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Stories about: road safety

New Colors for the Bell Pit Boss Helmet
New Colors for the Bell Pit Boss Helmet

19 May 2013, 11:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bell just knew riders will love the Pit Boss lid, because of its value-packed construction, light weight and cool looks... so it was only natural that the Flames Matter Titanium and Fames Pink made ...

 
VoloLights, the Safer Braking Light
VoloLights, the Safer Braking Light

17 May 2013, 11:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We're happy to let you know about VoloLights, a truly great and innovative gadget meant to reduce the number of rear-end collisions between cars and bikes. One of the factors which often cau...

 
We Can't Ride, so Let's Hit That Tree
We Can't Ride, so Let's Hit That Tree

16 May 2013, 15:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We just know these things will go on forever: people will ride hard and fast, regardless of whether they can actually do it and make it safely home in one piece. Take this daredevil scooter driv...

 
Cut All the Lanes, Crash All the Bikes
Cut All the Lanes, Crash All the Bikes

16 May 2013, 11:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sorry to say this, but any rider with a decent amount of experience on the road should, or at least could foresee the way the stupid driver would cut through all the lanes. We know it's real...

 
EVS CTR Cooling Vest, Dress Up to Cool Down
EVS CTR Cooling Vest, Dress Up to Cool Down

16 May 2013, 10:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Oh glorious technology, how cool are you! And we do say proper cool, after we saw the CTR Cooling Vest from EVS. With CTR standing for "Core Temperature Regulator" things seem so much c...

 
Funny and Stupid Scooter Crash
Funny and Stupid Scooter Crash

15 May 2013, 15:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We know it's not nice to laugh at people crashing, but on some occasions we just can't hold it in. And by all means, watching this short video provided us with just the right occasion for ...

 
Knox Track Vest Enhances Upper Body Protection
Knox Track Vest Enhances Upper Body Protection

15 May 2013, 14:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / British motorcycle armor manufacturer Knox surfaces a new product, the Track Vest. You're looking at an upgraded version of their acclaimed Aegis back protector, not combined with a vest-type g...

 
Triumph Tiger Explorer Recalled
Triumph Tiger Explorer Recalled

15 May 2013, 09:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Triumph Motorcycles issued a recall for two of their adventure bikes, the 2012-2013 Tiger Explorer and Tiger Explorer XC. Certain bikes have received a wrong certification label, with incorrect G...

 
Watch and Learn: High-Speed Bikes Chain Crash
Watch and Learn: High-Speed Bikes Chain Crash

14 May 2013, 14:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Common sense tells us that the higher the speed and the number of bikes in a group, the bigger should the distance between them be. That is, in case one is planning to make it home in one piece. ...

 
Chopper Wobbles and Crashes Hard
Chopper Wobbles and Crashes Hard

14 May 2013, 12:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though most people who do not ride tend to believe that choppers and cruisers are the safest bikes around, here's one strange video showing that they're really no strangers from bad l...

 
Kawasaki ZX-10R Goes Ka-Boom
Kawasaki ZX-10R Goes Ka-Boom

13 May 2013, 11:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding fast and nicely on the free highway is very cool, of course, but sometimes things can go wrong. And in some extreme situations, things will go extremely wrong, just like this video teaches us...

 
Dangerous Scooter Riding Ends with a Nasty Crash
Dangerous Scooter Riding Ends with a Nasty Crash

12 May 2013, 17:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While some guys who ride scooters are quite reasonable and understand that they are a part of the traffic, therefore acting sensibly, we get too see a lot of crazy riders who seem not to give a flyi...

 
Make-Up Artist Shows What No-Gear-Scars Are Like
Make-Up Artist Shows What No-Gear-Scars Are Like

10 May 2013, 09:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Here's "Crashed", a very nifty PSA from the Colorado DoT. Even though some viewers may find this video a bit too graphic, they must know all the scarring and blood are the result of m...

 
Never Assume They'll Let You Pass
Never Assume They'll Let You Pass

10 May 2013, 08:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding in a defensive and sometimes even paranoid manner in certain sectors of the road may one day save you a lot of pain and hassle, as you'll avoid crashing and get home in one piece. Howeve...

 
Watch and Learn: Nasty Highway Crash Because of Dead Bird
Watch and Learn: Nasty Highway Crash Because of Dead Bird

9 May 2013, 14:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This is yet one more crash which could have been avoided rather easily, so we believe it could go very well with the Watch and Learn tag. Older, more experienced riders will tell you that the bes...

 
Rider Has 3 Close Calls in Just 3 Seconds
Rider Has 3 Close Calls in Just 3 Seconds

9 May 2013, 12:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While we first believed the rider in this video was quite unlucky for being simply ran into by a stupid driver, watching the situation develop has finally led us to call him a very lucky guy. His...

 
Watch and Learn: Bike vs Cow Is a Nasty Encounter
Watch and Learn: Bike vs Cow Is a Nasty Encounter

8 May 2013, 15:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / There are two things which are so wrong in this video. The first one, is bitterly obvious: a herd of cows roaming freely in the vicinity of a public road, with no trace of someone supervising the cr...

 
Don' Speed If You Can't Ride
Don' Speed If You Can't Ride

8 May 2013, 14:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The advice in the title is unfortunately largely overlooked by a lot of fresh riders, and failing to heed it sometimes leads to ill consequences. We are having a really hard time trying to imagin...

 
That's Why We Hate Those Who Don't Signal in Due Time
That's Why We Hate Those Who Don't Signal in Due Time

8 May 2013, 11:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A lot of abuse came into mind as we watched this video, but we'll refrain from reproducing such words here. However, this very video shows exactly why we hate the guts of those who don't u...

 
Two Riders Barely Escape from Being Crushed into Pieces
Two Riders Barely Escape from Being Crushed into Pieces

7 May 2013, 14:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If we were to give this video a name we guess that "Weirdness and luck" is the best one out there. At least this is what we here though after watching it several times. Now, figuring ou...