Isle of Man, you?re too good to us
I?ve ridden motorbikes all my life (well, since I was about four). And in that time, I?ve often felt like a bit of a second class citizen. A lot of people think we motorcyclists make too much noise, get in the way and generally cause trouble. And it?s clear that we?re often an afterthought as far as road safety is concerned. Unless you?re talking about the Isle of Man, that is. Because there, motorcycle safety definitely isn?t an afterthought.
The reason I?m writing this is because I?ve just seen an article online. It was about a pair of new zebra crossings that are about to be installed In Kirk Michael, on the Isle of Man. What?s the big deal" Well these are no ordinary zebra crossings. Although they?ll still work in the exact same way as a zebra crossing, they won?t look the same. Because unlike their black and white, stripey, horse-like namesakes, they won?t be black and white. They?ll be black and red. Yeah, a black and red zebra crossing; you can?t make it up can ya"!
Why oh why have the Isle of Man Department of Infrastructure decided to defy convention all of a sudden and instal a pair of black and red ?zebra? crossings" One reason; motorcycle safety. As any motorcyclist knows, white paint is slippery (particularly when wet), and big chunks of it can be rather hazardous.
So instead of having a zebra crossing made up of big blocks of slippery white paint, the Manx folk have opted to substitute it for red tarmac. Not painted red tarmac; actu...
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