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RE: [ST] loud pipes for safety
- Subject: RE: [ST] loud pipes for safety
- From: Tim Mitchell <Tim.Mitchell@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 10:43:02 -0000
>>The thing about loud pipes here in England is they are actually a safety
>>thing. Cars usually don't see you even with your lights on but they often
>>hear you...
>Yeh, the Hardly boys use that for an excuse in the US, too. Totally bogus.
... In the UK we can filter through lanes of stationary or slow-moving
traffic -- and this is where loud(-ish) pipes definitely (IMO, and
experience) help to wake cagers up, so maybe they won't change lanes as
you're passing.
my 1.5p
Tim
'01 RS
Cambridge UK
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