why bikes are invisible on the road
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wild stuff... so when someone says, I didn't see it, they really mean it...
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wild stuff... so when someone says, I didn't see it, they really mean it...
If you stare at your cell phone like the dot yea, it might make a motorcycle disappear.But if your scanning for hazards it shouldn't affect you bad enough to miss a dark silhouette with a headlight, I understand misjudging speed, but not this.
I think thats just a high tech exscuse.If the sun is blinding you, you dont just stare at it.Same thing with oncoming headlights.If you have to squint your eyes from the sun, and go through a intersection blind, or simply pull into traffic from a intersection with blindspots.You shouldn't just do it.You slowly pull forward hoping your vision will improve, or unseen traffic can alert, or avoid you.
Regardless of the circumstances that make a blindspot.Its the drivers responsibility to identify them, and proceed cautiouslly.It really doesnt matter if its a eye phenomenon, the sun, a accident merging lanes on the freeway, or one in town at a intersection.A motorcycle only uses 1/3 of the lane.If the motorcycle wasnt seen, or given enough time to change course or brake.It was the brain of the drivers fault, not the eyes.
I think thats just a high tech exscuse.If the sun is blinding you, you dont just stare at it.Same thing with oncoming headlights.If you have to squint your eyes from the sun, and go through a intersection blind, or simply pull into traffic from a intersection with blindspots.You shouldn't just do it.You slowly pull forward hoping your vision will improve, or unseen traffic can alert, or avoid you.
Regardless of the circumstances that make a blindspot.Its the drivers responsibility to identify them, and proceed cautiouslly.It really doesnt matter if its a eye phenomenon, the sun, a accident merging lanes on the freeway, or one in town at a intersection.A motorcycle only uses 1/3 of the lane.If the motorcycle wasnt seen, or given enough time to change course or brake.It was the brain of the drivers fault, not the eyes.
if something isn't moving, it's very easy to miss. people naturally notice contrast, whether it's color or movement. bikes are especially difficult to see from a side profile (i.e. pulling out of a driveway perpendicular to the main path of travel)If you stare at your cell phone like the dot yea, it might make a motorcycle disappear.But if your scanning for hazards it shouldn't affect you bad enough to miss a dark silhouette with a headlight, I understand misjudging speed, but not this.
I think thats just a high tech exscuse.If the sun is blinding you, you dont just stare at it.Same thing with oncoming headlights.If you have to squint your eyes from the sun, and go through a intersection blind, or simply pull into traffic from a intersection with blindspots.You shouldn't just do it.You slowly pull forward hoping your vision will improve, or unseen traffic can alert, or avoid you.
Regardless of the circumstances that make a blindspot.Its the drivers responsibility to identify them, and proceed cautiouslly.It really doesnt matter if its a eye phenomenon, the sun, a accident merging lanes on the freeway, or one in town at a intersection.A motorcycle only uses 1/3 of the lane.If the motorcycle wasnt seen, or given enough time to change course or brake.It was the brain of the drivers fault, not the eyes.
i didn't see a turkey the other day because it was standing still. just a black spot in green grass - could have just as easily been a log, some fallen tree branches, or a mailbox.
now, that deer that was walking across the road? i picked him up a mile away (relatively speaking) before i noticed his friends chilling on the side of the road, again, standing still.