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> 'loud pipes save lives' - as in, if your exhaust is loud, people can hear you coming and you're less likely to get flattened by an oblivious driver. That's a
by samizdis 4y ago
> 'loud pipes save lives' - as in, if your exhaust is loud, people can hear you coming and you're less likely to get flattened by an oblivious driver.
That's an interesting perspective, and not without merit. I've never been a biker, but I used to drive a customised classic vehicle (1958 Morris 1000 van) with atrocious rear visibility. Even in cold/wet weather, I'd keep my side widow rolled down just so that I could hear motorbikes, which the huge blindspots rendered invisible.
- nehal3m 4y agoI ride, and used to commute exclusively by motorcycle. Trouble with this sentiment is that exhausts are pointed backwards, so they do nothing to alert the traffic in front of you. My anecdata anyway.
- mathieuh 4y agoI agree, I ride a bicycle so I'm more aware than someone sealed in a car would be, and unless I'm not moving, I only hear loud motorcycles right as they're passing me. The headwind from cycling at 32 km/h is enough to overpower loud exhausts in my experience.