Local news today..distressing content

[richfzs]

Shit happens, indeed - but they ain't called accidents anymore, by the police. They happen because (the vast majority of the time) somebody (or more than one person) focced up. Road Traffic Collision, these days, not RTA.

[adeejaysdelight]

Here is the like to what Ogri was talking about - http://www.edp24.co.uk/news

The men were almost the same age. Its such a shame. We were at the ring a couple of weeks back. It was closed on our arrival for 2 hours because there had been a serious accident. When it opened, the cars were allowed out first for two laps. Apparently they let the cars do a sighting lap, and if all return, the bikes can go out too. So, we got a lap in and went back to our dig's for lunch (we had been out for nearly 4 hours by this time). We went back in the afternoon and went out for a lap after a 10 minute breather in the bike park. There were 10 bikes there at the most. So we had a look around them. A few English lads, two from Switzerland and three from Gremany. The Greman lads were 25 years old, at the most. My mate and I set off and the Germans were putting their lids on as we drove out. I left my mate for dust, and at some point the German lads caught up and passed him. A minute or two later my mate passed a red flag and round the bend were two fire balls and bits of plastic everywhere.



It turned out the 3 bikes took a line through a bend and all hit an oil patch at speed. The lead bike hit a car, which flipped and hit another car. Unfortunately 4 of the 5 people involved were taken away in the black ambulance. The guy in the last car to be hit was taken by helicopter to hospital. I don't know if he made it or not. It was a real reality check of just how dangerous riding a bike is. You know it happens. You know it could happen to you. But when you are standing beside a guy and about to set off to do the same thing, and 10 minutes later one of you is dead... It certainly opened my eyes.

[mr self destruct]

Simple comment for some-
Have a think before you tell us on a forum that you made insufficient observations before making a manouvre-

I did think, and I didnt say I made insufficient observations before making a manoeuvre. This is merely your interpretation of my post, the rest of your comment being conjecture based on your personal experiences or prejudices.

One point of view being my observations were insufficient, another being the other guy's observations were insufficient, resulting in his excessive speed for the situation.