other vehicles on the road, the fact that motorcycles generally have a single headlight, or closely spaced pairs of headlights, makes it difficult for other drivers to adequately determine the distance and rate of speed of a motorcycle moving toward them. The results of a traffic safety study indicated that 75% of motorcycle accidents involve collision with other vehicles, and that the predominating cause of such accidents was the failure of other motorists to detect and recognize approaching motorcycles. Accordingly, the frequency of accidents involving motorcycles may be decreased when the motorcycles are provided with additional lights which are lower than the headlight and spaced on opposite sides of the motorcycle to provide additional visual references for determining the distance and rate of speed of an approaching motorcycle.
ConventionallyThe deciding leg of the Volvo Ocean Race will start at 14:00 local time on Thursday in Gothenburg. This is it. The winner of the race will emerge after this 700-mile sprint to The Hague.

Written by Peter Rusch

Three teams will start Leg 11 – the final 700 nautical mile sprint leg of the Volvo Ocean Race – in a virtual tie for the lead, setting up an epic, dramatic and unprecedented denouement.

After racing over 44,000 nautical miles around the world, two teams now sit tied at the top of the overall leaderboard on 65 points – MAPFRE and Team Brunel – with Dongfeng Race Team currently just one point behind them on 64.

However, if Dongfeng beats the other two in Leg 11, it means they will also be