now have a new Benz...which BTW makes safety oriented steering geometry and suspension changes *above* 120km/hr....a little useless in Kindergarten Oz....but this??
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Sure, a helmet and rollcage would be a nuisance, but it *would* save lives. Isn't that worth it?
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Apart from the point blank refusals from ladies who just spent a motza on their hair....Not only does your prehperial vision suffer, helmets also attenuate hearing...and lower your situational awareness.
6 years on a Honda 750 tells me this is a lame idea. That plus dense traffic, cars with narrow windows/blindspots. Bugger.. you may hit something, but OK chances are you'll walk away.
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My father has been driving for well over 50 years, and let's just say that he has a saying:
speed thrills, speed kills.
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I really, * really* detest this brain dead mantra. Speed does not kill.
In Oz we have been fed it for so long, many accept it as doctrine.
I have approximately 13,000 hours flying very heavy jets all over the planet, at 85% of the speed of sound. Ergo I should have met my maker years ago.
It's impacting things that kills. The same logic appplied to going for healthy jog around the block comes unstuck if you get distracted and smack your head into a power pole while in full stride. (not sure what the mantra is there...exercise kills? power poles kill? )
Suffice to say I go to a good deal of trouble to avoid situations that have a non-trivial risk of an impact both on the ground (and in the air!! ).
Do we teach such avoidance in Oz?
Heck no, we only get simplistic solutions (e.g. speed kills) , layering of legislation and, there is too much indirect taxation from speeding fine revenues.