on a bike, even a tiny hit can be lethal. People merge into motorcycles all the time without even noticing. I don't even react anymore when it happens, I just avoid them and then get away from them. Its not even worth getting upset about it because it happens just about every time I go out on the bike.

Humm, they why is it that I can hear them coming up my street 10 seconds before I can see them? I must have magic ears.

You should really get your hearing checked, that is not good. I ride a 2000 HD lowrider, not a super quiet bike, and I can hear plenty around me.

You mean doctors and lawyers?

Nobody buys a motorcycle because they are concerned about their safety, the idea that somehow harleys are extra dangerous is asinine. Motorcycles are dangerous, in large part because car drivers are often distracted and don't notice bikes on the road around them.

you can get a device that basically flips your high beams on and off during the day, it improves visibility a lot. There are also flashing break light kits that draw extra attention. Lots of stuff helps but there is no single fix for distracted drivers checking facebook on the road.

riders are taught to ride durring the day with high beams on. It makes a huge difference in how many people notice you. Noise matters too, my bike is louder than my girlfriends and when we ride together people don't end up cutting her off nearly as much as they do when she is alone.

Now those stupid loud straight pipes, those are just compensation.... but I do think a totally silent bike would kill a lot of riders. This one doesn't seem to fall into that category though, it still makes noise, though its not a very pleasant one from the movie they released.

I would rather they called it a car.... I don't want more people with motorcycle endorsements with no actual ability to ride a bike that is not this one.

Sure, you might have had to take the test or course on a "real" bike but it takes a lot more hours than that to become competent at riding.

For the company, they really want to be a car, the motorcycle test is quite difficult and the rider education course is expensive... they would be much better off if anyone with a car license could drive this... which is how it should be if it basically acts like a car.

Is there actually a separate endorsement for them? What about those weird ass spiders with the 2 wheels in front, from what I have seen those ride more like a motorcycle than a traditional trike.

I had no idea any states did this... It does make sense... some skills translate but others habits might get you killed. Still, it must be a pain for older riders who just want to move to a trike for ease and comfort when they find out they need a new license.

to be fair, if its a stop sign with nobody else there, I like to try to keep my feet up and stay balanced for a 2 count before continuing on.... if you can do it you look badass... if you fuck up and have to throw a foot down suddenly you look like an idiot :-)

You know the score, pal. If your not cops your little people.

Maybe if you cover up all the EVO badging and take off the stock body work that differentiates it. It may not be that different but I can spot them (or BMW M series cars, or Audi R series cars) without much trouble. I'm sure a cop who spends all day driving around and pulling over cars would also get pretty good at it.

Thats great if you have a JC around but in my home town we did not, there wasn't really an option. You could always enroll in a class at community college but not all universities will take those courses for transfer either.

On the other hand, most any university would take a 5 on the AP exam.

though in order to enjoy protection one has to go into rehab. Maybe for this one would have to go to a gym or enroll in a weight loss program.

You are right, but the question is, where do you deal with that threading.... in some cases you would want it dealt with in work.c because you want it to be multi threaded on all platforms... if a task called is going to take a long time and block the UI on one platform it will do it on another.

Alternatively you could make that decision in the UI code but that would mean handling it on every platform.... now on the mac its pretty easy in Obj-C to dispatch a task to a thread, its probably easier than in C++ so maybe that makes it easiest to handle but then you have to turn around and do the same thing on every other platform you wish to support. I think that if you are supporting multiple platforms you would want your threading code to be in the shared code.... but its a design decision and it really does depend on your project and your needs.