For much of the 1970s I worked in motorcycle safety for a variety of employers*. And I got familiar with the work of Dr. Harry Hurt. (Ja, funny name for motorcycle safety researcher...)
I got to read his papers as they were issued, and my own takeaway is this: road users do not FAIL to see other users** - they rank them in a hierarchy, and then there is a continuum of how to use this hierarchy. Some drivers are responsible and follow the rules of the road, but many unconsciuosly defer only to those higher up the food chain. That may vary with fatigue, in attention, and so on. If you look like a menacing thug on a loud v-twin, you do get respect. If you look less dangerous, then you get less respect. (I am happy to wear a black cycling jacket as I think there is an element of " menace " to it that increases my safety factor. I also do what I can to be visible with lights on at all times, so I am touching all the bases.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_Report * I was so lucky to have worked for Stuart Munro. For those who have heard his name, he really was an amazing guy https://canadianmotorcyclehalloffame.ca/inductees/2013/stuart-munro ** this was written before texting and such, so maybe no longer completely accurate -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAOGTYJC0Qqcax8Czxy4nC4qS01-Uedyo5_SUhzMKJUnzTBOniA%40mail.gmail.com.
