tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post6493782820869365775..comments2024-01-05T11:00:30.673-06:00Comments on DFW Point-to-Point: Share the Road Indeed!Steve Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-38705939179649499942012-08-14T10:03:28.231-05:002012-08-14T10:03:28.231-05:00Dallas's answer to the sharrows vs BMUFL vs Sh...Dallas's answer to the sharrows vs BMUFL vs Share the Road debate is: Use all three! See Houston/Victory past the AAC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-60947528672597690132012-08-12T13:14:01.863-05:002012-08-12T13:14:01.863-05:00I would prefer signage which told road users to ma...I would prefer signage which told road users to manage their own v at a conservative low number based on reaction time, equipment, conditions, and nature/number of other road users, and to avoid others of large m moving at high v who are not. Basically, make sure everyone is aware that they are primarily responsible/accountable for managing their own mv^2 in a safe and compatible manner. I would love to see tickets handed out for Mismanagement of Excessive Kinetic Energy.John Romeo Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289456379789026152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-24331697648229929932012-08-12T10:05:53.640-05:002012-08-12T10:05:53.640-05:00Motorcycling has ten times the fatalities per expo...Motorcycling has ten times the fatalities per exposure hour than bicycling and driving a car (IIHS and elsewhere). Driving and cycling, per exposure hour, are pretty similar.<br /><br />Cycling attorney Steve Magas both bicycles and rides a big BMW touring motorcycle. He has the touring version, I have the sport touring version. He compares motorcycling more to flying in terms of the risks. At 70 mph, you have far more kinetic energy to dissipate when you hit something (KE = 1/2 mv^2) something, and often far less reaction time between the realization that you are in deep shit and when the collision occurs. <br /><br />Yep, its much more hazardous, which means one has to engage in far more hazard control. And like bicycling, you need to plan for someone else's screwup and have your crash avoidance thinking hat on.<br /><br />Lots of ways to screw up on a motorcycle that are deadly--speeding, drunk riding, overconfidence,lack of PPE, not thinking, etc. I've seen people overcook a curve on a bicycle at low speeds and walk away with road rash but we lost a rider in the Jemez that way--he kissed an outcrop with his skull, and helmets were not field tested to fly into outrcrops at high speed head first. But you are more likely to be wearing a tree if you overcook a curve at 70. That's how Richard Farina died, by the way, for those of you old enough to remember him. Tragic.<br /><br />All of which is bound to result in someone asking me why I bought a motorcycle after having made do without one for 25 years. Good question, folks. Its a guy thing, I guess. I promise not to do some of the really stupid stuff some motorcyclists do, including that guy who had my name on his driver's license 35 years ago. Maybe that will be enough, maybe not.Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.com