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Well the poor fellah just overcooked it that's' all .
No-one got hurt, just pride and a dented fender bender, modifying the front
That's why there are collision repair paint /body shops all over the world putting it right!
And hopefully an insurance company covering most of the repairs with a little contribution with a co pay as lesson learned !

Reading some of these comments suggests since my time in the UK, British drivers are the absolute best angelic drivers in the world, and don't have accidents & those that do do deserve a blue light special.
Come guys, AND one memorable thing as a past daily user of a heavy motorcycle in the UK (300 miles daily) Unless things have changed drastically in 30 years many of you could do with a dose of less arrogance with powered two wheel vehicles, and on how to avoid fatal collisions with oncoming motorcycles. :oops:
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Having re-read the thread, I am now more inclined to think that this incident started as some sort of road rage, with the Audi driving erratically and changing lanes, and the OP getting upset, tailing the Audi and flashing his headlights, leading to the Audi brake-testing the OP then deliberately accelerating to stop the OP from getting on the slip road.

If so, then the last actions of the Audi are clearly criminal and a level above minor road rage, perhaps in the same way that someone is pulling a knife in a pub fight. So yes, the person pulling the knife is utterly in the wrong, but at the same time it's very easy to avoid these situations - just keep calm don't get drawn into pub fights, or road rage.
 
................ and on how to avoid fatal collisions with oncoming motorcycles. :oops:
Tuercas viejas

It would really help if they (bikers) stayed on their side of the road, did not expect drivers to move into the dirt at the side of the road (so the biker can get past) and rode less like organ doners and more like sensible human beings.

I’m happy to let bikers get past me and get on their way, but there is not much I can do when they are coming down my side of the road going the wrong way. Happened to me 2 days ago. Traffic on bikers side, he decides he is coming down my lane and expects me to move right over into the dirt & rim killers at the side of the road and is angry when I don’t move over because there is no space.
 
Re bikers... too many just assume that us drivers always see them. But we often don't. It takes a lot of humility (and experience) for a biker to adapt their driving style to the assumption that they are invisible, but those who do so tend to live longer.
 
Having re-read the thread, I am now more inclined to think that this incident started as some sort of road rage, with the Audi driving erratically and changing lanes, and the OP getting upset, tailing the Audi and flashing his headlights, leading to the Audi brake-testing the OP then deliberately accelerating to stop the OP from getting on the slip road.
I'd want to know more about the headlamp flashing - which I'd initially missed. When I looked at the video again the headlight flash and brake lights seem to me to be simultaneous ie, not one could have been a reaction to the other as no one has reflexes that fast. Unless the headlamp flash is only visible to me due to the change in attitude of the Audi ie brake dive changing the angle of the rear of the car and thus the light reflected.
If so, then the last actions of the Audi are clearly criminal and a level above minor road rage, perhaps in the same way that someone is pulling a knife in a pub fight. So yes, the person pulling the knife is utterly in the wrong, but at the same time it's very easy to avoid these situations - just keep calm don't get drawn into pub fights, or road rage.
To my mind the driver of the Audi's driving fell well below the required and expected standard.
FWIW, in the same situation I'd have likely swerved as braked but I'd like to think at least that I'd have better assessed my options as to which lane to then use. One reason alone makes a swerve over braking worth considering. Coming to a halt behind an idiot is not automatically the safest option. You have no idea now they have forced you to a stop what they will do next. By swerving (and getting away - not crashing) you are on your way and away from a potential source of danger. For that reason I will always swerve past a brake tester if possible. They never expect it either.
 
Still going on here lads?
Flashing lights - Audi panics and brakes
Flashing lights - Audi says up yours and hits the brakes
God knows.
 
Re bikers... too many just assume that us drivers always see them. But we often don't. It takes a lot of humility (and experience) for a biker to adapt their driving style to the assumption that they are invisible, but those who do so tend to live longer.
A hah
Then an introduction to the British SMIDSY is in order here .
Plus Brits bikers need to use the HORN and headlamp LIGHT flashes more often like the French are taught !
And British motorists need not get pi$$ed & passively aggressive when motorcycle advanced horn blowing and headlamp flash warning lights are aimed at you in cars.
Sadly and all too often, only receive the traditional reverse Churchillian salute with a F/U mate in return.
Tuercas Viejas

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Good video.
I hadn't considered the camouflage effect, and to reduce I think I would prefer a gently fluctuating left / right light set up, similar to Knight Rider's grill but white.
That should also reduce some the small for a long time effect, but DRL's should anyway. I always rode with dipped beam,and often got flashed cos others thought I'd forgotten to switch 'em off.

Up here in the Peak District we have designated 'Biker Crash Zones'. Many come up here for that designated purpose it seems, and many never get to go home again.
Motor bycycles have great acceleration, and leaving the noise behind, and that small to large effect, means many just don't see 'em. The bikers have a greater responsibility to be aware of their own mortality.

Too many also ignore the conflict of fast bikes, other fast bikes (2 met head on a couple of years back), fast cars, slow cars, slow tractors, push bikes, walkers, sheep (even deer up here), side winds, pot holes, blind bends, we even had a farmer arrested for pouring diesel on bad bends and that filled me nappy a few times.
These quite roads I used to enjoy back in the 80's just 'aint any more, and everyone on 'em seems very self important.

A possible greater issue is end of winter, or "I used to have a bike" types, coming out on a nice day. They've forgotten the basics or aren't yet able to handle a new type rocket on 2 wheels, been there.
I went from an elephant of a 1 litre Goldwing to a BMW RS1200, there is very little comparison and the ABS saved me more than once. I just didn't realise, till the corner was on me, at what speed I was up to.

In short, our culture is to find blame elsewhere. Bikers need realise they can't do this and put "I was in the right" on their grave stone.
 
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Another typical occurrence is the 'Born Again Rider'. It's someone in his mid-forties or later, who as a lad rode scooters and various 'pauper bikes' while fantasising of a VFR or Z1000, and now 30 odd years later realises that they can finally afford it financially and have the time to indulge in it. So they go out and buy the latest and most powerful sport bike they can get their hands on, plus all the right gear from boots through suit and gloves to helmet, and off they go.... As a driver, what you see a bright-coloured shiny CBR or GSX, with a rider clad in the latest name in riding suits, and your expectation is that you're dealing with an experienced rider, while in fact what you're facing is the dangerous combination of a biker who thinks he's God on earth but in reality struggles to control a far-too-powerful bike. Rant over.
 
Another typical occurrence is the 'Born Again Rider'. It's someone in his mid-forties or later, who as a lad rode scooters and various 'pauper bikes' while fantasising of a VFR or Z1000, and now 30 odd years later realises that they can finally afford it financially and have the time to indulge in it. So they go out and buy the latest and most powerful sport bike they can get their hands on, plus all the right gear from boots through suit and gloves to helmet, and off they go.... As a driver, what you see a bright-coloured shiny CBR or GSX, with a rider clad in the latest name in riding suits, and your expectation is that you're dealing with an experienced rider, while in fact what you're facing is the dangerous combination of a biker who thinks he's God on earth but in reality struggles to control a far-too-powerful bike. Rant over.
Oh a bit like a MB owner then who, once had a Ford Escort! :banana:
Tuercas viejas
 
Up here in the Peak District we have designated 'Biker Crash Zones'. Many come up here for that designated purpose it seems, and many never get to go home again.

If you are thinking of the Cat and Fiddle it's certainly a challenge but I no longer see the attraction since I seriously scared myself on one of those tight bends some years back. I mostly avoid it on the bike these days. It's notoriety is well deserved, I had a friend and colleague die on a push bike up there a few years ago when a car came at him on the wrong side of the road.
 
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Yep I use the Cat & Fiddle regularly, but now on 4 wheels.
The RS went in May, we may go for a Pan Euro sometime when life has less priorities.

I found I had no reason to ride as I always had to carry tools and equipment. So regularly I would pleasure ride what I called the Golden Triangle.
Down Long Hill to Whaley Bridge,
left over to Macclesfield,
and back over to Buxton on the Cat'.

'I' can ride the Cat' safely, but other road users can certainly make it a nappy filling experience.

I found dinghy sailing. Plenty of thrills and I just get wet when I fall off.
 
Oh a bit like a MB owner then who, once had a Ford Escort! :banana:
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What a rubbish comparison.

He has been driving a car for the interim period (30 years & presumably getting increasingly better cars or possibly driving a baseline A class) and not jumped from a moped straight onto a machine on which, he has no recent experience or skills.

BIG difference.

30 bananas for you !:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:
 
What a rubbish comparison.

He has been driving a car for the interim period (30 years & presumably getting increasingly better cars or possibly driving a baseline A class) and not jumped from a moped straight onto a machine on which, he has no recent experience or skills.

BIG difference.

30 bananas for you !:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

And ultimately, driving an MB and driving a Ford Escort aren't really that different in terms of the skill sets required.

BTW, you've short-changed us by 5 bananas.
 

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