29-06-13, 02:09 AM
I think it's a mixture of fault.
The bike's speed may not have been excessive in numerical terms - but any decent middleweight bike will out-accelerate almost any car (thus, the car, having come out, was never going to be fast enough to get out of the bike's way). Along with that, a small, fast-moving bike is easily missed ("where the f**k did that come from?"). People often talk about a big bike having acceleration and power to get you out of trouble - but it can get you into it just as quickly; it works both ways.
It's also a busy road and quite possibly difficult for a driver to see over the top of the traffic that is there, however hard she looked - the rider should have accounted for that.
The fact that the car came out of a pub car park does not mean "she had a drink" either. The fact that the video states it's a pub car park suggests the rider is familiar with that road, and maybe should have accounted for that junction being there (and the possibility of traffic).
All said and done - that car could have been a child erratically running out onto that road - what then?
The bike's speed may not have been excessive in numerical terms - but any decent middleweight bike will out-accelerate almost any car (thus, the car, having come out, was never going to be fast enough to get out of the bike's way). Along with that, a small, fast-moving bike is easily missed ("where the f**k did that come from?"). People often talk about a big bike having acceleration and power to get you out of trouble - but it can get you into it just as quickly; it works both ways.
It's also a busy road and quite possibly difficult for a driver to see over the top of the traffic that is there, however hard she looked - the rider should have accounted for that.
The fact that the car came out of a pub car park does not mean "she had a drink" either. The fact that the video states it's a pub car park suggests the rider is familiar with that road, and maybe should have accounted for that junction being there (and the possibility of traffic).
All said and done - that car could have been a child erratically running out onto that road - what then?