The one thing that really gets on my nerves is when bikers are blamed simply because they are bikers and "were obviously speeding".
The above video proved to be quite contested between me and my housemate. I say it was entirely the cars fault, he says it was the bikes fault.
well your housemate is right. the car had began it's manouvere whilst the bike was behind another car, so htf could he be expected to see it. correct me if i'm wrong, but the max speed for that kind of road is 60mph, so travelling in excess of 50% of the limit you have to exercise EXTREME caution, not just blindly go for the gap. finally, the bike had a good second to start braking, but he ploughed on through.
RLAC is all well and good, but not all the time, and not in amongst myopic car drivers.
Agreed, looks like the bike rider was at fault here, mainly of lack of self preservation which should be rule #1.
I've ridden in those kinds of situations and I can assure you I spotted that car up ahead was looking like a good candidate for an overtake whether he indicated or not.
I agree, its the bikes fault, he was doing nearly 100mph in a 60 zone, would you expect a bike to be doing that, well maybe, but then you assume every bike is doing that then. And just before the crash the bike overtook a car whilst inside of the video bike, Darwinian theory at work i think.
Just watched the program, the safe drive stay alive campaign looks like a good idea.
The footballer was totally at fault 56mph in a 30 enough said, you look at a vehicles headlights at dusk and judge its speed, I would argue that it would be safe to assume that most cars would be doing 30ish in a 30 zone, not twice the limit, and then make a decision about pulling out you might never move off.
What wasn't mentioned in the program was that he already had a speeding conviction for doing twice the speed limit, and he's only 18!!!!!!
In Finland i believe they start teaching drivers at a younger age, but its 2 years before they are allowed on the road, they are taught skid control, driving on snow and ice (obviously) and other skills. And which country's drivers has won the most rally championships, yes the FINNS. I wonder why.
I am 33, and i think i am of the last generation that were lucky enough to learn to drive and gain experience before our roads got stupidly busy. I crashed at slow speed on a country lane within a village within a week of passing with 4 people in the car, i had been drinking and i couldn't see a foot passed the end of the bonnet because of thick fog. I thank christ i never made it to a main road because God knows what might of happened.
We have all been young and stupid (peer pressure etc) and i feel sorry for todays young drivers but something needs to be done to educate them.
Oh and stay safe everyone whilst out on your bikes or cars.
Nick