Is that the same bike & rider in this different crash thread on here last November??....http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,15285.0.html
If you watch the whole video on you tube you see that the girl is about 70 years old. He probably couldn't tell that from the back though and though she might be a MILF as she had a pushchair with her.
Could he have avoided this, he had plenty time to react and move over the opposit side of the road.....not saying it's his fault....just think he's just a bit inexperienced and his judgement slow thinking the truck driver saw and heard him.....how often have we had to take action to avoid a SMIDSY.
I've watched that video several times already as it was on a Facebook group I use and IMO it's 100% the lorry driver's fault.The driver is taking the corner way too fast which forces him to run so wide that he virtually mounts the pavement on his off-side. He totally fails to make proper observation or look at what is in front of him. The biker sees the lorry turning in, stops and waits, then there's the "Holy shit, he's not stopping" moment, by which time it's really too late for the biker to do anything, ie even sound the horn.What pisses me off most, however, is the total lack of concern of the driver for the bloke he nearly killed...
Quote from: bigbluebear on 22 July 2015, 09:56:08 pmCould he have avoided this, he had plenty time to react and move over the opposit side of the road.....not saying it's his fault....just think he's just a bit inexperienced and his judgement slow thinking the truck driver saw and heard him.....how often have we had to take action to avoid a SMIDSY.^Pretty much sums it up for me. Looks like the lorry driver had no choice but to use the oncoming lane, he just wouldn't have got round the corner else. The moment I saw him turn I thought the biker could've got onto the opposite pavement or done a rapid u-turn.Like my riding instructor said, treat everything as your fault. Doesn't matter who or what caused the hazard in the first place, the question is how you deal with it.
.What pisses me off most, however, is the total lack of concern of the driver for the bloke he nearly killed...
100% ?Really?Personally i would've just moved to the right, out of his path, with a couple of blasts of the air horn for good measure.
My advice in that situation is get the hell out of the lorry's way, rather than sitting there shouting at it.
I watch this several times and could not make up my mind on it, but the previous comment has prompted a review and I think the lorry driver had not set up for the turn, he is very close to the kerb on the main road before turning, I would have expected a lorry driver to pull away from the curb as much as possible as it helps your lane position as you turn in to the side street.