06-09-14, 06:49 PM
Just some thoughts,
Distance covered at constant speed.
At 100mph - you cover 147 feet per second.
At 60mph - you cover 88 feet per second.
At 50mph - you cover 73 feet per second.
Total estimated stopping distance, (calculator based on Highway Code)
At 100mph - 598 feet.
At 60mph - 239 feet.
At 50mph - 174 feet.
I too hear what Stevierst says, it's a public highway, anything and everything is using it.
There is risk involved in riding a motorcycle. Lets be honest, a lot of us like the thrill of speed, so that increases the risk further. If you wanna ride fast on public roads and try and stay alive, well you need to think of ways of managing the risk. Every junction represents an increase in risk, a car sitting waiting to turn at a junction is a higher risk still. And you dunno who's sitting behind the wheel of that car, who else is in the car, the state of health of that driver, what's going on in their head etc etc.
Try this. My father has alzheimers. A couple of years back he was still driving, despite the fact he thought I was his brother and he'd even, at the age of 83, phone me up and ask me if I had my mother's (his mother you understand) phone number. It took me coming on two years to get his license withdrawn. Thank goodness during that time he didn't kill anybody.
I hate criticising the way anybody rides, I know I ride like a loon at times. By the grace of whatshisname and all that.......... But if you ride like I do, and I bet a lot, maybe most here do, then look at the figures above, think too about how quickly you can make your bike turn at 50mph, then 100 mph.
Basically fear junctions, knock the speed off, and if there's a car waiting to turn, well expect em to watch you, wait and turn right into your path at the last minute.
Distance covered at constant speed.
At 100mph - you cover 147 feet per second.
At 60mph - you cover 88 feet per second.
At 50mph - you cover 73 feet per second.
Total estimated stopping distance, (calculator based on Highway Code)
At 100mph - 598 feet.
At 60mph - 239 feet.
At 50mph - 174 feet.
I too hear what Stevierst says, it's a public highway, anything and everything is using it.
There is risk involved in riding a motorcycle. Lets be honest, a lot of us like the thrill of speed, so that increases the risk further. If you wanna ride fast on public roads and try and stay alive, well you need to think of ways of managing the risk. Every junction represents an increase in risk, a car sitting waiting to turn at a junction is a higher risk still. And you dunno who's sitting behind the wheel of that car, who else is in the car, the state of health of that driver, what's going on in their head etc etc.
Try this. My father has alzheimers. A couple of years back he was still driving, despite the fact he thought I was his brother and he'd even, at the age of 83, phone me up and ask me if I had my mother's (his mother you understand) phone number. It took me coming on two years to get his license withdrawn. Thank goodness during that time he didn't kill anybody.
I hate criticising the way anybody rides, I know I ride like a loon at times. By the grace of whatshisname and all that.......... But if you ride like I do, and I bet a lot, maybe most here do, then look at the figures above, think too about how quickly you can make your bike turn at 50mph, then 100 mph.
Basically fear junctions, knock the speed off, and if there's a car waiting to turn, well expect em to watch you, wait and turn right into your path at the last minute.