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Is this the right call from the Appeal Court?
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(20-05-12, 08:30 PM)Hodge link Wrote: What's more important here, the fact a rider lost his leg in an avoidable accident and is now disabled for the rest of his life, through no fault of his own, or pandering to a foriegn lorry driver/company who did not follow our highway lwas?
Eh?  "through no fault of his own..." ???
He admits he could have positioned himself out of harm's way and didn't! Whether this was because he was actually travelling faster than appropriate, whether he was riding in a belligerent manner to claim the entire half of the road or simply panicked and ran wide doesn't change the fact that he could have avoided the accident.
I think reading this sorry tale as an example of prejudice against bikers (or indeed, as reason to be prejudiced against foreigners) is plain wrong.
We should be taking it as a lesson in the value of defensive riding.
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Re: Is this the right call from the Appeal Court? - by peterjca - 20-05-12, 04:23 PM
Re: Is this the right call from the Appeal Court? - by Fazerider - 21-05-12, 12:36 AM

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