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Why buffer?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:01 am
by tim
On my ps course/test the instructor taught us when going over a crest there's 2 directions danger could come from, and right was the scariest because the closing speed to a car from the right is twice that from one to the left, so stay left going over a crest.

I've had a few people question why I buffer away from potential danger allover the road when riding. This demonstrates it quite well :shock:

"Taking a buddy Karen out for her first sportsbike ride... A ute (Toyota Hilux?) comes around a blind corner on my side of the road and misses by... Well, it looks like a few inches. I had to run off into the gravel and grass, thank fuck the BMW S1000RR has ABS!

The disturbing thing is, if he'd run us off the road and we'd been injured or killed, it would have gone in the papers as "single vehicle accident, rider lost control of 1000cc sportsbike, speed was a factor." So think about this clip next time you see those words in a newspaper!"

http://www.gizmag.com/close-call-bmw-s1000rr/19667/


Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:55 am
by robracer
mmm yes stay left, how close was that :shock:

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:08 am
by pittster
Yep i ride as if every bastard is trying to kill me. This has saved me twice when cars have not seen me and pulled out on me. I personally hate crests and enclosed driveways (Shivers)

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:51 pm
by smithy5
Although he flinched, he didn't panic, and I reckon that's the main reason he didn't crash.......

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:18 pm
by seiko1
Tim is right, had he crashed it would have been blamed on the rider ;)
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Lucky for hin the plates out of focus :roll:
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Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:57 pm
by laidback
Fark.... :shock:

Pity you can't make out the numberplate.

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:22 pm
by P4nza
Actually if u had some decent video editing software and split the frames up and sharpen the image you could get the plate for sure!! :kuda:

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:27 pm
by born green
Farrk, had a few of those over the years, keep cool,
I had a mate john killed many years ago, same thing, car came over a rise, wrong side of the road and took him out head on, i was behind john in the left wheel track, he was in the right wheel track, took him 40 min to die on the side of the road, worst feeling ever, i felt so fucking helpless. fuck that memory has just brought tear to the eye.

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:51 pm
by Maddog
Holy snapping, seat clenching assholes Batman... :shock: :shock:
That's as close as it gets without it all ending in carnage...
Did well not to freakout and chuck it away after they left the road..

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:27 am
by robracer
P4nza wrote:Actually if u had some decent video editing software and split the frames up and sharpen the image you could get the plate for sure!! :kuda:

You reckon .....or have you been watching too many cop shows :lol:

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:10 am
by JPaddo
laidback wrote:Fark.... :shock:

Pity you can't make out the numberplate.


Actually, have you seen the new software that will be a part of the next photoshop? It deconstructs and reverses motion blur, for crystal clear images. Even better than the cop shows.

here:
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/10/11/a ... photoshop/

and here:
http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/ ... ID=2159997

Why buffer?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:10 am
by tim
robracer wrote:You reckon .....or have you been watching too many cop shows :lol:


And you need to use ye olde magic phrase to triple the resolution "zoom in on that...... NOW ENHANCE"

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:34 am
by JPaddo
tim wrote:And you need to use ye olde magic phrase to triple the resolution "zoom in on that...... NOW ENHANCE"


All the while just randomly tapping keys on the keyboard (why do they never use the mouse? wtf?)... and with plenty of sound effects, beeps and blips.

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:35 am
by Glen
Good example Tim.

When I was instructing we had an in joke that you always knew another instructor on the road because that was the only other person buffering. It's the simplest thing to do and the most effective at keeping yourself out of shit but with a couple of exceptions you rarely see anyone do it.

Re: Why buffer?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:52 am
by MrWasabi
Im always buffering and it looks like im drunk when riding as im using my entire lane depending on the conditions ahead of me.




LOL, you have to stop watching CSI, you cant extract detail from pixels when the data isnt there, i dont care how good your software is.

P4nza wrote:Actually if u had some decent video editing software and split the frames up and sharpen the image you could get the plate for sure!! :kuda: