Originally Posted by
rutan around
Q What do you call blokes who think and act like this?
A Temporary Australians.
Yep. For the average motorbike rider 120km/hr around city streets would be safe enough as long as there were no other traffic/pedestrians/dogs on the road.
When you look at the extensive research done re motorbike accidents around town (rural is different) it is mainly the 'unexpected' car turning across the bikes line of travel that brings the bike down. If all the cars were computer controlled cars, i.e. drone cars, with vehicle to vehicle/bike 'awareness' then a drone car would have the ability to sense a bike coming along at 120km/hr and avoid an accident.
I suspect motorbikes will ultimately be banned from drone car roads though the way motor bikes have demonstrated the ease of driving around town at high speeds (we've all seen that daily commuter super bike go by us at warp speed and wondered how he does it year on year) gives a fair idea the speeds drone car traffic will attain. Considering there will be no more stopping for traffic lights the apparent speed benefit flying drones have at present will be negated.
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