Mother posts video of sons motorbike death
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http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/video_mother_allows_release_of_hard_hitting_footage_of_her_son_s_motorcyle_death_on_a47_1_3757629
I have mixed feelings about this.
I have mixed feelings about this.
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Must admit in my motorcycling days (when I never did anything like 100 mph) it was like wearing a permanent cloak of invisibility, even though I wore a high-vis jacket.
Why why why is anybody doing 100mph on a motorbike
Or turning into the path of oncoming traffic, eh?
Yeah that aswell, but if you look up and see empty road for 500 meters you know it's safe to turn because nobody doing the speed limit can reach you in that time. You can't drive constantly expecting somebody to do 100mph or you would never turn into a side road
Same debate went on when there was a flash git in an expensive car doing about 70mph on a 30 mph road and someone pulled out.
The problem with us as car drivers is that, through no real fault of our own, we tend to subconsciously look for other cars rather than bikes. So we see bikes, but we don't see them. Also, that motorist will probably not have been able to gauge the bike's speed as it was coming straight at him. Scary video, his life over with in just two seconds.
Or riding a bike.
Because its a thrill and an adrenalin rush.Even though we lost a close relative to a motorbike accident my Brother has a superbike and tears round on it like a lunatic.He wont stop riding for anyone,he says lifes too short and if he dies it'll be doing something he loved .I must say I wished I hadn't watched that video,too close to home for me
The main thing that bugs me is that, as a biker, you don't even need to be speeding to have people do stupid stuff.
If you're on, say, an A-road, stopped at the lights, you'll pull away at a rate that's "leisurely" for a bike and you'll still get some prick turning in front of you because you've left all the cars behind and the idiot hasn't realised how quickly you're approaching.
Do people really just look up the road and think "Everything is small so it must be okay to turn" rather than waiting the extra 2 seconds, paying attention to how quickly the oncoming vehicles are getting bigger and use that information to decide whether it's safe to turn?
Something like that I think, yeah.
That would say a lot
Here's the details of the court case.
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/a47_death_crash_driver_disqualified_1_3523497
If the biker was going at 97mph I don't see how it could possibly have been the car's fault - it wouldn't have seen the biker any sooner than the biker saw the car in the video. Sad situation for all concerned, really.
Fair do's
As long as I was breathing I would argue that it wouldn't have happened if everybody on the road was sticking to the speed limit, but that's just me.
I think the motorist was treated very harshly there, and I say that as a former biker. I would say the most prevalent factor in the rider's death was his speed, 97mph.
I feel sorry for the biker and his family, but at 100mph on a bike on a single carriageway you are taking a hefty risk. I think the car driver got a raw deal to be honest.
Think he may have dropped himself in it at interview when he said that he didn't see the motorbike or the following car, so the speed kind a goes out the window.