"London Motorcycle Video" thread in "Staying Alive"
I'd not heard of this until a few days ago, but it refers to some of the visual perception issues we've talked about. Enjoy Video ...

I'd not heard of this until a few days ago, but it refers to some of the visual perception issues we've talked about.

Enjoy

Video | Transport for London

^ TfL link

But easier to see here:



I know one of the two psychologists who's work was the basis of it (no, they didn''t invent 'looming')

---

Argue with me: http://the-ride-info.blogspot.com/

Not enough blood imho.

care to expand on the "96% think smaller objects take longer to reach you" assertion?

Thats good that is

Nope. You'll have to look it up






OK, if I see the guy I'll ask But he didn't have direct input to the ad. - first he knew was another psychologist saying "Hey look!"

---

Argue with me: http://the-ride-info.blogspot.com/

I wonder if it is going to be/was successful getting it's message across? As it is a bit disconnected from reality isn't it?

Was doing a little research and came up with this little gem

LINK

Serious study stuff on stopping distances...

Posted a link to this video elsewhere and a mate of mine (and a Quasar owner) writes
Which is kinda what I was wondering about up there. /\

Although your mate's a bit late with that one

In Dave ?'s column in Motorcyle Weekly many moons ago he suggested that we needed a few riders really dedicated to the cause, and when a car emerged in front of them they headed straight for the driver.

His guess was about 3 driver fatalities in quick succesion and word would start to get around.

I think (probably on Vd) I suggested the 'think bike' ad should be re-made with an alternative ending along those lines . . .

---

Argue with me: http://the-ride-info.blogspot.com/

There's that faked up VFR400 inside the VW Golf photo!

---

Sponsor Page XMAS OFFERS Blog Website Courses Riding Tips Shop
NEW - online e-course
The dull copyright bit - feel free to nick it for personal use. If you want to reprint it for your club, I'd like a mention as author. Otherwise hands-off. Full terms
"Force has no place where there is need of skill" Herodotus 450BC

Thames Valley police had a real one like that, fatal for driver and rider

To quote one of the coppers: "If the car'd still had doors, you could have shut the bike inside"

Speedo on the bike was jammed at 90 in the impact, and it left a long rear-tyre skid mark up to impact.

---

Argue with me: http://the-ride-info.blogspot.com/

Wasn't it established that it wasn't mocked up?





I agree with Voyager's mate about the other vid. It shows the car (and bike) more or less intact from a 30-ish mph impact.


It would have been far better with the rider going clean over the car and the bike ploughing into the door of the car causing flying glass injuries and possibly a breakage or two to the driver.


In fact, something along the lines of those Irish boy-racer videos would be grand.

---

http://www.lincolndrivingschool.co.uk/ for an excellent driving instructor and stuff

IIRC the claim was that the bike hit the car doing 130mph.
The bike would have come apart at that speed, but there's no significant damage from the tank back. Who knows about the car. Cut in two, rolled over?? I don't know, I'm not an expert but it was just far too neatly fitted together.

---

Sponsor Page XMAS OFFERS Blog Website Courses Riding Tips Shop
NEW - online e-course
The dull copyright bit - feel free to nick it for personal use. If you want to reprint it for your club, I'd like a mention as author. Otherwise hands-off. Full terms
"Force has no place where there is need of skill" Herodotus 450BC

Wow! cool stuff! gotta love you tube!

The claims are that the bike was doing over 150mph, the photos from the scene show the car on its roof. I'm pretty sure I've got the photos and the claims embedded in a presentation somewhere, as I've definitely used it to talk about see-decide-react times and the potential of injury to car occupants in bike crashes. I'll see if I can find them and verify the source.