As a relative newbie
That leaves me feeling rather sick!
I can only hope he got to see the video so he knows how lucky he is.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Tue 30 Jun 2020, 7:25,
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Going through red lights at high speed whilst trying to undertake another car that almost certainly obstructed his view of the van (think about the timings and where the white car would be going)is an act of madness.
I see many motorcyclists on the road and in hospital; a few get knocked off driving defensively, huge numbers get knocked off without thinking about what other road users are doing.
In the UK, on average every rider will suffer one major accident breaking a bone or worse. Luckily some idiot on his fourth or fifth skews the average in my favour!
Don't ride as if the driver hasn't seen you, drive as if he has seen you and wants to kill you anyway.
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Tue 30 Jun 2020, 8:12,
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I suspect he already knows the stupid bit
But yes, that too.
Re. "drive as if he has seen you and wants to kill you", always!
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Tue 30 Jun 2020, 9:13,
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Seconded
That would never have happened if he wouldn't have been racing. He's probably a gonner by now.
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Tue 30 Jun 2020, 11:59,
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I had a friend who worked in A&E. She rode a bike too, but she referred to people who rode like that as organ donors, because as soon as she got to work she'd be having to try and put what was left of them together again.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 30 Jun 2020, 13:37,
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Getting killed is often mentioned, a lifetime of chronic pain should they survive is not.
Still didn't stop me though.
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 30 Jun 2020, 14:37,
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