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| close encounter with a guard rail |
A great invention, no doubt about it, created to prevent an accident if the vehicles are going off track: In the intent of its inventor, a kind of protection, safeguards.
I will spare you the commentary on the definition of "passive restraint", which unfortunately for us motorcyclists is also notorious as a danger fitted with sharp edges, raised pillars and anything else quite effective in the tear, maim, decapitate or even worse that the victim is to impact against it.
Even motorists, some of whom believe it is somebody else's problem, they are immune from the deadly threat posed by an impact with an object like that and also for their more or less famous examples abound.
You can do without on the road, unaware of its existence or to acknowledge that many initiatives have been created to highlight this serious shortcoming and try to remedy them. At the European level
something is done, while at national level only some local governments have banned so-called guard-rail killers, trying alternatives.
The paradox is that these alternatives are blessed, and most are effective as of the guard-rail at passive and more active level of shock absorption and safeguarding the. Yet
of guard-rail there are still plenty around, even they are installed from scratch and points the finger more on motorcycles than on the guardrail itself.
It 'clear that we must do so in the streets every day, that clothing Technically, a framework of protections including the back protector and a good safety helmet should not miss in Handbook of intelligent biker, but all this may seem pointless even if unfortunately it slides and you end up in the arms (beams) of this illustrious character of the news.
It 's true that in times of crisis funds are scarce, but it is also known that the money collected from penalties to the code do not always know where you are going. We continue to give voice to worthy initiatives and hope that as soon as someone decides to ban this invention, which is not so beautiful.
