81forest
2014-09-08 02:53:00 UTC
Did he make a mistake, besides the speed? I wonder if the driver didn't see him at all, or just totally misjudged the rate of approach.
AGRO!
2014-09-08 03:09:00 UTC
OK he was speeding but that dum ass in the car did the wrong thing too.
Same old story didn't see the bike officer I call this BS they saw him as the driver was trying to beat him by turning into the street earlyer you can see the driver turning in before the lane ends.
BassAgent
2014-09-08 03:14:00 UTC
Car Driver: Completely at fault.
81forest
2014-09-08 03:29:00 UTC
Post missing.
AGRO!
2014-09-08 03:32:00 UTC
But I put most of the blame on the driver of the car.
AGRO!
2014-09-08 03:38:00 UTC
Post missing.
jambox
2014-09-08 06:47:00 UTC
Due to the above, the driver was more in the wrong. But as BA stated, the rider wasn't riding defensively and a junction. Unfortunately all the cagers over here are just emphasising the fact that he was speeding, as we know, all bikers do, and not focusing on the driver not paying attention.
It's something the driver now has to live with for failing to check, also the biker paid the ultimate price for not being defensive in his riding.
Stratkat
2014-09-08 09:25:00 UTC
Post missing.
fatbob
2014-09-08 13:29:00 UTC
just being honest here, but its clips like this that make me wonder sometimes why ive been doing this for 30+ years. the older i get i see myself stopping at some point... maybe?
81forest
2014-09-08 14:51:00 UTC
On a few occasions I have approached junctions that have not seen me as I wasn't feckin there a second ago , im sure we have all done it sometime.
I know ive done it in a car as well.
Never been more than a sharp stop though.
anyhow RIP to that particular gent for doing something I do probably more frequently then I admit.
BassAgent
2014-09-08 16:50:00 UTC
1. Being in an accident caused by the other person doesn't bring you back to life.
2. All humans have brain farts which, in some cases, can kill you or someone else.
This rider had one in that he either ignored the Warning Will Robinson! moment that would have sounded when he saw that he was coming up on an intersection at speed with a car moving very slowly in the oncoming lane OR simply wasn't paying attention.
The problem is that being human we can only reduce the number of brain farts we have. We can't eliminate them. This guy probably would still be alive had he not been bombing down the road having the time of his life. The same could happen to any who do the same thing.
Which leaves many of us with the dilemma of do I give up having high speed fun on the street or continue knowing that there is real risk.
81forest
2014-09-08 17:55:00 UTC
Post missing.
DribbleDuke
2014-09-08 21:17:00 UTC
Like you guys said, it may not be the rider's fault, but at the end of the day you still end up hurt/dead. Is it worth it?
I can't preach though, as SDNerd would have probably already guessed, I don't always ride safely.
SDNerd
2014-09-08 21:23:00 UTC
Post missing.
81forest
2014-09-08 22:19:00 UTC
Post missing.
cdlabate
2014-09-08 23:21:00 UTC
DribbleDuke
2014-09-08 23:52:00 UTC
Post missing.
dirty irving
2014-09-09 00:14:00 UTC
Post missing.
jambox
2014-09-09 00:29:00 UTC
...Good kids pull stupid shit on their motorcycles. His moment of bad judgment could have not come at a worse time.
SDNerd
2014-09-09 01:42:00 UTC