What are the worst road in your area
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I'm asking this as with the sun coming out we've had a lot of bikers die in the last week, I live near rye, East Sussex and people use the local roads, Camber to Lydd (start's Camber Road and turns into Lydd Road)
and a few others (Appledore to Tenterden A2080) Brenzett to ashford (A2070)
Are bikers dying in your area, dropping like flies.
When you ride in an area you don't know do you take it a bit easier or think you can ride anywhere full speed.
Just asking people as I saw one today (he'll live), one dead last Friday (hit a caoch), one on Wednesday (one dead and one I think will live, hit a van) Make's you think just a little does it not!
I would ad "be safe chaps" but I know you all will
and a few others (Appledore to Tenterden A2080) Brenzett to ashford (A2070)
Are bikers dying in your area, dropping like flies.
When you ride in an area you don't know do you take it a bit easier or think you can ride anywhere full speed.
Just asking people as I saw one today (he'll live), one dead last Friday (hit a caoch), one on Wednesday (one dead and one I think will live, hit a van) Make's you think just a little does it not!
I would ad "be safe chaps" but I know you all will
Any road within High Wycombe, most roads in south bucks and in particular the A4155 from Marlow to Henley - if your not in a pot hole, your on one of the man hole covers, or a very bad tarmac patch (which may or may not have over banding depending on how lazy / dense the workies were feeling that day)
[rant over]
Maybe something to do with the light mornings and evenings, making other road users feel 'safer' and as a consequence maybe less attentive and therefore less likely to see motorcycles? Could be that more bikers are on the roads now that the dry weather has set in, but then if that were true it would be mostly summer riders that were having incidents, and the few tragic incidents I am aware of seem to involve experienced people..
Mind you I do see some questionable technique riding the commute into central London from the Merton area. Amazingly I've never seen any of the really aggressive riders ever have a spill. In fact there was a guy this morning who looked (whilst waiting in heavy traffic at St Reatham) to be a time served rider who then appeared to get tired of waiting for the tight traffic to move and forced his way out to filter up the middle of the road. Problem being that an oncoming white tranny van wasn't leaving space for him on the white line and the van had to move to the left to avoid hitting the rider head on. Ok he got away with it because the van moved, but what if the driver of the van was eating his McDonalds breakfast and not concentrating, taking a phone call from his angry girlfriend, or getting his todger CPR'd by his apprentice? You've got at the very least a seriously injured biker for the sake of a few perceived seconds of time saving. Mind you, it could also be that my perception and technique is not aggressive enough and these riders have reached a plane of existence that I am as yet unable to comprehend.
Mind you I do see some questionable technique riding the commute into central London from the Merton area. Amazingly I've never seen any of the really aggressive riders ever have a spill. In fact there was a guy this morning who looked (whilst waiting in heavy traffic at St Reatham) to be a time served rider who then appeared to get tired of waiting for the tight traffic to move and forced his way out to filter up the middle of the road. Problem being that an oncoming white tranny van wasn't leaving space for him on the white line and the van had to move to the left to avoid hitting the rider head on. Ok he got away with it because the van moved, but what if the driver of the van was eating his McDonalds breakfast and not concentrating, taking a phone call from his angry girlfriend, or getting his todger CPR'd by his apprentice? You've got at the very least a seriously injured biker for the sake of a few perceived seconds of time saving. Mind you, it could also be that my perception and technique is not aggressive enough and these riders have reached a plane of existence that I am as yet unable to comprehend.
Vitesse39 said:
Any road within High Wycombe, most roads in south bucks and in particular the A4155 from Marlow to Henley - if your not in a pot hole, your on one of the man hole covers, or a very bad tarmac patch (which may or may not have over banding depending on how lazy / dense the workies were feeling that day)
[rant over]
That used to be an absolutely fantastic early Sunday morning mini-Nurburgring on the bike too...
Sadly most round here!! Surrey Council have gone for the cheap repair of the main roads with tar coating and gravel on top. Then just to save a little cash, don't send a road sweeper to clear the excess. It was like riding on marbles the other day. Not to mention stones flying up from the cars in front!!!!
Mon Ami Mate said:
Vitesse39 said:
Any road within High Wycombe, most roads in south bucks and in particular the A4155 from Marlow to Henley - if your not in a pot hole, your on one of the man hole covers, or a very bad tarmac patch (which may or may not have over banding depending on how lazy / dense the workies were feeling that day)
[rant over]
That used to be an absolutely fantastic early Sunday morning mini-Nurburgring on the bike too...
Great pity, as it is a lovely route, just the surface is so bad
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