Waiting and slowing down at intersections

Published by: 2Wheeltips on 11th Aug 2010 | View all blogs by 2Wheeltips

I hate using tragedy as an example but here is another example of a motorcycle fatality at an intersection. It appears from the article that the rider swerved to avoid a turning car, lost control and crashed.

When approaching intersections, you should ALWAYS slow down and look for cars on side streets and also look for situations where other vehicles are blocking your view.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100804/NEWS/8040338/1003/NLETTER06

Comments

5 Comments

by GoldwingRon 1 year ago

I think the more important issue here is the equipment the rider was wearing. Failure to wear a DOT approved helmet is an invitation to disaster and is not much better than riding without a helmet at all. As motorcycle riders we are aware of the dangers posed by vehicular traffic, especially young inexperienced drivers, we chose to accept those risks when we ride, albeit necessary risks if one chooses this hobby. Riding with a piece of plastic loosely perched on your head to simply appease the authorities as you ride past is a completely unnecessary risk and one that should be re thought with great consideration if you do choose to go that route.
by 2Wheeltips 1 year ago

Ron,

I was speaking to the folks at SNELL about this recently. They said that a "brain bucket", "novelty", "non-certified" helmet will not stay on under any circumstances! Once you hit the ground, off it comes.
by GoldwingRon 1 year ago

So change "Failure to wear a DOT approved helmet is an invitation to disaster and is not much better than riding without a helmet at all" to "Failure to wear a DOT approved helmet is an invitation to disaster and is NO better than riding without a helmet at all" As a matter of fact I believe it is worse. At least when you ride with no helmet, you know exactly where you stand. Riding with the "brain bucket" gives one a false sense of security. Thanks for proving my point.
by Carol 1 year ago

Ron, you just took the words right out of my mouth....or, perhaps the words right off my keyboard! My feelings, exactly!!! Wear a brain bucket helmet and you are definitely accepting some false sense of security. After all, they aren't referred to as "brain buckets" for nothing!
by 2Wheeltips 1 year ago

Very good points Ron. Here is a link to the test results from NHTSA test of brain buckets. They all failed. I think you would be better wearing a baseball cap.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhtsa.gov%2FDOT%2FNHTSA%2FTraffic%2520Injury%2520Control%2FStudies%2520%26%2520Reports%2FAssociated%2520Files%2FNovelty_Helmets_TSF.pdf&h=d7731

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