| If you are a motorcyclist and while riding your bike | | | | in heavy traffic for a considerable time makes you |
| you notice a hint of early warning signs of | | | | absorb too much carbon monoxide and later on feels |
| impairment, don't ignore it! The main idea with almost | | | | woozy. A full face helmet can seal out gasses that |
| any kinds of impairment is to recognize that you are | | | | come from vehicles around you. You also get the |
| starting to get affected. Any impairment can cloud | | | | same effect of dizziness,headaches and shortness of |
| your thinking and limits you from recognizing danger. | | | | breathe due to oxygen deprivation if you venture |
| It's a no brainer that you should not ride a | | | | through elevated mountain roads like the Rockies or |
| motorcycle if you are tired or fatigue or under | | | | Sierras where there is thinner air. The solution is to |
| emotional upheaval. | | | | ride your motorcycle downhill immediately. Heat and |
| Riders under this particular conditions are harmful on | | | | dehydration can also disable a rider and weakens his |
| the road and to other vehicles. Operating a machinery | | | | judgment. |
| or vehicle should be approached cautiously if you are | | | | Riding and drinking alcohol will never go together. If |
| hungry,sick,tired,upset or distraught. If you will | | | | you drink alcohol past the legal limit, you are likely to |
| continue to ride or drive things might get worse. This | | | | speed and less likely assess danger. The eight hours |
| is where road rage and accidents mostly happens. | | | | bottle to throttle rule should be the minimum to |
| And since there is no way to measure fatigue on | | | | consider. |
| crash victims, these impairments should be every | | | | If you have colds or flu and taking over the counter |
| motorcyclist's major concern. | | | | drugs can also compromise your riding ability. These |
| When you are tired almost always your peripheral | | | | conditions can de-tune your senses and slow down |
| vision starts to deteriorate and it serve as as a | | | | your reflexes. Taking prescription as well as illegal |
| warning that it is time to park and rest for awhile. | | | | drugs and host of other chemicals can make you |
| Your sight should be your priority in keeping things in | | | | drowsy, impairs your vision and weakens your |
| check because everything you do on a motorcycle is | | | | judgment. If you don't want your next ride to be |
| based on what you see. If you see things clearly | | | | your last one, be warn not to operate a vehicle while |
| ahead of you, you will have more information( | | | | consuming them. |
| minutes or seconds earlier) make good split second | | | | Bee sting or plant particles can be source of allergies. |
| decision and would be able to deal with situations | | | | It can be disabling. Riders with severe allergic |
| more easily and you will have fewer surprises. If you | | | | reactions to insect sting or plants can be real threat. |
| spot an animal in the bushes about fifty yards ahead | | | | There are potential dangers that you should prepare |
| or notice a thin layer of sand, oil collecting at the | | | | for and also understand how the antidote will work |
| intersection or a patch of wet leaves or black ice | | | | and affect as well. |
| before the bridge of if you notice the subtle head | | | | Night solo riding also reduces the quality and distance |
| movement if the driver indicating a left turn, you are | | | | of what you see. It will be harder to determine the |
| able to deal with them easily well before you even | | | | road's direction and surface at night. If you are |
| get there. | | | | confused, stop. Don't guess. Keep an even and light |
| As we advance in age, our vision will gradually | | | | pressure on the throttle and give yourself some |
| deteriorate. One way to know this is to have an | | | | room to react. Riding in the night can easily leave you |
| annual eye exam. One quick visit to your eye | | | | in autopilot mode. You may not react to hazards |
| specialist can diagnose any problem. If you have | | | | quickly as you would during the day. Take regular |
| astigmatism which you are more likely to be | | | | breaks and stretch your muscles. Eat snacks. These |
| disturbed by glare or blinding lights caused by HID | | | | will ward off fatigue and drowsiness on long nighttime |
| headlights. Astigmatism can be corrected by wearing | | | | travel. |
| prescription eye wear or better yet soft contacts. | | | | Any hearing loss is permanent. Which is why you |
| Soft contacts eliminate the reflection and distortion | | | | need hearing protection. Most riders think that most |
| that eyeglasses make to your field of vision. Soft | | | | of the noise comes from the motorcycle itself. Well |
| contacts don't dry out like hard contacts do. They will | | | | that's part of it. But wind noise created by air |
| improve the quality of your vision. We live in an era | | | | turbulence produces almost all noise and can exceed |
| where technology is keeping pace with the | | | | thousand times the sound level of ordinary |
| gravitational pull and deterioration of our anatomy. | | | | conversation. Wearing a full face helmet will not |
| The latest is laser eye surgery. | | | | completely cut it. What you need are earplugs. It will |
| Another way to take care of your line of sight is | | | | reduce the amount of sound reaching your ears. |
| routinely wipe off smudges or surface defects on | | | | You can choose foam earplugs, which are disposable |
| windshields,dirty and scratched faceshields and | | | | or the re-usable foam earplugs using technology |
| goggles. Always carry in your tank bag a piece of | | | | similar to that found in gun user's earplugs. The |
| clean soft cloth and plastic polish, so you can buff | | | | custom molded earplugs is the creme de la creme of |
| your faceshields or goggles and remove grime,dirt | | | | all earplugs. It can last for years. And it is made just |
| and dried bugs. | | | | for your ear canal's contours. So it fits perfectly. Now |
| There are environmental factors that can impair your | | | | go hit the road already. |
| ability to ride your bike safely. Riding your motorcycle | | | | |