Why bikers die
Discussion
Went for a walk today that involved walking a bridge that goes over the A3 at Petersfield Hants and could not believe the incredible stupidity of a group of bikers in the late afternoon.
The traffic was fairly heavy but moving a approx 70 when I heard the scream of bikers engines and watched as they swerved in and out of the traffic overtaking on any side that had a gap wide enough!
All it would have taken is one motorist to not see the idiot on the inside and move lanes and there would have been carnage.
Years ago I watched a biker pass me at maybe 120 and the car up front moved out to overtake, the biker hit the back of the car and was somersaulted high in the air like a rag doll and he died as he fell onto the central crash barriers.
I remember passing his bike and seeing his boots still there as they must have ripped off on impact.
Bikes these days mostly have fairings and I reckon they should have number plates to deter this crass riding.
The traffic was fairly heavy but moving a approx 70 when I heard the scream of bikers engines and watched as they swerved in and out of the traffic overtaking on any side that had a gap wide enough!
All it would have taken is one motorist to not see the idiot on the inside and move lanes and there would have been carnage.
Years ago I watched a biker pass me at maybe 120 and the car up front moved out to overtake, the biker hit the back of the car and was somersaulted high in the air like a rag doll and he died as he fell onto the central crash barriers.
I remember passing his bike and seeing his boots still there as they must have ripped off on impact.
Bikes these days mostly have fairings and I reckon they should have number plates to deter this crass riding.
GC8 said:
You seem to be suggesting that the motorcyclist was soley at fault here?
Not really but a combo of errors with the bias on the bike rider (the car driver was fined).Many answered my post saying "my question", there was no question mark it was a statement "why bikers die".
Bikers are dying a lot on our roads due to the type of riding I saw.
The guy who said his mates know that its likely that a road user might pull out on them because they are twice the limit, bully for them it does not stop the poor devil they hit dying too.
You have to love someone before you can appreciate that it is those that are left that do the suffering not the silly sod that dies, or are mad bikers devoid of family and brains?
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