On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM, wn4isx wrote this about motorcycles:
They still don't see you, even at night with your headlight on drivers will cut you off with frightening regularity.
I have a theory about that.? Drivers instinctively use the space between oncoming headlights to gauge how far away it is.? Motorcycle headlights lack that clue.? So the auto driver thinks it is very far away and there is plenty of space to turn.
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Headlamp brightness probably would not help.? It still looks far away.
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In daylight, I suspect many auto drivers (instinctively?) think motorcycles can't be as fast as or faster than their auto, so certainly there must be plenty of time.? ?Even if the motorcycle gets cut off, they are small and can stop fast - right?? The driver might not THINK this, but it is what their brains are telling them.
I think auto drivers do not purposely try to get in the way of motorcycles.? We all know they are death traps, a surely unsafe way to go down the highway, so why would anyone want to make it even less safe for them?
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I lost a cousin just a few years ago, riding his motorcycle home from work.? The intersection where it happened has claimed the lives of several unfortunate souls, yet the city stupidly does nothing to improve it - even when senseless accidents like that happen again and again.? They probably say it is too expensive to mark it better.? Shows you how little they value a person's life.
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Andy
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