11-16-2013, 03:21 AM
(11-15-2013, 10:04 AM)Flynrider_imp Wrote:(11-15-2013, 12:24 AM)Capo_imp Wrote:(11-14-2013, 10:13 PM)CIP57_imp Wrote: I would be afraid it would draw attention to someone with kids and make them get even closer then they normally would
I'm not sure if you mean actual Christmas lights, or just some serious auxiliary lighting. But either way, my feeling on over doing it with lighting, or sound in the form of extra loud exhausts, may have unintended consequences. Target fixation is not only a problem for bikers. If you attract too much of a focus from typical automobile drivers, you might get fixated upon...and the results of that are never good. Probably not a scientific base for my theory, but I'd avoid riding around like a Christmas tree on two wheels.
(11-14-2013, 10:13 PM)CIP57_imp Wrote: I would be afraid it would draw attention to someone with kids and make them get even closer then they normally would
I'm not sure if you mean actual Christmas lights, or just some serious auxiliary lighting. But either way, my feeling on over doing it with lighting, or sound in the form of extra loud exhausts, may have unintended consequences. Target fixation is not only a problem for bikers. If you attract too much of a focus form typical automobile drivers, you might get fixated upon...and the results of that are never good. Probably not a scientific base for my theory, but I'd avoid riding around like a Christmas tree on two wheels.
This is a good point. If you ask a cop, one of the most dangerous places they can be is pulled over on the side of the road with all of their lights flashing. While it seems contrary to common sense, people regularly get fixated and slam into highly visible emergency vehicles with flashing lights.
It got so bad here in AZ that they made a law that you have to move over 1 lane or slow down 10 mph when passing an emergency vehicle at the side of the road.
10mph less than the speed limit, or 10mph with respect to the speed you were already going?
