Fair enough, tell you what, next time an uninsured moron come in mangled
from a accident where he was not wearing a seat belt, lets just shoot him
in the head. That way my insurance company does not drive my rates up in
order to pay for the $25 Kleenex my mother used in the waiting room that
the Hospital sold to absorb said morons unpaid life support bill. Of
course if the moron's drunk buddy had DRL's the accident would have never
happened:)
>Let me get this right... You HATE that "Big Brother" mandates the
>third
>brake light and DRL, but you WANT him to mandate helmets for
>everyone?!?!?
>As far as I'm concerned let Darwin sort them all out. Personally I
>wore a
>full face helmet every time I rode, but I don't want the government
>telling
>me that I MUST wear a helmet - or a seatbelt either for that matter.
>
>Just stirring the pot a little more!! :-)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Eric Linnhoff
>Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:20 AM
>To: autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: DRL's Warning: BIG RANT!
>
>
>>The reason I asked that was about 15 to 20 years ago there was an
>aftermarket safety item that could be purchased for about $15 that
>you
>hooked up into your motorcycle brake light. It would cause the brake
>light
>to flash whenever you triggerd the brake light via applying the
>brakes. When
>you were off the brakes , the light just kept a steady low beam
>tallight.
>>Bill Schmidt cs rx7 kc reg
>============================
>This reminds me of yet another VERY obnoxious aftermarket (I'm
>assuming)
>automotive accessory that irritates the living snot out of me far
>beyond
>that of those deep reverse gold plated spoke wheels that start at the
>edge
>of the fender and go out from there, producing four beautiful
>roostertails
>in the rain and a turning radius that could make a semi driver laugh.
>
>What, pray tell, could chafe my backside this much you ask?
>
>Those third brake lights that, when the brake pedal is initially
>applied,
>flash a certain number of times (I've seen 3 and 4) and then stay on
>steadily. Or worse yet, the ones that always flash and never stay on
>steadily.
>
>What a useless and performance degrading product these are. If you're
>gonna
>mandate the third brake lights, as big brother has seen fit to do,
>then why
>let people degrade their safety performance capabilities by installing
>these
>flashers. I've not found them to draw my attention to them nearly as
>much
>as a steadily lit brake light. In fact, I'm actually less prone to
>see
>these particular lights unless I happen to be looking directly at
>them.
>Peripheral vision, by its very nature, is more sensitive to a steady
>light
>pulse than a flashing one.
>
>By far the best new brake light accessory that I've seen (and IMHO
>should be
>required) is the LED brake lights as opposed to the standard 100+ year
>old
>incandescent bulbs. Now THOSE are some bright attention grabbing
>lights!!
>
>And what a great (gag) idea these DRLs are. Gee, just what we need.
>Another thing to make motorcyclists LESS visible to stupid drivers. I
>finally decided to give up my urban motorcycling habits after my
>fourth time
>of flying over some idiots hood.
>
>"I didn't see you" was always their claim. Duh, obviously you didn't
>see me
>or you wouldn't have pulled right out in front of me. It got to the
>point
>that I was always riding around paranoid (and not really having much
>fun)
>with two fingers of my right hand on the front brake lever and my left
>thumb
>resting lightly on the horn button (which got pressed briefly at every
>intersection in a futile attempt to get noticed by the cross traffic)
>all
>the while having my high beam on. BTW, I long ago learned to
>immediately
>trash the useless factory "meep meep" motorcycle horns in favor of a
>pair of
>generic auto parts store 130db "GM style" dual tone horns that could
>actually be heard more than twenty feet away.
>
>And yes I always wore a helmet. I went through over $1200 worth of
>perfectly good helmets and don't regret a single penny of those
>expenditures. I couldn't go three blocks without wearing a full face
>helmet
>or the wind would make my eyes tear so badly that I just plain
>couldn't see.
>Even with the visor in the "up" position the aerodynamic shape of the
>helmet
>helped make the air flow around the sides of my head instead of
>directly
>into my eyes. In my opinion, helmet laws should be considered
>mandatory as
>they greatly increase your odds of survival in case of an accident.
>Except
>in California where they don't have to wear them if they don't want
>to. ;^)
>
>And another thing. What's with these rich (a highly relative term I
>realize) idiots in their newer Lexii, Infinitys, Mercedeseses,
>Bimmers, etc
>that drive around for weeks with a headlight or tail light burned out.
> Are
>people really that stupid and inattentive these days that they aren't
>noticing these important safety items? Apparently excessive amounts
>of
>money tends to dull the senses. (BTW, these are the same folks who
>generally have cell phones glued to their ears.) I know that I won't
>let a
>burned out light on my car go unanswered more than 24 hours unless I'm
>so
>far out in the boonies that there aren't any parts stores.
>
>And then there's those fools who insist upon driving around for weeks
>on
>their temporary "donut" spares. ARGH!!!!
>
>Or, and.....................My God, why hast thou forsaken me?
>
>There, I feel a little better now. ;^) Gosh, is it spring yet?
>
>See you on course.
>
>Eric Linnhoff in KC
>#69DS TLS #13
>'98 Neon R/T
><eric10mm@qni.com>
>
>Then we race together. We can ride forever
>Wrapped in horsepower, driving into fury
>Changing gear I pull you tighter to me
>I'm your turbo lover. Tell me there's no other.
>I'm your turbo lover. Better run for cover
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