Who else rides by "the force" then?

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by Brettus

there is an element of trust/faith in there though, you couldn't for example see if there was something sticking out of the side of an oncoming truck/car but there isn't anything can be done about that anyway but maybe i'm the only one to ponder such disturbing thoughts heh.

once again, you're talking about "dead space", whilst I agree there are times where there is no way to see into a space and a degree of "faith" is needed, you can drastically reduce that by watching the entrance to that space (sometimes even before it happens) and knowing nothing is (or has had the time) to get in it....... voodoo or good observation ?

Cheers Mark.

Originally Posted by rictus01

voodoo or good observation ?

i vote voodoo.

Anyone wear, or tried, those yellow glasses to combat this sort of thing?
It's not a big issue for me, but if someone told me those yellow lensed glasses do improve things a bit I would be interested.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Nah just kinda aim to the left a bit and hope you don't die really

+ 1

[Stu]

When I was going to North/South 08 I was on this country road about 10-11 pm at night it was very undulating so couldn't see over the crests.
I may have relied on the Sat Nav to confirm that the road ahead continued in a straight line or what the bend was like!

Dan (exWRC63) would be able to tell you what road it was

I do a lot of riding at night and you sort of develop a sense for where everything is, it's the same route most times so that's not so bad; can be very scary occasionally though, especially with leaf mulch all over the road these days.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by sinbad

Anyone wear, or tried, those yellow glasses to combat this sort of thing?
It's not a big issue for me, but if someone told me those yellow lensed glasses do improve things a bit I would be interested.

Tried them for shooting, and they did make things stand out a bit more. But I'm not trying to shoot things on the road, and at night you want to make use of all available light don't you?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Tried them for shooting, and they did make things stand out a bit more. But I'm not trying to shoot things on the road, and at night you want to make use of all available light don't you?

That's what they do, allegedly- Improve visibility in low light situations, whilst they also filter out glare and reduce "starring".

I have these things called eyes, I use them... I have no need to place a photon torpedo in a hole the size of a dustbin lid.

Not I, guess conservative I am.

Same in car and on bike - don't care if I arrive late. Better late than you know....