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Subject: Re: Motorcycling, Archos, Hearing, and safety.

Re: Motorcycling, Archos, Hearing, and safety.

From: Rocker <rocker_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 09:23:27 -0600

Peanut gallery:

snip
In fact, most riders now
know that they need to use earplugs to avoid permanent hearing loss from the
wind noise:

Then you must have your Archos cranked! Maybe the heavy power consumption
has an adverse effect on the hard drive?

rocker

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Maxwell" <rockbox_at_anti-spam.org>
To: "'Rockbox development'" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 4:44 AM
Subject: Motorcycling, Archos, Hearing, and safety.


> hey - that's just my personal opinion too and a good meant advice to
> concentrate on traffic as a biker - you always loose and you have no
> deformable zone like a car.

I've been riding motorcycles for over 30 years and I know damned well that
if you hear a car before you see it, you're not paying attention. You
normally don't hear cars while riding at speed on the highway with a
full-face helmet on. The wind noise and motor noise drowns out any sound
until it is far too late to avoid an accident. In fact, most riders now
know that they need to use earplugs to avoid permanent hearing loss from the
wind noise:

http://hope4hearing.org/motorcycle1.htm

A fully faired Honda Goldwing may be quiet enough that cars can be heard,
but that's not your typical bike and most of the 'Wing riders have a stereo
cranked up anyway.

As to the "deformable zone", that's a rather selfish way to approach driving
any vehicle. Do you want some guy in a cage to be listening to the stereo
blasting while eating lunch, figuring that it's okay if he runs into you
because he's got a deformable zone? "See, I was in my car so I was pretty
safe. That's why I wasn't really paying attention when I ran over your
kid."

Regards,
  Fred Maxwell



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