I killed my bike on death hill (WITH PICS)

Redeye, those photos are messy!


Hope ur ok? Looked like a lucky escape!

Hope u get back on ur bike!

Just read your post. Bloody Hell mate, that sounded awful.
Glad you are not seriously hurt and hopefully can put the trauma of the accident
behind you now.

Barbie Babe you hate me ,fine,possible not to fond of you either if you are such a vindictive person. Please tell me where I said Redeye was at fault? or even insinuated such.

I'm doing well here,Hated,**** head and classified as a crap driver being of the lowest of the low in somes books

Who gives a toss

[Biker Biggles]

Well after all that----how you doing?Have you got a lawyer yet?Was the other driver insured?You got away with it so these are your priorities now.It's a bad job but make the most of it.

[Viney]

I saw somone get killed there some years ago outside the Farningham pub. Glad you havent gone the same way. Heal fast dude.

Jesus Christ.

This is a very F#cked up thread in fairness. On all sorts of levels.


There's only one thing for it:



Cant go wrong with kittens boss.

Originally Posted by andy

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

Fooking hell mate, those pictures

Glad you're still with us

[northwind]

I've never driven an HGV, but I bet I'd be rubbish at it...

White vans are involved in statistically less accidents than they ought to, by the way.

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

We bikers are found of saying non bikers should spend time on a bike to get a better idea of what we have to go through. I think everyone should maybe spend some time in the cab of an HGV and maybe people can appreciate more what the drivers of HGVs have to put up with.


Cheers
Ben

Too right Ben. How many drivers (Riders too for that matter) do you see not doing their lifesavers or similar. We all know that almost all vehicles have at least a couple of blindspots, but many still pull out of a slip etc without properly checking.

I've been saying for years like you, that peope should have to do a mandatory period of driving or instruction in a transit sized vehicle(with similar visibility) or larger. The other thing that gets me, is the number of people who drive around (illegaly) on sidelights in the pitch darkness or with no lights at all in reduced visibility. Anyone that's driven a vehicle without a rear wash/wipe facility will appreciate how easy it is to fail to notice an unlit vehicle in rain for example.

I guess that what we're all saying in our little (or large) rants, is that enforcement and improvent of driving standards in this country leaves a lot to be desired. Laws without (effective) enforcement are all but pointless - Seatbelt laws? Mobile Phone law? Child Seat laws (new but still)? Vehicle lighting laws? To be fair, there are many very good drivers from all vehicle types, but it's the lack of policing that keeps the overall standard below what it should be.

Lothian & Borders Police had a spell earlier in the year where they increased patrols and videoed drivers from within the patrol car. When they spotted anything a little iffy, they pulled the driver in and showed them the incident(s) on video whilst explaining the error(s) of judgement. Anything more serious was dealt with in the normal(?) manner. More activity like this should be common place.

Ride/ drive safe people.

Garry