Many years back, probably about the early 1990s, we were travelling
along in my 1986 Suburban when I started to hear an odd noise. I
initially thought my motor was pinging. The truck sometimes had an issue
with that and I would buy a better grade of fuel the next time to add to
the remaining fuel in the tank to avoid the problem. However, in this
case the noise continued to grow. Then an old Harley passed us with a
strange looking character aboard. He had a long pony tail and was
wearing a suede leather native style coat with long fringe flapping in
the wind. That was quite a sight. He appeared to be travelling as he had
a bedroll of some sort tied on the back. I do not recall what licence
plates it showed or if he was wearing a helmet but I do have a strong
vision of the incident.
RB
On 10/09/2014 2:04 PM, ernest breakfield via Mercedes wrote:
after a few decades of motorcycling, i'd say that "a lot of the bike
folks" are wrong.
you're much more likely to be taken out on a motorcycle by someone
who doesn't see you and turns in front of you than by anyone who would
have been within hearing distance of anything humanly bearable, and
that doesn't even begin to take into account people that can't hear
and/or are ensconced in their sound-proof capsules. (this might not be
readily apparent to "a lot of the bike folks" who never really ride
out of town, but by the time anyone would know where the noise is
coming from, it's already too late...)
*if* someone were to hear a motorcycle, that doesn't necessarily
tell them where it is, and (IMHO) only increases the risk created by
someone looking away from what they're supposed to be doing (DRIVING!)
by looking around for where the sound might be coming from.
i think the nail was hit on the head with "Drivers do not pay
enough attention"; if people would simply pay attention to what's
actually happening instead of just what they *expect*, we'd all be a
lot safer on the road.
cheers!
e
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