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Originally Posted by andy
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Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker
With the number of accidents,offs and incidents that get posted on this and other motorbike sites it astounds me that we don't take more care,knowing we are at such high risk.but the"It will not happen to me" mentality persists. I've been on several ride outs and seen people overtake, filter, speed and take chances on bends, not slowing down for changes in road condition but alas that seems to be the nature of biking,the thrill, the buzz,the rush call it what you like. What percentage
of SV ride outs are incident free?
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You are saying about bikers what you criticised others for saying about truckers - does that make you a hypocrite?
A lot of us do take a lot of care, and yes it is a number game, mainly because of d*ck heads like the one that got RedEye.
I can guarantee you that I (and probably most other bikers) have more accidents or close calls that were the fault of someone else and not themselves.
Like I said d*ck head, and what you wrote above proves it, we are talking about people lives here and implying that bikers are partly to blame for accidents that are 100% other peoples fault is pretty offensive......
If you made all bikers ride perfectly then there would still be a lot of accidents, 4 wheelers just don't give a sh*t any more - cyclists say it, pedestrians say it and bikers say it, but as the 4 wheelers are in the majority and as the government is only interested in speeding nothing is ever done about it.
You have got more chance of being killed by an inattentive trucker or van driver than you have of being killed by a filtering or speeding biker - what is so difficult to understand about that concept? |
The original post had me gripped. A lump in my throat - I was 'out of body' there! - the W9Y! Didn't some of the follow ups get near the mark though!
As a car driver with a million percent no claims bonus I would say you are being a tad prejudiced mate(eg . '4 wheelers just don't give a sh*t any more'). I do think, however, that the reason 'some' HGV drivers don't have more accidents is that other road users know better than to tangle with them. As for 'most' white van drivers, one wanted to hit me with an iron bar because I honked him when he cut me up. I got no time for so called 'knights of the road' - more like nightmares to me.
Driving back from college this evening it was Psing down and sheet water across the M4 just after Sarn services going west. Vis was not good. A bike went past me at about 90 - 100 mph, maybe more. That was an isolated incident, as are most stories of crap 4 wheel driving.
Big problem today is that we got virtually no traffic plod. Where the hell are they all? Too busy learning photography maybe..
JohnH