Biker 'making progress'

[nigel cross]

What did he say at the end? ' There was no way I was gonna stop',
going at that speed didn't he see the two lorries next to each other 2 hundred yards down the road.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

What did he say at the end? ' There was no way I was gonna stop',
going at that speed didn't he see the two lorries next to each other 2 hundred yards down the road.

All the cars he passed were braking from the start of the video. The Fiesta just behind the lorries had is Hazards on.


Complete and utter tool, I see bikers doing this kind of thing all the time

 

[E55BOF]

Come on, gentlemen, it was a momentary lapse in concentration at the wrong moment. It's happened to all of us, in cars and on bikes, and nearly always we get away with it. He didn't, and learnt an expensive lesson. Because he was going faster than was wise, he was concentrating too hard on the cars he was passing, and lost the wider situational awareness he needed at that speed. S**t S**t S**T, indeed...

I 'make progress' myself on a bike, but not THAT much progress. I'm always aware that my bike's crumple zone is me; and when I crumple, I hurt...

I'm surprised he posted the video, though; it does make him look a d**k.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Momentary lapse in concentration? eh? He was undertaking, weaving in and out of traffic, doing double the speed limit by the looks of it.

 

[renault12ts]

Come on, gentlemen, it was a momentary lapse in concentration at the wrong moment. It's happened to all of us, in cars and on bikes, and nearly always we get away with it. He didn't, and learnt an expensive lesson. Because he was going faster than was wise, he was concentrating too hard on the cars he was passing, and lost the wider situational awareness he needed at that speed. S**t S**t S**T, indeed...

I 'make progress' myself on a bike, but not THAT much progress. I'm always aware that my bike's crumple zone is me; and when I crumple, I hurt...

I'm surprised he posted the video, though; it does make him look a d**k.

I suggest he was concentrating really hard...but misjudged this particular dangerous situation. The evidence is he was an accident waiting to happen.

 

[camerafodder]

Come on, gentlemen, it was a momentary lapse in concentration at the wrong moment. It's happened to all of us, in cars and on bikes, and nearly always we get away with it. He didn't, and learnt an expensive lesson. Because he was going faster than was wise, he was concentrating too hard on the cars he was passing, and lost the wider situational awareness he needed at that speed. S**t S**t S**T, indeed...

I 'make progress' myself on a bike, but not THAT much progress. I'm always aware that my bike's crumple zone is me; and when I crumple, I hurt...

I'm surprised he posted the video, though; it does make him look a d**k.

The guy was being utterly reckless!

 

[Peter T]

Appart from the obvious stupidity in the way he was driving, why on earth would anyone video themselves doing it??

 

[moonloops]

Appart from the obvious stupidity in the way he was driving, why on earth would anyone video themselves doing it??

To get their 15 mins of fame ? Even though he's famous for being a bit of a plum!

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Appart from the obvious stupidity in the way he was driving, why on earth would anyone video themselves doing it??

So that, god help any other motorist makes an error they have video evidence of it.

Of course this doesnt reflect all motorcyclists, but honestly I cant remember seeing any who stay at the same speed as other drivers, and who stay in the centre of a lane (opening can of worms )

 

[BaldGuy]

Got what he deserved... shame the truck didnt crush his bike....

 

[boxbrownie]

Appart from the obvious stupidity in the way he was driving, why on earth would anyone video themselves doing it??

Thats so when they are zipping along at 50mph in a 30 mph zone and some poor sod who looked both ways before turning right out of a junction which would have been perfectly safe in the 30 mph zone gets a biker buried in his drivers door, the biker can play back the last few seconds of video and protest the car driver obviously didn't see him and wasn't looking properly........

He was very, very lucky he didn't end up under the slow moving trailer wheels of one of those trucks

 

[E55BOF]

So that, god help any other motorist makes an error they have video evidence of it.

Of course this doesnt reflect all motorcyclists, but honestly I cant remember seeing any who stay at the same speed as other drivers, and who stay in the centre of a lane (opening can of worms )

You haven't seen me, then. I cruise at 75 or so on the speedo, and cars go past me all the time. AND I stay in the centre of my lane unless there's a reason not to. I agree, though, with the general feeling that many bikers are accidents looking for somewhere to happen - but not all.

 

[markjay]

I wonder if the availability of cheap dashcams (and helmet-cams) encourages bikers to try stupid stunt driving on public roads for the purpose of posting the clips online?

 

[markjay]

Remember him....?

http://m.thelocal.se/41856/20120705/

 

[Peter T]

I get the bit about recording the action as proof against someone elses bad driving, but, if he's going to behave like a d1ck, I'd have thought anonimity would be desirable??

 

[ivan1983]

So that, god help any other motorist makes an error they have video evidence of it.

Of course this doesnt reflect all motorcyclists, but honestly I cant remember seeing any who stay at the same speed as other drivers, and who stay in the centre of a lane (opening can of worms )

I dont stay in the centre of any lane when on my bike as thats the most unused part of the road so its covered in oil, gravel etc and generally not bedded in. Something I didnt notice till I started riding. If you look most riders will sit in the "tracks" already made by other vehicles, unless filtering.


Also a big thanks to those who do look out for for bikers and a make a space when you can, I always raise a hand or give a nod of appreciation

 

[Satch]

Remember him....?

'Ghostrider' biker speaks out: 'don't even try it' - The Local - m.thelocal.se

I recall comments at the time to the general effect that it was about the most pointless motorcycling excess the world had seen to date.

If you look up Boden you can see why this sounds about right

"We were sitting at home on a Sunday and didn’t have much to do"

Think in terms of a sanitised version of Aldershot dumped 70 miles below the Artic circle