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Brighton
| | Posted on Friday, February 21, 2014 - 02:49 pm: | 
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"What some people don't get is that most peoples brains are not capable of safely operating a motor vehicle and carrying on a phone conversation"
It's been shown (many times) that people who think they can multitask (context switch) without making errors and wasting time are just deluding themselves. |
Fltwistygirl
| | Posted on Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 12:09 am: |
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Brighton you are spot on. As a former hr person turned safety its crazy to me that employers are advertising for Multi taskers. Big. Fat. Myth. |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 03:10 pm: |
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It is not just motor vehicle users but everyone including bikers. If at ANY POINT you need to take your eye off the road then it could be a problem be it a Sat Nav, phone or whatever.
I know people like Sat Navs and the like on bikes but not me as I find them distracting. It is ok on a open road though. On the City and Urban roads I ride either myself on an other would be dead real soon. It is so bad with me that even a bad running or set up bike pulls on my concentration. Yes I know some may think that is a bit anal but I intend to stay alive NO MATTER WHAT anyone else does on the road. Yes you may have been in the right in an accident but there is no value if you are dead. |
Buewulf
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2014 - 05:02 pm: |
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I find target fixation and day dreaming are my biggest problems after a long (and sometimes not long at all) stint of no riding. Whenever I feel like my head isn't quite in the game, I head straight for a gravel or dirt road - something relatively slow, rough and slippery that forces me to stay on my toes constantly interpreting every little nuance being fed up from the contact patch while at the same time having to pay attention to what's in front of me and where I am going. I'll tell myself, out loud, to look through a turn, etc. That really seems to wake up my motorcycle senses.
After that, I head to an empty parking lot for about 15 minutes of emergency stop and low speed maneuvering drills. |
Fotoguzzi
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2014 - 09:51 pm: |
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I head to a coffee shop for a double espresso.
@7:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tvRKb2yS70 |
Steveford
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:09 pm: |
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I eat and sleep a lot.
That way I'm well rested and will have the energy reserves in store.
Okay, so it's really just fat caused by eating and sleeping a lot but it could come in handy! |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 09:47 am: |
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I rode eighty some miles last Saturday with a couple of Uly buddies, it was 65F sunny and idiot free all of the twisty back road, mountain vista filled, short trip. It lead to a case of permagrin for sure! |
Biffdotorg
| | Posted on Friday, March 14, 2014 - 12:36 pm: |
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Best way that I have found to stay in shape and keep the senses in line is to get on a sled!
I know most of you don't have snow in your region, but this works for us!
My daughter, in the foreground, is ready for the upcoming season as well. |
Fltwistygirl
| | Posted on Friday, March 14, 2014 - 02:43 pm: |
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"Best way that I have found to stay in shape and keep the senses in line is to get on a sled!"
Great suggestion. Sleds are definitely something we'd like to get at some point in time. But this Colorado living is a little different than when we lived in MN. Sleds would mean also trailering to the high country. Until we got out here and got winter sports on the brain, we had no idea how spoiled we were growing up in MN. There it was just a matter of walking to the barn or shed, gassing up the snowmobile, and taking off. We literally lived at the beginning of where each snowmobiling adventure commenced! I'll never second guess our decision to move here instead of MN, but, man, when you have a snowy winter, you are in winter paradise in MN! |
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