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RianJohnsonSucksAzz t1_iswkb6z wrote

It’s not the lights. It’s the stupidity of a lot of motorcycle riders.

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vashonite t1_iswpqut wrote

Yes AND it’s a lot of other factors. Including people driving cars not seeing motorcycles.

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jpb225 t1_iszrezs wrote

It's definitely both. If you ever want to feel completely invisible, get on a bike. People genuinely do not see you, even when they look directly at you. Obviously lots of crashes are the rider's fault, but even very careful defensive riders get hit by car drivers. Inattentional blindness is a real thing, and there have been plenty of studies demonstrating that drivers' brains simply filter out people on motorcycles a lot of the time. Anything that helps prevent that is going to save lives.

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sdmichael t1_iswksvt wrote

There is sadly a lot of that. Way too much of it.

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