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What is the smallest hill you would die on? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If a motorcycle has to be ear-splittingly loud for "safety", then it's too dangerous to be road legal.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I used to ride. People who say that know it’s just a bullshit excuse to be a dick. Just roll your eyes and/or flip them the bird. Actually, most of them get off on you flipping them the bird, because they’re dicks 🤷

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    No, it's morphed into one of those pearls of wisdom that people pass down and truly believe. They all have their 'true story' of blipping the throttle and "suddenly the car that was moving over to smush me stopped!!!!!!!!" The assholes who know it isn't true can be discerned from the true believers by the humor they find in their tales of blasting people with sounds.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    It's explicitly the opposite, scientifically, according to my safety class

    The deep rumble being loud overwhelms anyone's ability to properly locate the bike quickly, and they demonstrated this live. It's definitely harder to locate a LOUDER bike

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