Originally Posted by
Ttaskmaster
I know and you won't ever stop that, which is why I'm not caring about them in the slightest.
But speaking as someone who, four times a day, has to triple-check the road using ears alone because it's a blind corner and many drivers are also too blind to read speed limits or too deficient of IQ to moderate their right foot, I don't fancy dying, thanks... We've already had two fatalities this year alone.
Actually it's imported American society and it's about not getting sued for every penny you have. People can die as MUCH as they like, so long as it doesn't cost us any money. And by us, I mean drvers, car manufacturers, designers, government, councils, road workers and anyone else who can be imagined accountable.
And if we left our manholes open, you would be stunned at how often even someone as intelligent and wholly aware of the world as you still falls foul of it.
And how many Rolls Royces do you encounter on a, say, weekly basis?
I haven't seen one in a good couple of years, despite working in and around Bray far more often than I'd like.
They had some safety trials on motorcycle noises once (Loud Pipes Save Lives and all that), and the affects on perception of safety. People had NO idea how fast the quieter bikes were going, because the appropriate audio cues weren't there. Mostly people chanced it and pulled out, which would either result in the biker being killed and/or the bike flipping up through the windows of the car - Which is the part most drivers forget about, especially the ones whose kids would have gotten 42 stone of solid metal in the face.
However, the same applies to road use in general - You can often hear a car before you peg it and when waiting to pull out from a junction (ie minor to major), the major can be pretty fast - 60mph, in fact. Get that wrong and your ultra-modern fancy car with all its crumple zones is complete trash... oh, and you might cause someones' death.