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If only his pipes were louder...
- Thread starter Jampy00
- Start date
I'm going to sound like the a hole here but I took a look at the video on the news site and I think this was an avoidable accident on the part of the motorcyclist.
In the screenshot, you can see the white vehicle starting its left and turn and the motorcycle is well back from the intersection. From that angle it looks like the biker had time to at least slow down but judging from the distance he tumbled, he was going pretty fast when he hit.
Obviously, I wasn't there and I don't know all the details, but I think riders should expect left hand turners in intersections and be prepared for it.
Sure, the car driver is at fault but he has both his legs. I'm curious why the driver of the car wasn't charged with anything.
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In the screenshot, you can see the white vehicle starting its left and turn and the motorcycle is well back from the intersection. From that angle it looks like the biker had time to at least slow down but judging from the distance he tumbled, he was going pretty fast when he hit.
Obviously, I wasn't there and I don't know all the details, but I think riders should expect left hand turners in intersections and be prepared for it.
Sure, the car driver is at fault but he has both his legs. I'm curious why the driver of the car wasn't charged with anything.
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afici0nad0
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Damn
The contact to the train tracks freaked me out
The contact to the train tracks freaked me out
Perhaps a double hesitation. Car thought Bike would slow down or never saw them, Bike thought they were seen and car would take the turn faster? Just guessing..I'm going to sound like the a hole here but I took a look at the video on the news site and I think this was an avoidable accident on the part of the motorcyclist.
In the screenshot, you can see the white vehicle starting its left and turn and the motorcycle is well back from the intersection. From that angle it looks like the biker had time to at least slow down but judging from the distance he tumbled, he was going pretty fast when he hit.
Obviously, I wasn't there and I don't know all the details, but I think riders should expect left hand turners in intersections and be prepared for it.
Sure, the car driver is at fault but he has both his legs. I'm curious why the driver of the car wasn't charged with anything.
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Biker didnt
I have to agree...apart from the fact that it doesn't appear as though he slowed down or tried to swerve, it looked to me like he was going too fast to begin with. In other words, not as paranoid as I am when approaching an intersection with a potential left turner.
I have to agree...apart from the fact that it doesn't appear as though he slowed down or tried to swerve, it looked to me like he was going too fast to begin with. In other words, not as paranoid as I am when approaching an intersection with a potential left turner.
Mango Rider
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Looking at Google maps, that is a 4+ lane road with a 55mph(~80?kmh) speed limit, if he sees that at the edge of that intersection where you circled, I don't think I would have much of a reaction going 80 on a 6-800lb cruiser...I'm going to sound like the a hole here but I took a look at the video on the news site and I think this was an avoidable accident on the part of the motorcyclist.
In the screenshot, you can see the white vehicle starting its left and turn and the motorcycle is well back from the intersection. From that angle it looks like the biker had time to at least slow down but judging from the distance he tumbled, he was going pretty fast when he hit.
Obviously, I wasn't there and I don't know all the details, but I think riders should expect left hand turners in intersections and be prepared for it.
Sure, the car driver is at fault but he has both his legs. I'm curious why the driver of the car wasn't charged with anything.
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Fuzzbuster
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lucky his bike hit the pole and not him.
Roadghost
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I'm going to sound like the a hole here but I took a look at the video on the news site and I think this was an avoidable accident on the part of the motorcyclist.
In the screenshot, you can see the white vehicle starting its left and turn and the motorcycle is well back from the intersection. From that angle it looks like the biker had time to at least slow down but judging from the distance he tumbled, he was going pretty fast when he hit.
Obviously, I wasn't there and I don't know all the details, but I think riders should expect left hand turners in intersections and be prepared for it.
Sure, the car driver is at fault but he has both his legs. I'm curious why the driver of the car wasn't charged with anything.
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Well I can tell you I had the exact same experience as this guy last week at Old School Rd and Hwy 10. You're right about one thing, when I approach these sort of intersections I anticipate left turn lane idiots. In my case she looked right down the road at me, saw the oncoming traffic and tried to muscle her way into my lane. She left me 21/2 feet to squeeze by and the guy behind me blasted his horn at her. I slowed down drastically when I saw her trying to follow the car ahead of her.
I'm of a firm mind that all left turn lanes should have a separate arrow and turning on the solid green and stale yellow should be disallowed. Was it this guy's fault? No way. Could he have prevented it, or lessened it had he slowed down? Absolutely, but out of 20 intersections you might slow down and the 21st you forget, that's the time the guy will turn into you. Life sucks sometimes.
Say he was doing 55 in a 55mph zone. He has a lane of traffic on his right going slow, some of them are making a right hand turn. Maybe one of the cars in that lane might want to quickly merge left in order to go faster. Enter into blind spot bike traveling 30 mph faster than the car...
Again, it would be the driver's fault but again the driver would come out with both his legs
Again, it would be the driver's fault but again the driver would come out with both his legs
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