Slow down...

For some reason the only thing I get from that website is a 12 minute sensationalist video about slaughterhouses and/or random google ads so I found it on another site.

 
I was trying to see if someone had found this and posted it. Was really hard watching.

I know the car driver has been banned for 18 months, was remorseful and admitted his guilt at the first opportunity, and had to pay out, but riding at 97mph, heading towards a junction with a car waiting to cross...wouldn't that make you think as a rider that anything could happen? How many on here do it regularly?

At 2:48 the rider chooses to overtake a car right next to a sign that shows the road on the left - a car could easily be pulling out from that junction too.

I always get the jitters when out and I see a bike going too fast (in my mind, too fast; for others, they may think it perfectly safe) for the conditions, or even just too fast in general, or riding in a manner likely to be injurious to themselves. Some of you may have seen some of my videos castigating such riding styles of my fellow commuters.

All the motorbike crash compilations show that more than 90% of the time the crash would have been avoided by riding more slowly and taking more notice of what was going on. I think it was Mr Crumble (although I'm not positive, but it is one of our own) who had a recent near miss overtaking round some twisties and suddenly a big lorry appeared - it wasn't really speed, but lack of vision that nearly got him. His lesson was to give himself "another second" - I would prefer, choose not to overtake until and unless you have a 100% clear view for the whole section of road you need for the overtake and getting back. And that includes being plenty of space back behind the vehicle you are going to overtake, not right up its bumper.

Please slow down guys and gals, and make sure if you are overtaking or approaching junctions that you have a completely clear view and there are no potential hazards, and you are thinking about your own mortality rather than the rush of immortality you may get from the throttle.

I'm writing this and thinking twice and thrice about whether to hit the "Post Reply" button or just delete it all. I know I sound pious, arrogant, fuddy-duddy, hindsight know-it-all, and a complete twat. I'm not having a go at anyone, and certainly not saying "serves you right". I'm just of an age where I hate seeing people die for no good reason; and I feel incredibly mortal. And I just want others to feel that mortality without necessarily feeling the hard knocks before it kicks in.
 
Heavy Breathing...

That makes me soo fucking mad and sad man... I cannot believe that :(
 
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Its a shame, but with all great things comes great risk. Ya gotta assume that everyone is going to pull out in front of ya, but I reckon ya cant account for everyone. Either way, he was enjoying life right before his number was called...thats bout the best you can hope for really
 
At the end of the day, Incidents like this will continue to happen, they won't ever stop while we ride and drive on the roads. We can all do our part to try and make sharing the road as safe as possible by slowing down, taking it easy and using our eyes.

I know I'm no saint, I think most people out there will get a rush from blasting up to speed, but christ, do it where it's appropriate. I only speed when I know that the road is completely clear ahead of me, sure it doesn't account for tyre blowouts or engine failures but at least I know that the only person who is going to get hurt is me.

It's all too easy to sit here and point the finger of blame at David or the driver of the car but at the end of the day they were both at fault, he was going too fast and she didn't look properly.
Sadly there is this element of thinly veiled animosity between cars and motorbikes, drivers get mad at us because we can filter up to the front of a queue and we ride loud, powerful and agile machines. Us riders get mad at car drivers because they make lots of mistakes, they are the majority on the road and so the chance of a driver making a mistake that affects your ride is much higher than seeing a biker make that same mistake.
I prefer to just try and get along with everyone, yes people make mistakes and make bad judgement calls and yes, some people have a hard time realising their mistake or even apologising for it, get over it and focus on the now, not "what could have happened if...".

/rant
 
RaggedReckless&Restless said:
Its a shame, but with all great things comes great risk. Ya gotta assume that everyone is going to pull out in front of ya, but I reckon ya cant account for everyone. Either way, he was enjoying life right before his number was called...thats bout the best you can hope for really
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Also, HOLY CRAP WHY DO YOU NOT HAVE MORE SUBSCRIBERS!? YOU HAVE A FRICKING DOG. ON. YOUR. BIKE!!!
 
A brave move by the lad's mum to release that footage. In an attempt to appeal to both cager and biker to watch out and slow down, do I honestly think it will make much difference? Doubtful.

In my experience, bikers who ride like this have an 'invincible' attitude and cannot be told. If you are gonna ride like this, you shouldn't really be on the road.

It's a very sad and tragic video at the end of the day, but it will have the same impact that trying to tell people to wear correct gear on a bike. They know best until it's too late. That guy was clearly doing at least 30mph above the limit for that road, with oncoming traffic. Even without the car turning into his path it was a crazy way to ride. There were any number of things that could have gone wrong, and at that speed, even without the car turning in front of him he would have either been flung into oncoming traffic, or down the road.

The car driver was probably done for, despite the speed of the bike, they still turned into the path of an oncoming vehicle.

I think the whole 'biker' thing full stop is one of rebellion and non-conformity.

I just feel sorry for the people they leave behind.
 
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