narwhal

Very interesting and very applicable. On a MVC scene with Police, Fire, Ambulance, Highways, More Fire, Tow trucks, and more fire there can be so much light that it's hard to see where you are supposed to drive even if you're not mezmerised by the flashing lights. I know that our municipal fire dept's trucks have on board computers that begin to shut down some of the side strobes and corner clearers etc. when parked and well as staging down after being stoped for (x) # of minutes. Likely for the same reason.

I'm not sure which is worse... In "our neck of the woods" we have lots of ATVs and lots of areas for them. We do get ATV calls often but MORE often we are called to a motorcycle fatality. It's not too often that one of those Crotch Rocket pilots on the back highways makes it home, when they lose control going 160km/h. ATV accidents are low speed (generally) high angle. Motorcycles are high speed low brain function... P.S. I am a rider myself, but it all comes down to choices...

Thanks for the link.

I strongly agree but where do we start? This forum is a great place to gain momentum but we need to get the support of the masses... Aldermen? Senators? Insurance companies? City and town Deptartments? Safety Councils? Unions? I don't know how to start but i'd gladly help...

As a firefighter and EMR I still think that one is awesome... Where can we get one?

I'm in the middle of a Vehicle Extrication course right now and it's been shown that airbags will deploy after the battery has been disconnected, capacitor drained and the sensor disconnected. There doesn't seem to be any SAFE way to disarm and airbag. The new BMW's come with 15 air bags. It's almost impossible to avoid them. 5-10-20 is a good rule of thumb but it's getting harder to find any spot in a vehicle that's "clear". Even the markings on the dash, steering wheel etc. are getting harder to find. In one of the higher end luxury cars the side window curtain markings are hidden under the "Sissy" handle because people were complaining that it took away from the fine lines of the automobile... Please, please, please... be careful out there. I strongly agree there needs to be some kind of "Kill" switch standard on ALL vehicles.