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savage86
20-11-12, 12:14 AM
Safer manhole covers.

See the northwest track is getting them.

http://www.northwest200.org/news_article_name/nw200-tuftac-ni-water-increase-safety.aspx

Hope the keep them all year round would like to test them for myself on my sunday morning jont to the port.

Anyone ever seen them on the roads on the mainland don't know anywhere over here that has them.
85jas
20-11-12, 01:44 PM
Not seen any in the UK. I've seen some of the german design (hollow topped cover, then filled with tarmac, bleedin' obvious solution of you ask me!) around the south though. You got them over the water then?

Miow!
savage86
20-11-12, 02:35 PM
Haven't seen any before! The northwest 200 circuit is ment to be getting a few but haven't been out round it in a while due to a dislocated knee so not to sure if there in place yet
Cymraeg_Atodeg
20-11-12, 02:40 PM
MAG have been running the campain for this in the UK for nearly two years

http://www.mag-uk.org/en/newsdetail/a6805
Owenski
20-11-12, 02:52 PM
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DJ123
20-11-12, 06:49 PM
i've seen a few around, or at least they've been been covered with tarmac or asphalt
Spank86
20-11-12, 06:52 PM
Not seen any in the UK. I've seen some of the german design (hollow topped cover, then filled with tarmac, bleedin' obvious solution of you ask me!) around the south though. You got them over the water then?

Miow!

You might think it obvious, I'd guess you've never had to lift one.
Bibio
20-11-12, 07:19 PM
yup i have seen loads up here along with solar powered LED cats eyes which are feckin assume. i sometimes get the feeling that Scotland is a test bed for the rest of the UK.
Cymraeg_Atodeg
20-11-12, 09:02 PM
yup i have seen loads up here along with solar powered LED cats eyes which are feckin assume. i sometimes get the feeling that Scotland is a test bed for the rest of the UK.

Had those in Wales a fair while, used to be fun to drive alone at about 2am and turn the headlights off and still be able to see where the road is going lol
ChrisCurvyS
21-11-12, 11:45 AM
They're also increasingly popular with local councils as metal manhole covers are often nicked for their scrap value. I imagine the plastic ones are cheaper too.
Mark_h
21-11-12, 12:50 PM
Or just look where you're going and avoid the wet ones if you're cornering.

You'll be looking for grippy white-lines and non-slip horse poo next!
ChrisCurvyS
21-11-12, 02:45 PM
Or just look where you're going and avoid the wet ones if you're cornering.

You'll be looking for grippy white-lines and non-slip horse poo next!
Er surely easier said than done when it's pi*sing it down, unlit, you don't know the road, your visor is covered in rain and you're looking out for all the other things that might leave you skidding down the road on your ****?

I'm all for riders taking responsibility for reading the road ahead but slippery manhole covers are a tricky one and have caught out a few experienced bikers I know.
Spank86
21-11-12, 02:57 PM
Dont try to hard to avoid them if you spot them too late, lots of people go down doing unecessary swerving maneuvers at the last moment when sailing over the top would have only resulted in a slight slip.
Mark_h
21-11-12, 03:58 PM
Er surely easier said than done when it's pi*sing it down, unlit, you don't know the road, your visor is covered in rain and you're looking out for all the other things that might leave you skidding down the road on your ****?

I'm all for riders taking responsibility for reading the road ahead but slippery manhole covers are a tricky one and have caught out a few experienced bikers I know.

If the afore mentioned weather and visor conditions prevail then you should be going slow enough for slippy covers to not be a big issue anyway.
ChrisCurvyS
21-11-12, 05:14 PM
If the afore mentioned weather and visor conditions prevail then you should be going slow enough for slippy covers to not be a big issue anyway.
...and then you'll have a queue of p*ssed off car drivers up your backside trying to force their way past.

Tbh though they don't tend to be a problem on a fast open road - as Spank said above just don't panic or brake on them. The times they've been a problem for me is when you can't avoid going over them due to other hazards (eg parked cars) and then you've got to brake due to something like a steep hill or car pulling out.