Loud pipes didn't help those guys.

Prince George is full of dangerous drivers. I'm glad I drive a truck, I'll probably survive when I finally get hit by someone.

Loud pipes make them go faster, they love the sound of acceleration. If my muffler fell off my car and I was driving with a straight pipe I'd get a ticket. Coming in from Vanderhoof a couple of weeks back a group of Harley riders were passing on double solid lines around 120-130 kmph. Don't forget to share the road with those few who ride like idiots.

I was reading somewhere that loud pipes will be outlawed soon. There are lots of bad drivers who figure that the own the road. I cycle year around so I don't get bothered to much.

The city of Edmonton just passed a by-law banning loud pipes on motorcycles. I would like to see it go further and ban loud exhausts on vehicles all together.

The idiot who ran the red light should have his or her license revoked. Actually, the guy who sped through the corner should too. Just my opinion; it's not as though any one expects the government to do anything about all the bad drivers and riders out there.

The idea that loud pipes make the bikes more visible out there is a farce. Everyone knows they have loud pipes cause they're cool, period. Most loud pipes are already illegal due to them producing noise beyond an already existant legal decibal limit that no one will enforce.

The thing I dislike about motorcycles is the noise and flashing headlights. The headlights are a hazard at night and should be banned along with the noise. Flashing head lights make you more visible but they blind the people meeting you head on as well as in your mirrors.. Who comes up with these useless, stupid ideas?

Never seen them flashing at night. Probably because its illegal due to the fact it's dangerous. Flashing during the daytime is a great safety system.

The flashing lights are there to protect the rider, which many people don't seem to see, especially at night.

Notwithstanding the probable fact that the hardly go davidson rider was speeding, I expect that he hit a patch of gravel that was left behind by a city work crew.
A decades long pet peeve of mine is the efforts over the years to seal the cracks in our roads, a noble effort to be sure, maybe it even adds a little more time to the life of the surface, but they always put something slippery over top of the sticky substance used to fill the cracks.
It used to be a talc like product, which at least washed away after a rain, but now sand seems to be the preferred medium. YRB, those poor road maintainers, are using a very coarse sand on the Hart, almost like a fine gravel, on the joint sealing product they are using on the newly paved areas. The point is, a biker can slide out on this slippery stuff, even if not speeding. The sand/gravel should be swept off the pavement the next day to avoid potential crashes.
YRB will one day be in court because someone got injured or worse, until then, they probably don't care.
metalman.

Bike lights do flash at night. Driving through the icefields to Banff is one place it's very dangerous. When you see a flashing light on the highway you automatially think 'caution' not paying attention to color, and start to slow down. There is no reason to slow down because a biker is travelling in the opposite direction and no reason for flashing lights. If you can't see a headlight in the distance you either need glasses or your license lifted. Any good biker will tell you they drive with extra caution because they know they are hard to see. I used a bike in Vancouver for a year while attending UBC. I got rid of the damn thing soon as I got back to PG.