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Samray · #1 Post by **Samray** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:06 pm

From January to December last year, a total of 24 motorcyclists were killed on Hampshire and Isle of Wight roads, plus one pillion passenger.

In more than a third of incidents, motorists failed to correctly judge the path of the motorcyclist.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/A3 ... 4924998.jp

BikerGran · #2 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:46 pm

In more than a third of incidents, motorists failed to correctly judge the path of the motorcyclist.

So how the .... does giving motorcyclists hi-viz vest cure that?

Same old story - it's the car drivers that are no good so the motorcyclists better sort it!

Gio · #3 Post by **Gio** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:24 am

BikerGran wrote:
In more than a third of incidents, motorists failed to correctly judge the path of the motorcyclist.
So how the .... does giving motorcyclists hi-viz vest cure that?

Same old story - it's the car drivers that are no good so the motorcyclists better sort it!

Yup I agree 100% with that.

lazarus · #4 Post by **lazarus** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:45 pm

silly comment. do you think there are two sorts of people in this world - car drivers and bike riders? do you suddenly change when you get in a car? one minute you know what you are doing and ride perfectly - the next you are an idiot and drive stupidly.

the reality is that most bike fatalities are single vehicle accidents - ie bikers killing themselves by misjudging speed / conditions etc. how is that the fault of car drivers?

Samray · #5 Post by **Samray** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:54 pm

lazarus wrote: the reality is that most bike fatalities are single vehicle accidents - ie bikers killing themselves by misjudging speed / conditions etc. how is that the fault of car drivers?

Yours may be but those figures seem to say differently about the accidents in their locality.

Gio · #6 Post by **Gio** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:01 am

lazarus wrote:silly comment. do you think there are two sorts of people in this world - car drivers and bike riders? do you suddenly change when you get in a car? one minute you know what you are doing and ride perfectly - the next you are an idiot and drive stupidly.

the reality is that most bike fatalities are single vehicle accidents - ie bikers killing themselves by misjudging speed / conditions etc. how is that the fault of car drivers?

Most yes but just over a third are'nt.

Then of course there's ones that bike rider takes avoiding action and buries himself in wall/hedge/ditch/embankment, no others involved so its his fault QED.