28-09-14, 01:01 PM
Darrssi you have some good points i.e. that every rider is different but i think we all have common traits when it comes to risk and taking chances......the human factor....we all have good and bad days and everyone does something eventually that they think to themselves "why did i do that"
If there was any background info such as "kev was feeling tired when he left the house that day".....or "brian thought that his new high viz jacket would mean people would see him" or "Pete wrongly thought his blue bike was fast" :b [size=78%]type stuff then that would be useful for learning the easy traps not to fall into.....especially for new riders who haven't built up their skills yet.[/size]
Also handy would be stuff like "steve was with a bunch of mates much faster than him and he was out of his comfort zone trying to keep up".....or "dave was sticking his leg out to indicate to his mates that the road ahead was clear.....but this time his leg was out because of bad cramp & there was a camper van coming the other way"....ok a little far fetched but theres just thousands of combinations of things that can go wrong.
I agree that every rider starts off on a different level.......in the H&S world then this would be similar to the inherent risk...also similar is that the basic act of riding a motorbike is inherently dangerous even if you apply every piece of safety kit, training & mind set.......you cant eliminate this risk......unless you just don't go out...but the rest you can diminish with the correct knowledge....much of this knowledge we arent born with.....we learn it from others...from forums...& training....but i just think that these reports would be another medium to learn from.
1 reported accident i think was from the start of this season in Wales where there were 2 groups of bikes that happened to be going opposite directions on some bad bends & there was a car involved which it looks like 1 group was passing before it met the other group...a bloke died & the rest were scattered around the place......it really intrigued me & i want to know the particulars of exactly what went wrong instead of guessing.....but looking on google brings up nothing except the original news story in the local paper.
Is there an official office that i could get a hold of because I'm seriously considering getting in touch & putting forward some suggestions.......perhaps MAG would know but i'm not really interested in joining them but perhaps they could advise none the less.
If there was any background info such as "kev was feeling tired when he left the house that day".....or "brian thought that his new high viz jacket would mean people would see him" or "Pete wrongly thought his blue bike was fast" :b [size=78%]type stuff then that would be useful for learning the easy traps not to fall into.....especially for new riders who haven't built up their skills yet.[/size]
Also handy would be stuff like "steve was with a bunch of mates much faster than him and he was out of his comfort zone trying to keep up".....or "dave was sticking his leg out to indicate to his mates that the road ahead was clear.....but this time his leg was out because of bad cramp & there was a camper van coming the other way"....ok a little far fetched but theres just thousands of combinations of things that can go wrong.
I agree that every rider starts off on a different level.......in the H&S world then this would be similar to the inherent risk...also similar is that the basic act of riding a motorbike is inherently dangerous even if you apply every piece of safety kit, training & mind set.......you cant eliminate this risk......unless you just don't go out...but the rest you can diminish with the correct knowledge....much of this knowledge we arent born with.....we learn it from others...from forums...& training....but i just think that these reports would be another medium to learn from.
1 reported accident i think was from the start of this season in Wales where there were 2 groups of bikes that happened to be going opposite directions on some bad bends & there was a car involved which it looks like 1 group was passing before it met the other group...a bloke died & the rest were scattered around the place......it really intrigued me & i want to know the particulars of exactly what went wrong instead of guessing.....but looking on google brings up nothing except the original news story in the local paper.
Is there an official office that i could get a hold of because I'm seriously considering getting in touch & putting forward some suggestions.......perhaps MAG would know but i'm not really interested in joining them but perhaps they could advise none the less.
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike