Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ads: Preventing People From Texting While Driving - Weird plus 3 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: Ads: Preventing People From Texting While Driving - Weird plus 3 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

Ads: Preventing People From Texting While Driving - Weird

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT

Do not text and drive ad
Do not text and drive ad
Sometimes PSA are weird, if not scary. The Blue Hive PR agency in the UK created the following advertisements for the Brake organization (a road safety charity organization) to condition people not to text/SMS while driving their cars.

Car drivers that read their SMS/text messages while driving are a menace to everyone, especially motorcycle riders, so it's a good thing people are trying to prevent it, but these ads are just plain weird.

If you are one of these that text while driving, would you stop doing it because of these ads? I don't thing so.

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Signal: More Safety Lights On Motorcycle Helmets

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Signal Helmet Lights
Signal Helmet Lights
Suddenly several people got the idea that lights on a motorcycle helmet is a good idea, and it is. Riding a motorcycle in dense traffic can be dangerous, since our "surface" is small, and the lights on our rides are even smaller. Stop lights and indicators are really small, particularly on a sportsbike. So when you do hit the brake, or decide to turn, cars behind you may not have seen your lights.

Signal is one of the several new products that tries to address this issue. Instead of using standard LED lights, these guys use Lumigram, a new fiber-optic fabric.......

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Pssst! Want To Buy A Chrome Masei Helmet For Cheap?

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:45 AM PDT

Masei 310 eBay
Masei helmets have put up one of their chrome helmets, the Masei 310 on sale on eBay. They started the bidding at $0.01 including free shipping, so a deal of a lifetime.

So far, the bidding has reached $32 (at time of writing this), and it's got another 8 days to go. The helmet size is Large, so if it'll fit, here's your chance to get a unique motorcycle helmet.

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Indonesia: Will That Take That Many Motorcycles?

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:00 PM PDT

Indonesia Ferry Boarding
Indonesia flag
Holy cow! That is a lot of motorcycles trying to board that ferry.

When I'm getting on one, and there are 5 motorcycles, I'm surprised by the high number. But this....

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