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The Bad Riders of Ontario Thread

Buddy at work was telling me how his wife almost killed a rider on the 400 last week…

Guy was clipping through traffic and didn’t make a pass. Rear ended a car and flipped off the bike in front of her. She was luckily paying attention and was able to swerve away from him and the bike as they slid along the road.
 
My issue yesterday was a big gigantic pickup truck obscured my view on a 2 lane roundabout. I "thought" I saw both cars in the round-about signaling to turn so I "assumed" okay let's go. Nope. Emergency braking + downshifting and almost flipped the motorcycle :ROFLMAO:

If I was less experienced I would definitely be dead. AFter t-boning that car, the truck in the round-about would have just squished me like road kill.

The same night on the way home on the same road, a BMW and I were kind of road-raging. The idiot speeeeed up then almost rear-ended a car and tried to side-swiped me to avoid a collision. The bike was in 2nd gear probably 5000 rpm+ so you could hear the bike screaming but this confirms to me, loud pipes don't help save your life

TLDR: SLOW_DOWN
 
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george__ said:
My issue yesterday was a big gigantic pickup truck obscured my view on a 2 lane roundabout. I "thought" I saw both cars in the round-about signaling to turn so I "assumed" okay let's go. Nope. Emergency braking + downshifting and almost flipped the motorcycle :ROFLMAO:

If I was less experienced I would definitely be dead. AFter t-boning that car, the truck in the round-about would have just squished me like road kill.

The same night on the way home on the same road, a BMW and I were kind of road-raging. The idiot speeeeed up then almost rear-ended a car and tried to side-swiped me to avoid a collision. The bike was in 2nd gear probably 5000 rpm+ so you could hear the bike screaming but this confirms to me, loud pipes don't help save your life

TLDR: SLOW_DOWN
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I’d skip the downshifting while braking, you’re not gaining enough benefit to upset the suspension even further (potential wheel hop). Newer big bikes are getting new tech; rear lift something or other which prevents the wheel from hopping on aggressive downshifts, but even then…we’re talking about another action which is taking up time you probably don’t have.

Always try to have a plan for the ‘what if’, lower speed let’s you form these plans and react. That being said, these things happen.

Earlier this season I was in my car turning left out of a driveway at night. When I looked left/right to clear the intersection I saw 2 headlights oncoming to my left with plenty of time to make the turn. Mid turn I look left again and now there’s 3 headlights. A bike had managed to line up perfectly with the left headlight of the car behind it. Thankfully I made the turn well ahead of the rider but if he’d been booking it this would not have ended well.
 
Also for roundabouts…they seem like kryptonite for some drivers. They just don’t have a clue what to do with them. I always pay extra attention when I’m on one in N America. It’s a shame as in the uk they are good practice for “look where you’re going” steering on a bike and when used properly they aid traffic flow.
 
jc100 said:
Also for roundabouts…they seem like kryptonite for some drivers. They just don’t have a clue what to do with them. I always pay extra attention when I’m on one in N America. It’s a shame as in the uk they are good practice for “look where you’re going” steering on a bike and when used properly they aid traffic flow.
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It doesn’t help how confusing some of them are. Traffic within the circle should have right of way.

The roundabout near our house has 4 entrances to the circle…and the yield alternates between the lanes entering and the lanes already in the intersection.

The yield should ONLY be for those entering the roundabout. Not those already in it.
 
mimico_polak said:
It doesn’t help how confusing some of them are. Traffic within the circle should have right of way.

The roundabout near our house has 4 entrances to the circle…and the yield alternates between the lanes entering and the lanes already in the intersection.

The yield should ONLY be for those entering the roundabout. Not those already in it.
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So it sounds like they tried to prioritize traffic in one direction but I agree, wtf. It's hard to make something more confusing than that. Especially if you go around three exits alternating yield/go it's easy for someone to get overloaded and lose track of what they are supposed to be doing.

I went near collingwood for the first time in a long time and most of their roundabouts are pretty good.
 
mimico_polak said:
It doesn’t help how confusing some of them are. Traffic within the circle should have right of way.

The roundabout near our house has 4 entrances to the circle…and the yield alternates between the lanes entering and the lanes already in the intersection.

The yield should ONLY be for those entering the roundabout. Not those already in it.
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That sounds like a disaster
 
GreyGhost said:
So it sounds like they tried to prioritize traffic in one direction but I agree, wtf. It's hard to make something more confusing than that. Especially if you go around three exits alternating yield/go it's easy for someone to get overloaded and lose track of what they are supposed to be doing.

I went near collingwood for the first time in a long time and most of their roundabouts are pretty good.
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Meet..The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, UK.


I've been on something similar in the UK quite a few times. Definitely no texting and driving while navigating these!

Hmm…what’s up with the video links?
 
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