Hard Hitting Motorbike Video

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Norfolk / Suffolk police have released this video of a crash where a motorbike rider was killed, at the request of his family this video has been produced to raise awareness of accidents involving motorcycles.

This accident happened on the turn off to my golf club from the main road, this is a terrible junction which has had more than it's fair share of accidents. In fairness I should use this junction to access my club but go round a different route to avoid it.

I understand the bike and car had around seven seconds to react prior to impact.

I hope this does not offend anyone but this really does make you think. People just need to slow down, we all make mistakes sadly this persons mistake cost a life.


http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/video_mother_allows_release_of_hard_hitting_footage_of_her_son_s_motorcyle_death_on_a47_1_3757629
 
Dellboy said:
Very sad, also feel sorry for the car driver, who faced charges and was convicted.
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He was largely responsible for the accident so rightly prosecuted and convicted. Biker didn't help himself though, was going way too fast for the road layout.

Hope the video helps encourage bikers to watch their speed and ride defensively and other road users to take proper observation when manoeuvring.
 
FairwayDodger said:
He was largely responsible for the accident so rightly prosecuted and convicted. Biker didn't help himself though, was going way too fast for the road layout.

Hope the video helps encourage bikers to watch their speed and ride defensively and other road users to take proper observation when manoeuvring.
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He was going way too fast for any road layout.
 
Wow (not in a good way) have shared with my bro who is the editor of a bike mag. If it saves 1 life then happy days. Real respect to his mum and family for allowing the footage to be released. Been to too many funerals from biking, it's like a drug though, you know the risks but the feeling is epic.
 
Find it hard to see how the car driver can be held responsible considering the speed of the bike

There but for the Grace of god go any one of us

Sad event, but so easily avoidable :(
 
FairwayDodger said:
smidsy
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Agree with this, but it does not help.

The road is down hill and long straight with trees foliage either side often into the sun too, easy to understand how the car driver did not see him especially at that speed, again there was a comment in the inquest that they were visible to each other for seven seconds due to the speed.
 
PhilTheFragger said:
Find it hard to see how the car driver can be held responsible considering the speed of the bike

There but for the Grace of god go any one of us

Sad event, but so easily avoidable :(
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Looks to me like the car driver totally misjudged the oncoming speed and distance - which, with the bike doing nearly a ton, isn't surprising at all.
Unfortunately, I see bikers doing this sort of thing all the time. It's a rarity to see a bike just keeping pace with traffic rather than constantly overtaking. I witnessed a biker pulling wheelies in Aylesbury rush-hour on Friday....
They might be in total control of their bike but their excess speed makes judgements by others virtually impossible..
Whilst I would never say that anyone deserves this, when there is such blatant disregard for speed limits it can't be a surprise when this kind of thing happens.
 
The sort of reckless riding you can see any Sunday on any country road by these idiots on the bike equivalent of F1 cars. Not even a chance of staying even near speed limits and when this happens it's the drivers fault.....I don't think so. From what I saw in the video he was lucky to have 22 years riding under his belt.
 
I'm not defending the biker, at that speed he was an accident waiting to happen. But the driver admitted that he didn't see him, or the car behind him. So it's not a case of misjudging the speed, he didn't take adequate observation before turning.

As a cyclist and biker (currently without a bike) that is an altogether too common occurrence.
 
Thats awful

Terrible for the family, biker and poor sod who will live with that for the rest of their life.

Did the bike have its headlight on? Only ask because it was a black motorcycle, on a fairly overcast (looking) day, doing a ton.

I don't know the road, or the local area, but all that added together makes me feel especially sorry for the car driver.

One minute they are looking at a hatchback doing normal speeds. Before they realize it a bike has overtaken it and is inbound at a rapid pace.

Sickening video really
 
FairwayDodger said:
smidsy
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PhilTheFragger said:
At that speed he possibly didn't :(. Honest answer
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NorfolkShaun said:
Agree with this, but it does not help.

The road is down hill and long straight with trees foliage either side often into the sun too, easy to understand how the car driver did not see him especially at that speed, again there was a comment in the inquest that they were visible to each other for seven seconds due to the speed.
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Excuse my ignorance but what is "smidsy"? Some people obviously know but I have absolutely no idea.
 
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