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Off Topic / Visual Attention Test
« on: March 14, 2014, 01:52:21 PM »
These videos fascinate me and have a pertinence to motorcycle riding.

Watch this first:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo&feature=player_embedded



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Safety and Riding Tips / Rider Signals when Group Riding
« on: April 03, 2012, 04:56:34 PM »
My thoughts are to compile suggestions for signals we might use to communicate while riding in groups.

One instance several years ago, the lead rider I was behind was positioned to pass a car on a set of mild rollers. I could see where he couldn't (but I didn't know he didn't see), an oncoming car as it dipped into a roller. Before I acted, he passed the car, but just barely. In retrospect, I think he could have checked his mirrors and I could have flashed him or honked to stop the pass.

I know there are signals used for group riding, http://www.msf-usa.org/downloads/group_ride.pdf and these are often used but may not be universally known and utilized plus would not be effective for signalling the lead rider.

My question is... When appropriate, is it viable to reiterate the above signals or to add signals for communicating basic commands to facilitate safer riding in a group or would this impose too much structure and detract from concentrating on the ride?

Don


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