A police officer riding an unmarked motorbike has been killed in a crash outside a Southampton petrol station. He was on duty at the time, but was not involved in a pursuit or responding to a 999 call, Hampshire Constabulary said.The officer's police bike collided with a BMW outside the Shell garage on Thomas Lewis Way in Swaythling at about 14:00 BST.He was taken to Southampton General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Driver will be let off with a caution i expect.
Quote from: Skippernick on 04 April 2013, 07:46:43 amDriver will be let off with a caution i expect.As far as I could interpret the article it didn't say who was at fault. My condolences to his family.I feel for the driver of the car too, it won't be easy knowing you've killed someone while you survived. Very humbling.
I feel for the driver of the car too, it won't be easy knowing you've killed someone while you survived. Very humbling.
Looking at the coverage on the itv website, impact was on BMW offside, and it looks as though the BMW pulled out of the garage forecourt into his path.
Quote from: richfzs on 04 April 2013, 08:35:34 amLooking at the coverage on the itv website, impact was on BMW offside, and it looks as though the BMW pulled out of the garage forecourt into his path. I don't think so. If you look at the video clip it definitely looks like the BMW was hit on the driver's side and it seems that the driver was making an illegal right turn into the garage (at 00:19 there's a No Right Turn sign visible).It may have been that the bike was filtering past not expecting the car to turn but the driver suddenly moved into his path ADDENDUM Ok, I'm not sure why there's a problem with that clip appearing, but if you click on the word "here" below it, you can see it on the web site.
Quote from: richfzs on 04 April 2013, 08:35:34 amLooking at the coverage on the itv website, impact was on BMW offside, and it looks as though the BMW pulled out of the garage forecourt into his path. I don't think so. If you look at the video clip it definitely looks like the BMW was hit on the driver's side and it seems that the driver was making an illegal right turn into the garage (at 00:19 there's a No Right Turn sign visible)..
If the car pulled out of the garage, and tried to do a uturn around the end of the refuge (as someone else suggested) that could easily end up with the biker being collected as he tried to go round a car who had just pulled out. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
Assuming the car was traveling with the garage (it may have spun on impact) on the right there are clear signs saying no right turn or u-turn.I reckon this is all the drivers fault im afraid.
What you cannot see on the video are any tell tale skid marks to suggest the back of the car was flipped round. This suggests that the car was turning right INTO, not out of, the garage but any witnesses will have told plod the correct answer already.Given the fact it looks like it is turning INTO the garage, suggests it was a last second "fuck I need fuel" situation and the driver didn't even look, just swung right and got hit by the bike doing close to the limit
No right turn and no U turn is a PITA for getting to the petrol station, does anyone know the reasons for the signs ? I'd have thought, given the width of the road, they could even have had a dedicated filter for the petrol station.
That doesn't make sense at all. To be hit on the drivers side, and pushed down the road away from the garage, the car must have been back end towards the garage, front end out into the road? I don't see how the car can have been going into the garage, particularly as to do so, it would have had to drive a (short) distance down the wrong side of the central refuge.