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Master@lemm.ee 3 days agoNo. Loud = safe for motorcyclists. Its the only way they can be noticed inside sound proof cars by people on their phones.
I dont ride anymore because bad drivers killed every motorcyclist i used to ride with.
My man, I watched an accident yesterday in a grocery store parking lot. A raised up truck was backing out and a car was behind it. The car honked. Laid on that horn. It was a loud horn. Truck didn’t even flinch. Backed right into it.
I’ve been passed by “loud” motorcycles many times. I saw them in my mirrors. I have a tiny blind spot, but I tracked them the entire way. What I didn’t do is hear them. Especially at highway speed, they’re undetectable.
Your argument is the equivalent of, “I saw someone get stabbed to death so you shouldnt wear your motorcycle helmet.”
I have no doubt you did see these things but that doesnt mean loud pipes dont add a bit of safety at the expense of noise comfort. Every bit of safety adds up and can save your life. There is no one thing that will do it but if you do enough it can have an effect. Maybe you didnt hear those pipes but a few hours later someone else did and didnt see them and they were saved.
iegod@lemm.ee 2 days ago
As a fellow motorcyclist I hate this myth. spauldinginjurylaw.com/…/loud-pipes-saves-lives-m…
Master@lemm.ee 2 days ago
As someone who’d. Didnt have a loud bike. … I’ve almost been killed of many times by people who didnt see or hear me and who switched lanes or pulled out in front of me.
Loud pipes do save lives and no amount of bullshit research about one particular scenario that doesnt factor in everything else will change that.
If you think you cant hear loud pipes if you are in front of or beside a motercycle then your an idiot who probably doesnt even ride.
But dont ride anymore and if you do and you want to cruise quietly then you do you.
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I only know that for me, driving with windows up, radio quiet, I don’t hear most loud pipes until too late. It’s probably not a good idea to startle drivers just as you’re passing them
Jentu@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
This lawyer doesn’t post the actual study referenced anywhere in that blog. After looking for the study, it seems to be linked to a quite limited YouTube video made by the Association for the Development of Motorcycling in Romania.
https://youtu.be/v9QTPyMJGgo