Bikes in the Fast Lane: Video: 3 Good Motorcycle Safety Ads From Utah plus 2 more

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• Video: 3 Good Motorcycle Safety Ads From Utah
• Apps: Smartphone Helps You Avoid Red Lights
• Paris: Ring Road (Peripherique) Speed To Be Lowered?

Video: 3 Good Motorcycle Safety Ads From Utah Posted: 26 Sep 2012 09:00 AM PDT Between Colorado and Utah it's a tossup for who produces the best safety TV commercials. Both states are very active in road safety advertisements, cars and motorcycles. The Utah Department of Safety (DPS) just released three very short TV PSAs that hit home in their simplicity and message. Very short, 15 seconds each, I particularly like the first one, since it's slogan is very good: "Body Shops Can't Repair Bodies". The second one is good too if you listen to the introduction. The last one is not bad, but less than the others. All three commercials are divided between car and motorcycles riders need to pay attention.... ...

Apps: Smartphone Helps You Avoid Red Lights Posted: 26 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT I knew there was some very usefulness for smartphones, somewhere. Yes, phoning is nice, but so 1990's, texting is nice, but so 2000's, navigation is nice, but so 2010. No, what's really cool is when your smartphone app tell you how fast you should go to catch the next light green. And it's something that's going to happen shortly. The geeks at MIT have designed a smartphone app that does exactly that. Using the front camera of your phone (if your phone doesn't have one, stop reading now and go back to your Tandy TRS-80), the software detects when traffic lights change color (red, orange, green), and using complicated formulas (which only MIT folks can understand), it will tell you at what speed you need to be travelling on your motorcycle to reach the light while it's green. So no more stopping for red lights (and no more drag races). But it's not just a formula, since that wouldn't be possible....... ......Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

Paris: Ring Road (Peripherique) Speed To Be Lowered? Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:00 PM PDT Yet another proof that the leaders are losing it. The Mayor of Paris, Delanoe (a very anti-motorcycle man), is looking at lowering the important Parisian ring road (called the Boulevard Peripherique, or BP) speed limit to 70 kph from 80 kph. First of all, it's funny, since between Monday and Friday, day and night, that road is so heavily used, the average speed is 15 kph for cars, and 30 kph for motorcycles. The only times the ring road is open is late at night on the weekend, and then speeds are often 150 kph, way above the authorized speed limit, and then by the young kids from the "burbs" in their GTIs. So why even bother using the little brain power you have to occupy yourself with issues that do nothing? Instead use your brain cells to do something about important issues in the French capital, like motorcycle parking areas, allowing motorcycles to ride in the bus lanes, allow motorcycles to split lanes, allow motorcycles ...... bla bla bla. There are so many real issues out there. According to the Mayor, it's to fight pollution. Pollution? The only pollution I see is when politicians speak. ...

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