http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/ Autoblog Comments for Yamaha and Honda join 12 car makers in testing anti-collision technology http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/Feb 26th 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/Feb 26th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/Feb 26th 2008 8:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/Feb 26th 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/
Of course, if you can't be trusted but you still get to drive anyway...you'll only hurt others...so as a defensive measure, I think these are good because they should lessen the chances of me being hurt by a stupid person.

But still doesn't address the fact that there are people who shouldn't drive, or drive vehicles they shouldn't be trusted with, who are out there...and continue to be allowed to do so. (like 80yr olds driving RVs the size of rock-tour busses with NO ADDITIONAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS).]]>Feb 26th 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/
We ALL need electronic devices in our cars because we cannot drive and chew gum at the same time and dammit we need to be eating and drinking and texting and smacking our kids in the back seat and changing CDs and looking at the hot chick in the Focus in the lane next to us and talking to our passengers and putting on our mascara and scratching our balls and looking for that peanut we just dropped on the floor and trying to find that cross street on our navi and change our pants and find that rattle in the dash and take pics of our odometers reading 31337 miles to be interested in actually DRIVING.]]>Feb 26th 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/Feb 27th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/
Come on Motorcycle News! Stop acting like a blog. :)]]>Feb 26th 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/
To the average, non-enthusiast motorist, anything that increases their own safety and that of others is more valuable than whatever manhood is gained by working without a net.

Besides, if you're the one on the bike, how could it hurt to have the half-awake commuters in cages alerted to your presence?]]>Feb 26th 2008 7:50PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/]]>Feb 27th 2008 7:33AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/
Still, acknowledging the "Check for Motorcycle" light doesn't cost them anything, which removes a pretty big disincentive.]]>Feb 27th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/26/yamaha-and-honda-join-12-car-makers-in-testing-anti-collision-te/
Before I bought a bike, I took the MSF course and that was probably the most important thing I learned from it. I just assume every car is going to hit me. It has made me, in my opinion, a fairly good rider. Also has prevented accidents in the car. I don't know if they teach that in drivers ed, but I think they should.]]>Feb 27th 2008 9:08AM