Silly Safety Ideas....

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thomas

thomas

the tank engine
Location
Woking/Norwich
Okay! So I couldn't really sleep the other night and came up with this fantastic idea.

Now, a lot of close overtakes, etc, happen because people are impatient and don't care. I've got two ideas...

The first is get a nice big picture of a scantily clad, beautiful women (get the free poster in zoo/nuts, something like that)...and attach it to your rucksack (or back...but that seems a bit weirder). Then, when Mr Van Man, or someone impatient comes along they might be more willing to wait a few minutes till it is safe if they've got a bit of eye candy to pass the time.

Idea two, inspired by the motorbike 'think' campaign thread. It's not quite having a massive flashing sign (which would be cool), but similar to the first one, but just reads a short message, in a large font, like, "Hi, I'm Tom, a 19 year old student and I cycle 30 miles a day for work."....just sort of a "Yes, I'm a person too" type message.

I'm sure you'll agree...pretty awesome ideas :tongue:. And yes, it'll probably be introduced into cycle craft soon :laugh:
 
gaz

gaz

Cycle Camera TV
Location
South Croydon
There was a 'vest' made that showed your speed on big LED's on your back. i thought that was a great idea, i think it was made for by an australian student, and there were some videos on youtube, but i can't find them :tongue:
 
Arch

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
thomas said:
Now, a lot of close overtakes, etc, happen because people are impatient and don't care. I've got two ideas...

The first is get a nice big picture of a scantily clad, beautiful women (get the free poster in zoo/nuts, something like that)...and attach it to your rucksack (or back...but that seems a bit weirder). Then, when Mr Van Man, or someone impatient comes along they might be more willing to wait a few minutes till it is safe if they've got a bit of eye candy to pass the time.
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Great, and when they do eventually pass, they're driving one handed....

Plus of course, it does nothing to protect you from women. Or homosexuals, or men who don't happen to be Neanderthals.
 
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thomas

thomas

the tank engine
Location
Woking/Norwich
Arch said:
Great, and when they do eventually pass, they're driving one handed....
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Probably safer than them getting bored and phoning/texting a mate :tongue:

Arch said:
Plus of course, it does nothing to protect you from women. Or homosexuals, or men who don't happen to be Neanderthals.
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I never said it was perfect, but it would certainly target different niches of road users. The women, gays, etc, wouldn't matter too much, because they wouldn't be able to get past the bloke who refuses to overtake me :smile:

So, unless the first person to pass was both an idiot and dangerous, my scheme is fool proof (unless said bloke prefers Blondes to the brunette poster I'd use :laugh:)
 
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hackbike 666

Guest
Arch said:
Great, and when they do eventually pass, they're driving one handed....

Plus of course, it does nothing to protect you from women. Or homosexuals, or men who don't happen to be Neanderthals.
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:tongue:
 
gazmercer

gazmercer

Well-Known Member
Location
Prescot, Merseyside
mr Mag00 said:
why?
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Because they'd be takin a photo of you on their mobile of course!!
 
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jimboalee

New Member
Location
Solihull
HLaB said:
It think the stupidest I saw was on an old 50's safety documentary. A spring loaded car bumper (a bit like a mouse trap ! ) would spring up and catch a ped/ cyclist in the event of a collision.
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Better than that.....

In the event of a collision with a ped or cyclist, the bonnet of a Jaguar XK springs up and the paper thin aluminium colapses and cushions the impact.
 
Black Sheep

Black Sheep

Guru
Location
Rammy
jimboalee said:
Better than that.....

In the event of a collision with a ped or cyclist, the bonnet of a Jaguar XK springs up and the paper thin aluminium colapses and cushions the impact.
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thats because there is now a minimum distance between the bonnet and the engine block of a car, the jag's bonnet is too near to the block to pass the safety test so the engineers made the bonnet pop up.

the thin aluminum is due to it being cheaper and also saves weight, aiding the fuel consumption.

in the uk jaguars are not sold with the 'leaping cat' due to safety regulations preventing anything on the bonnet that can catch on someone.

RR's spirit drops into the grill and Merc's 3 pointed star bends out the way.

the cat doesn't move. you do see some people with them fitted tho.
 
Black Sheep

Black Sheep

Guru
Location
Rammy
Tynan said:
still lots of manly bull bars about, and those ridiculous Landrover Discoverys
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in my opinion its the mitsubishi shogun that is the worst, the bull bars stand proud of the vehicle by quite a long way, complete with spot lights etc

some vehicles do work in an environment that they need the bars,

modern landrover bars are actually about as soft as being hit by an average people carrier but still stout enough to protect the vehicle from a robust bush (the purpose of the bars)
 
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