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Originally Posted by lynw
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Originally Posted by silent
if you choose to hit it, you anticipate and jump clear...although admitedly yes the risk is more...however when you avoid you may avoid as reaction and it may be in to a brick wall/lampost etc...so there are arguements either way...
You must assess the risk either way...if you feel hitting even with anticipation will hurt more, avoid...
if it is a crash where it will be their fault, like this, they turn acros you...hit them, they cant deny it, preferably hit the wheel and smask their axle...they cant drive off then either. there is no guaranteed outcome, but we all know a fault/non fault/5050 crash when we have it, some just have troubnle admitting which one it is...if its there fault go for it, any of the others avoid.
if you dont want to do it fine, im not precious about my viewpoint...oh and as i may or may not have said in my two crashes i tried to avoid knowing full well they werent my fault...so even though i preach it i havent been able to practice it yet...
andy
p.s. in my two crashes only one of which would i have chosen to hit...the other would have been far more damaging to me than if i had tried to avoid but still got hit.
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You write it like you have a choice to hit something or not. As you and I both know, as does everyone whos had one, accidents dont happen like that. They happen and pretty damn fast.
To suggest you have time to see whats happening and jump clear or choose to hit something or not would only happen in a rare number of accidents where the rider was actually slow enough to start with. And where there is an element of good luck involved.
But my objection is more about people posting that people should aim to hit something without any regard for the consequences that hitting things brings all to make the insurance easier. |
Silent , I fully understand what you are saying and where you coming from
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Lynw , you are making a mountain out of an anthill. Obviously you are are failing to understand his point.
I can't comment on the statistics but the point you make about jumping clear or hitting something has a lot to do with how quickly a rider brain is able asses + process a given situation and their controlled(or not) reaction to it. Hence the reason why some people panic , lock the brakes and fall off. So yes you can indeed make your own luck.
Of course your chances of injury are lessened by not hitting a solid object but that doesn't help if you consequently get run over by other vehicles.(see riders ability to asses and process a particular situation)
Cheers
Ben