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xmob:
I'm not a biker, my wife won't let me. :oops:
However, I look on with envy at every GSX-R that I see.
Of course, I would stop and help also. The biker in this case was lucky. About 5 years ago I was the last person a work colleague spoke to. Ten minutes later he overtook a line of stationary traffic on his way home to his wife and new baby. The car at the front turned right. He died at the scene. :'(
ben-dent:
im not a biker and dont have any intentions of it either, i have seen the resaults of bike accidents (my old boss was paralised from a bike accident) but i am a qualified 1st aider and i feel it is part of my duty to stop at any RTC (Road Traffic Collision)
i do agree with freeagent though i have nearly taken many bikers out whilst changing lanes in traffic (if anyone knows the M1 / M6 / A14 junction they will know how busy it gets and that you have to remember which lane to be in over a mile away from the junction) even had some under take me while i am over taking lorrys on the A14,
SEDDEY:
I have stopped in the past when a bloke has been knocked off his bike and I would do so again.
This time last year a lad that I only knew from a bike forum P.M.ed me to ask for help. He had done his back in while doing a job at a farm and wanted to get his bike home. I went the ten miles to his house, then to the farm and rode his bike the six miles to his house.
The main thing is that I hope some like minded person, be it bike or Landie, would do the same fopr me if I needed it.
denviks:
--- Quote from: freeagent on July 16, 2009, 21:18:25 ---
but - I generally have little sympathy for bikers, as some of them are suicidal, and most of them tend to use their vulnerability to intimidate other road users..
--- End quote ---
OMG...... i think i have read it all now. sorry freeagent yours was the 1st one i came to when qouting a post with these centiments. nothing aimed at you.......
have little sympathy for bikers because some of them are bad apples :-o
do we not get this attitude from walkers etc in the 4x4 past time. ? " arrrgghh blummin 4x4 owners, there all the same , out there ripping up the country side. "
i am a biker myself aswell as a land rover owner. so i would stop to help either. as road users we are all in the same boat. there are good and bad drivers/ riders out there and should be treated as indidual people and not lumped in a group that you are not happy about. i use the center of traffic to ride through at busy times of the day......nothing wrong with it and not illegal. as long as you take your time and dont rush. some drivers out there dont look and move lanes with no thought for others. then there are drivers who move in to the left to allow you to pass clearly.
well done for stopping mate....... nice to know there are still some good people left in the world :clap: :clap:
sorry about my little rant :oops:
V8MoneyPit:
Ultimately, most people would do what they could for those involved. However, there are a minority who would just drive on by. I was knocked off my bike (pushbike) when I was 16. I was out cold on the road when the next car literaly drove over my bike and off down the road :shock: As I said, I was out cold (for 22 hours!) after landing on my head. This was way before helmet use was commonplace. So I was very reliant of the help of others who stopped.
Those who know me will be saying that landing on my head explains a lot :lol:
As for blame....
We all know that every group of road users have their idiots.... and people will make mistakes. It just being human. In a perfect world we would never see an RTC, but the world, and people, aren't perfect.
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