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I can't stand those. Even riding a motorcycle, they're a confusing and hard to make sense of rear light layout. Put a central light on the bike, preferably LE
by Syonyk 4y ago
I can't stand those. Even riding a motorcycle, they're a confusing and hard to make sense of rear light layout. Put a central light on the bike, preferably LED, and ideally that strobes a few times when you hit the brakes. It makes a very real difference in traffic - I did that, at separate times, to some different bikes, and was able to observe the difference. It mostly solved tailgaters. From annoyance or what, I don't care, but a bright, "flashes several times when the brakes are applied" tail light improves much on a motorcycle.
Not the worst thing I've seen, though. I came up behind one motorcycle at night, slammed cruiser style, that only had a dim red row of LEDs on the license plate holder, which was bolted to the rear wheel axle. I was on a motorcycle and couldn't tell what it was in front of me until I was probably 50' behind. Rider and passenger in flat black, of course.
But Harley's been shipping those dumb twin light rear configurations for a decade now. They're not novel, and it's just one more example in "Self driving car AIs don't understand the world and fail in entirely non-human ways."
- MerelyMortal 4y agoI'm afraid the flashing brake light will fall victim to tragedy of the commons. It's a great idea, but when everyone has it, it just becomes a sea of blinking lights and harder to differentiate. I already hate being behind one vehicle that has it, because it's distracting and I'm interpreting the first time it dims as they're letting off the brake. It's also probably illegal if the law says brake light must be illuminated when the brake pedal is pressed.
- Jcampuzano2 4y agoI simply refuse to consider riding a Harley because they so obviously don't give a shit about rider safety and are behind on every piece of tech you could imagine that is standard with most other manufacturers. Sorry, I don't give a shit about the "being a badass" hog lifestyle and this contributes to why they're a dying brand.
- Syonyk 4y ago> ...and this contributes to why they're a dying brand. I can't argue with you about the bikes, I've no interest in one either. But [citation needed] on "dying brand." They're still the number one seller in the US and seem to be doing just fine.
- aussiesnack 4y agoThey're really big in Australia, despite their expense and IMO objective inferiority to many other bikes. It's a combination of image and I think a certain cultural nostalgia, mostly among men in their 50s and above. I do kind of understand it as a reaction to the physical and cultural blandness and mediocrity of the very suburban Australia most of these guys inhabit.
- sokoloff 4y agoIt seems like the AI failed to understand the works in a very similar way to the way you described your own human experience.