air ambulance - a35 nr holmesley

[village idiot]

popped out for a run in the chim this afternoon... just down the road from the house and went to turn right on to the a35 @ holmesley... spotted the air ambulance parked up on the grass by the junction... then spotted the cop cars and a motionless body lying in the middle of the road... no sign of any damaged cars or motorbikes... am wondering whether someone tried to cross the road and got hit by a bike or similar.

either way,,, fingers and toes crossed they survived,,, be careful out there chaps & chapesses!

[Gring]

It's very sad.

I passed an accident on Friday, on the way back from Havant. I later found out a motorcyclist died.

But for the grace of god.

[doorman]

Gring said:

It's very sad.

I passed an accident on Friday, on the way back from Havant. I later found out a motorcyclist died.

But for the grace of god.

Very very sad for the deceased and the family of. How often though do you see motor-cyclists driving recklessly with complete disregard to other road users and the Highway Code. Each time you experience their bad behaviour, you anticipate the carnage around the next bend.
On the rare occasion I see a motor cyclist riding with regard to other users, I feel the urge to stop the guy, and praise him for his ability, but the chances are he is an off duty cop who knows the rules.

[Gring]

doorman said:

Gring said:

It's very sad.

I passed an accident on Friday, on the way back from Havant. I later found out a motorcyclist died.

But for the grace of god.

Very very sad for the deceased and the family of. How often though do you see motor-cyclists driving recklessly with complete disregard to other road users and the Highway Code. Each time you experience their bad behaviour, you anticipate the carnage around the next bend.
On the rare occasion I see a motor cyclist riding with regard to other users, I feel the urge to stop the guy, and praise him for his ability, but the chances are he is an off duty cop who knows the rules.

Seriously, have you got any idea, just by the tone of your post I wonder why you are a member of this club. Shame on you.

[normalbloke]

doorman said:

Gring said:

It's very sad.

I passed an accident on Friday, on the way back from Havant. I later found out a motorcyclist died.

But for the grace of god.

Very very sad for the deceased and the family of. How often though do you see motor-cyclists driving recklessly with complete disregard to other road users and the Highway Code. Each time you experience their bad behaviour, you anticipate the carnage around the next bend.
On the rare occasion I see a motor cyclist riding with regard to other users, I feel the urge to stop the guy, and praise him for his ability, but the chances are he is an off duty cop who knows the rules.

10 points sir for the dumb statement of the day...

[doorman]

Gring said:

doorman said:

Gring said:

It's very sad.

I passed an accident on Friday, on the way back from Havant. I later found out a motorcyclist died.

But for the grace of god.

Very very sad for the deceased and the family of. How often though do you see motor-cyclists driving recklessly with complete disregard to other road users and the Highway Code. Each time you experience their bad behaviour, you anticipate the carnage around the next bend.
On the rare occasion I see a motor cyclist riding with regard to other users, I feel the urge to stop the guy, and praise him for his ability, but the chances are he is an off duty cop who knows the rules.

Seriously, have you got any idea, just by the tone of your post I wonder why you are a member of this club. Shame on you.

I really don't know where you are coming from or where your going, I meant no disrespect what so ever to the deceased, I just can not see why you have made such a derogatory statement about a member who is just stating fact.

[normalbloke]

doorman said:

Gring said:

doorman said:

Gring said:

It's very sad.

I passed an accident on Friday, on the way back from Havant. I later found out a motorcyclist died.

But for the grace of god.

Very very sad for the deceased and the family of. How often though do you see motor-cyclists driving recklessly with complete disregard to other road users and the Highway Code. Each time you experience their bad behaviour, you anticipate the carnage around the next bend.
On the rare occasion I see a motor cyclist riding with regard to other users, I feel the urge to stop the guy, and praise him for his ability, but the chances are he is an off duty cop who knows the rules.

Seriously, have you got any idea, just by the tone of your post I wonder why you are a member of this club. Shame on you.

I really don't know where you are coming from or where your going, I meant no disrespect what so ever to the deceased, I just can not see why you have made such a derogatory statement about a member who is just stating fact.

Doorman, my comments arose not due to the fatality,but simply due to your pigeon holing of one road user group.Motorcyclists are the same as any other cross section of users,there will be a certain percentage of d*ckheads on them versus sensible users, the same as you'd find in sports cars/cars/4x4s/caravan tuggers and cyclists etc etc.The only real difference is their vulnerability,the result of which can often be attributed to an error by the driver of something less vulnerable.

G'day.

[Karlos69]

Gring said:

It's very sad.

I passed an accident on Friday, on the way back from Havant. I later found out a motorcyclist died.

But for the grace of god.

Was that the one on the Eastern Road in Pompey?

[Gring]

Yes it was.

[diablo_pete]

I'm not condoning any bad behaviour but I suggest that a reason why you're more likely to see a motorcyclist driving recklessly is that the acceleration and power to weight ratio you get with a bike is far greater than all but the best supercars. It's likely to give rise to exhilerating feelings that are almost addictive to some. I know from my powerful cars, that the pure enjoyment of driving them leads me to drive differently to my other cars on some circumstances. Not to get anywhere quickly, not to speed, not to show off, but beacuse it just feels nice. I'm sure most fast bike riders, drive their cars like everyone else because the performance isn't addictive. I'm not a bike rider, but can certainly understand why you see them racing away at times. It's just fun, be it illegal or unsafe. Not agreeing with it, but can understand why. The swerving amoungst traffic makes me cringe though.

Have seen all of the flowers on the Eastern Road. Clearly was a much loved guy. Very sad.

[Karlos69]

diablo_pete said:

I'm not condoning any bad behaviour but I suggest that a reason why you're more likely to see a motorcyclist driving recklessly is that the acceleration and power to weight ratio you get with a bike is far greater than all but the best supercars. It's likely to give rise to exhilerating feelings that are almost addictive to some. I know from my powerful cars, that the pure enjoyment of driving them leads me to drive differently to my other cars on some circumstances. Not to get anywhere quickly, not to speed, not to show off, but beacuse it just feels nice. I'm sure most fast bike riders, drive their cars like everyone else because the performance isn't addictive. I'm not a bike rider, but can certainly understand why you see them racing away at times. It's just fun, be it illegal or unsafe. Not agreeing with it, but can understand why. The swerving amoungst traffic makes me cringe though.

Have seen all of the flowers on the Eastern Road. Clearly was a much loved guy. Very sad.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there Pete. It's the pure exhilaration of riding a motorcycle that makes it so addictive.

For info, the driver of the car involved in this incident was arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous/careless driving, so it would tend to indicate that perhaps the motorcyclist wasn't at fault on this occasion? The problem is that's the point - whoever is at fault is irrelevant - you're just so vulnerable on a bike, that regardless of fault, you're likely to come off so much worse than the same incident in a car.

Edited by Karlos69 on Wednesday 22 April 12:18

[Gring]

Karlos69 said:

diablo_pete said:

I'm not condoning any bad behaviour but I suggest that a reason why you're more likely to see a motorcyclist driving recklessly is that the acceleration and power to weight ratio you get with a bike is far greater than all but the best supercars. It's likely to give rise to exhilerating feelings that are almost addictive to some. I know from my powerful cars, that the pure enjoyment of driving them leads me to drive differently to my other cars on some circumstances. Not to get anywhere quickly, not to speed, not to show off, but beacuse it just feels nice. I'm sure most fast bike riders, drive their cars like everyone else because the performance isn't addictive. I'm not a bike rider, but can certainly understand why you see them racing away at times. It's just fun, be it illegal or unsafe. Not agreeing with it, but can understand why. The swerving amoungst traffic makes me cringe though.

Have seen all of the flowers on the Eastern Road. Clearly was a much loved guy. Very sad.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there Pete. It's the pure exhilaration of riding a motorcycle that makes it so addictive.

For info, the driver of the car involved in this incident was arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous/careless driving, so it would tend to indicate that perhaps the motorcyclist wasn't at fault on this occasion? The problem is that's the point - whoever is at fault is irrelevant - you're just so vulnerable on a bike, that regardless of fault, you're likely to come off so much worse than the same incident in a car.

Edited by Karlos69 on Wednesday 22 April 12:18

It knocks home just how mortal we all really are. Somthing we probably all forget when we get that adreneline rush from driving a high powered vehicle be it a bike or car.