ab350z Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I know the road safety lot are re-running the 'look, look and look again' ad for checking for bikers, but I've just witnessed the very harsh reality of not checking. A young lad in a silver Polo just took a biker out on Aberdeen's Market Street. Car was turning into the bikers lane of traffic into a side road and obviously hadn't seen the biker. Bike was in a very bad way and the rider wasn't moving. Just be careful folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 This is a good post. I was unfortunate enough to witness something similar a few years back and that for me drilled it home just how careful you have to be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Oh no... hope all is well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Good post! Scary stuff. I have always wanted a bike but some drivers just arent careful enough and bad things happen unfortunatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmJak Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 You have to be really on the ball to spot bikes all the time, you'd think that angry hornet noise would give them away but it doesn't. Most bikers come to injury due to someone else's error. It's good to be reminded every now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Well said, but the last time I had a near miss with one, he was going flippin' fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 It was a black 03 R6. The info was taken from my local bike forum. The OP over there passed when an ambulance was in attendance. I ride a BRIGHT orange bike with headlights on all the time (automatic) and people still pull out on you etc. I understand that it's difficult to see bikes sometimes however please take that extra look. I'm too young to die! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARphotographs Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 My bike is black, but has constant headlights aswell, and its fooking loud, and doesn't make an "angry hornet" noise, as its a V engine not a inline people still pull out on me, you need to be sharp on a bike but still something can go wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ab350z Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 It was a black 03 R6. The info was taken from my local bike forum. The OP over there passed when an ambulance was in attendance. I ride a BRIGHT orange bike with headlights on all the time (automatic) and people still pull out on you etc. I understand that it's difficult to see bikes sometimes however please take that extra look. I'm too young to die! Any news on the biker Stew? Didnt look good when I drove by, no ambulance there at the time, just the fast response car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Evening Express A BIKER was seriously injured this afternoon after a road crash in Aberdeen. The man was thrown around five feet in the air when he crashed with a car on a busy Aberdeen street. Police and paramedics were scrambled to the scene as onlookers gathered and tried to help. The crash happened on Aberdeen’s Market Street near its junction with Hadden Street at 2pm. Witness Baz Maitland said the Yamaha bike was heading towards nearby Union Street when it was in a crash with a silver Volkswagen Polo. The 42-year-old said: “He flew right up on to the bonnet and came down again. He flew about four or five feet in the air. “I’m a biker myself, it’s not good to see a biker go down.†Mr Maitland, of Aberdeen’s Manor area, said a member of the public helped the biker until emergency services arrived. The man, thought to be in his 30s, was lying in the middle of the road across from Wilson’s Bar. The injured man was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Hope he is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 This is exactly the reason why my mate organised a red cross first responders course for motorcyclists. I'm doing it. It's the same couse as the TT first responders do. Don't want to use it but it might just save one of my mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Good idea mate, as the saying goes, better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Good reminder to all. I know it can be hard to see bikes sometimes, but some people do have selective eyesight when it comes to things on two wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 This is exactly the reason why my mate organised a red cross first responders course for motorcyclists. I'm doing it. It's the same couse as the TT first responders do. Don't want to use it but it might just save one of my mates. Thats an excellent idea. You never know when it will be needed and when it does it means your not one of the mindless morons on the scene just standing and staring at the victim You kind of go into autopilot and before you know it the ambulance is there. With regard to loud and bright bikes, what you have to remember is that the sound is dampned a lot by cars sound insulation and the light is only coming from a very small point, so it is hard to see. I know when I'm out on my R6 it is difficult to see me, so road position is ever more important. The kind of crap they dont teach you in the bike test. You really have to keep yourself safe and drive for every other muppet on the road and assume they will all pull out on you or cut you up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kObi Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 i find its usually pretty easy to spot people on motorbikes, its the tools on the push bikes that i despise. those idiots should be banned from the roads. hope the guys gonna be ok though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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