Now that is a motorcycle PSA
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Madhatter
Well-Known Member
great video, think ill sell my bike now.... life is 100% fatal 100% of the time..... only God knows when.... you could fall in the bath tub....
I question how effective these ads are.... "A" for effort but i think when the rubber hits the road no driver remembers these ads. Honestly I think safety is more on the rider than other drivers. Assume everyone is out to kill you.
As a well known large supermarket chain say's 'every little helps', if it only sinks in to one or two car drivers then it's a start. But to be fair, a lot of bikers really don't help themselves...
Dogdaze
Well-Known Member
::026:: However, stupidity is partly genetic and when brainiacs discover this gene and wipe it out forever, only then will humanity may survive.2112 said:
SuperDaveTen
Member
Wow. Makes you think
I had another look at this after seeing a LOT of UK riders wearing camouflage bike clothing yesterday. I mean, I get people not wanting to wear Hi-Viz, but camouflage ? Is this a Darwinian form of population reduction ?
2112 said:
Which is astounding when you come into England from Ireland, where hi-viz is the norm. The shop owner I spoke with said that if they have an accident and are not wearing it, the police report will note it and the opposing insurance may try to refuse claims.
shrekonwheels
New Member
I dont, wearing gear is about protecting yourself, part of protection is making yourself Visible.2112 said:
People who do not wear proper gear or high viz clothing need a cat scan, they also should be automatic organ donors.
In the end it is not even about yourself, it is about all those within your life, you owe it to them to act in a mature manner and take all the precautions possible.
Andylaser
Member
I wonder if that is legal?Checkswrecks said:
Do they also try to reduce payouts to owners off black cars as opposed to owners of orange ones?
Mikeybikey57
Member
I'm afraid the shop owners statement is pure B.S. The wearing of hi-viz gear is not a legal requirement in the UK and if insurance companies do try to refuse a claim of a rider that has not been wearing it, they would fail. This however, would not be the case, if the riders insurance policy emphatically stated the the rider MUST wear hi viz clothing at all times and also state that any claim would be refused if they do not.Checkswrecks said:
What U.K. insurance companies and the Courts tend to do, is look at all the specific facts of any claim/accident and re-balance the proportion of blame according to the evidence. For example, if it could be proven that the bike rider would have been seen had they been wearing hi viz, or that their wearing of camouflage clothing rendered them harder to see, then a percentage of the responsibility for the accident will be placed onto the bike rider.
Hi viz gear does have many benefits, as do daytime riding lights (which are now a legal requirement on new UK bikes, registered after Feb 2011) but if other road users aren't looking because they're too busy with their sat-navs or texting on their phones, neither will have made a scrap of difference when they run into you.
As a personal choice, I ride ATGATT, hi-viz and with DRL's blazing…………... but after riding UK roads for 42 years, I still believe the fundamental assumption that all other road users are myopic imbeciles, with the attention span of a lobotomised newt, is by far and away the best protection you can get.
::026:: This is the essential key to survival!Mikeybikey57 said:
Bruce
Tyke
New Member
Well said MikeyBikey I agree 100%
I recall my late father saying to me as I drove off in a car for the very first time after passing my test in 1968. "just remember son, assume that every other road user as a complete pillock" ....As true today as it was back then
I recall my late father saying to me as I drove off in a car for the very first time after passing my test in 1968. "just remember son, assume that every other road user as a complete pillock" ....As true today as it was back then