Motorcycle Video

[kilodelta]

I made this about two years ago and never uploaded it. After I made it, I felt it wasn't that entertaining. I think I was more pissed about this small incident than inspired.

What do you think about the idea of the video for a series? Is it too petty? It might be a stretch for me to get more video of incidents. Honestly, not that much happens on the road that I think would be entertaining on a video. I have two other things I could upload using the same format. A pair of baby deer that I try to start a conversation with after stopping next to them and another almost merging into me incident.

[stromboli]

True story bro. Don't currently have a bike but I concur. And you've got my permission, which has exactly zero currency on here.

[hrdlr110]

I made this about two years ago and never uploaded it. After I made it, I felt it wasn't that entertaining. I think I was more pissed about this small incident than inspired.

What do you think about the idea of the video for a series? Is it too petty? It might be a stretch for me to get more video of incidents. Honestly, not that much happens on the road that I think would be entertaining on a video. I have two other things I could upload using the same format. A pair of baby deer that I try to start a conversation with after stopping next to them and another almost merging into me incident.

When I ride I must have the superpower of being invisible. So I ride just like I'm invisible. Seems to work. I Rarely go a day without being cut off or ignored at intersections, and I could never go an entire week. When we take the car, I drive the exact same way, but rarely have the need. Riding a motorcycle makes you better driver of cars!

[hrdlr110]

Oh, and about being upset at the incident - you really need to lower your expectations of other drivers. This prepares you for nearly everything they could do.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I often rode in groups of fifty or more. We made sure that people who thought we were invisible got a clue. Or a short stay in a hospital.

[kilodelta]

What I'd really like to know is if this was a series of YouTube videos, would you watch it?

What is appealing / unappealing about it?

[josephpalazzo]

I concur with hr, your expectation should be lowered. I've seen far worse than that. But there's nothing wrong with a series of videos highlighting such incidents to make people aware of their awful habits on the road. How many of those people would watch though remains to be seen.

[kilodelta]

Yeah. Unless I capture a motorcycle being destroyed by a car, I don't think many would watch it.

[hrdlr110]

Ok,  feedback;  I'd halt the video just prior to being faced with 2 or 3 decisions (pass,  speed up,  slow down etc).  Make it more about rider safety. Here in Australia there's a safe rider campaign called ride to live where they do something similar in a 30 sec psa. There are no tough ones really, the answer is always obvious. It always is on a bike. When you're on two wheels you never have the right of way - as good as it might look on your tombstone, you just don't.

[kilodelta]

Yeah. I'm totally reassessing what I want to do as a series. I would like to have an educational component to it, but it really needs to be entertaining. I can do another stop video with "quizzing" what decision should be made. But if it's overly dry, I'm not going to enjoy it.

A character of some sort might make it more entertaining... Mr. Chimera the Moto-Buddy? Road Rash the Clown? Road Rage Care Bear? Dalek Road Safety Administration?  ...I know I can modify voice to come across as Dalek... that might work. I'm brain storming while typing here... damn it, now I'm thinking about thinking.

[kilodelta]

Here's a safety related Motorcycle quiz video. It tests one's scanning and assessing ability.

I need more decision point footage to in order to put one together as hrdlr suggests.