Bike safety simulator

mrchips · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Karma :

Today at the Belfast bike show on the Honda stand they had an interesting bit of kit. You sat on a bike linked up to a TV and tried to proceed safely through the roads with numerous hazards and following audible instructions of which directions to take and so on. The bike was different from any old arcade sim in that it was like riding a real bike. You had to start it and use the clutch and gears and you could stall (and probably wheely too by clutching it Twisted Evil

). The man said in Japan they used it as part of the CBT. I, however, made a mockery of it and I think I hold the record for fastest speed through a red light into the side of a car. I thought the idea was to rag it and get it to the other side of town as quickly as possible, obviously not. It was pretty cool and surprisingly realistic. Anyone else had a go on one of these?

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Annabella · Like a person, only smaller Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

I had a go on one at the NEC last year.

Apparently I was a little too aggressive... I was quite contented shouting abuse at the hazards in my own little world! Laughing

Still, I managed to get around the circuit without dying, with a comical duck when the lorry opened it's door - which entertained those who had gathered to see what all the shouting was about. Thumbs Up

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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

They should make it into a PC game sort of thing, I think it would be a good learning aid, anyone agree? Smile

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Adam_P · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Karma :

It'll probably replace the hazard perception part of the bike license process before much longer.

Just imagining Anna talking to herself as she went round on it too. Laughing

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tony532 · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

does it have women drivers trying to kill you all the time on it

Flip · Super Spammer Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Karma :

I want a go on one of them! Very Happy

tony532 · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

imagine one in an arcade

put a horn on it and i will be in my element

shouting use your eyes you blind b*****d as car drivers pull out on me without sustaining any real injuries

theres money to be made on one of those

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

I used one of them at a show some years ago.. it was terrible, not really all that realistic to be honest, it felt weird and you have to steer it rather than lean/counter-steer.. didn't like it and can't see it making you any safer of a rider..
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mrchips · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Karma :

You could lean this one (to an extent) by the tank. The lad on before me was trying his best to get round but I was just seeing how hard the thing would go, going straight through red lights trying to get the knee down (I couldnt) Laughing

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loply · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Karma :

Would it turn if you countersteered?
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Robin · Scooby Slapper Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I had a play on it at the NEC, what a laugh Laughing

Better than an arcade game, but little to do with real life riding, it was warm and dry, no diesel on the road, no flies in your teeth, and you knew you weren't realy going to die when you t-boned a car.

Only good point was that they wouldn't let me wear a helmet on it Thumbs Up

I wouldn't want to see it as part of a bike test, but if every car driver was made to have a go then they might just wake up to the hazards that bike riders can face.

NY_Sniper · Trackday Trickster Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Karma :

sounds better than hazard preception , im doing my test soon (3rd of march ) and ive been doing the one on CD and i will piss all over the theory but that hazard preception is a load of crap i cant do it , if i fail on that i will be so pissed
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